Spelling Bee October 24, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
226
Pangrams
2
Genius score
158
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PRACTICAL
- PRACTICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
113 pts
50%
Genius
158 pts
70%
Queen Bee
226 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alpaca
- apart
- appall
- apparat
- capital
- capri
- carp
- carpal
- carpi
- catalpa
- clap
- claptrap
- clip
- crap
- pact
- pail
- pair
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- part
- partial
- partita
- pica
- piccata
- pill
- pillar
- pipit
- piratic
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- plat
- practical
- practical
- prat
- priapic
- rapt
- rattrap
- tapa
- tapir
- tarp
- tilapia
- tipi
- trap
- trip
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 24, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, P, R, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 226 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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.