Spelling Bee October 2, 2026 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
271
Pangrams
2
Genius score
189
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMPLANT
- IMPLANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
271 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- anti
- atilt
- attain
- implant
- implant
- inapt
- initial
- lantana
- lilt
- limit
- lint
- maintain
- malt
- manta
- mantilla
- militant
- militia
- militiaman
- mint
- mitt
- natal
- natant
- paint
- palatal
- palatial
- pant
- patina
- pinata
- pint
- pintail
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plaint
- plait
- plant
- plantain
- plat
- pliant
- tail
- taillamp
- taint
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tamp
- tannin
- tapa
- tatami
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- timpani
- tint
- tipi
- titan
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 2, 2026 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, N, P, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 271 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.