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Spelling Bee October 19, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published Oct 19, 2026

Today's letter set · Center: H

E
G
H
I
L
N
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

32

accepted entries

Total points

168

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

117

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WHEELING
  • WHEELING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

67 pts

40%

Amazing

84 pts

50%

Genius

117 pts

70%

Queen Bee

168 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
G 1 word
  • ghee
H 12 words
  • heel
  • heeling
  • heinie
  • hell
  • henge
  • hewing
  • hewn
  • high
  • hill
  • hilling
  • hinge
  • hinging
N 3 words
  • neigh
  • neighing
  • nigh
W 16 words
  • weigh
  • weighing
  • whee
  • wheel
  • wheelie
  • wheeling
  • wheeling
  • when
  • whew
  • while
  • whiling
  • whine
  • whinge
  • whingeing
  • whinging
  • whining

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 19, 2026 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, L, N, W, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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