Spelling Bee October 28, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
72
Total points
369
Pangrams
2
Genius score
258
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OBLIGED
- OBLIGED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
55 pts
15%
Nice
92 pts
25%
Great
147 pts
40%
Amazing
184 pts
50%
Genius
258 pts
70%
Queen Bee
369 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beige
- belie
- belied
- bellied
- bible
- bide
- bided
- biggie
- bile
- bilge
- bill
- billed
- bloodied
- bodied
- boil
- boiled
- boogie
- boogied
- deli
- diddle
- diddled
- died
- dildo
- dill
- diode
- doggie
- dogie
- dollied
- doobie
- eddied
- edible
- elide
- elided
- eligible
- gelid
- geoid
- gibe
- gibed
- gigged
- giggle
- giggled
- gigolo
- gild
- gilded
- gill
- gilled
- glib
- glide
- glided
- goodie
- idle
- idled
- idol
- igloo
- illegible
- iodide
- legible
- libel
- libeled
- libelee
- libido
- lidded
- lied
- liege
- lobbied
- oblige
- obliged
- obliged
- oiled
- oldie
- olio
- ollie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 28, 2026 uses the seven letters B, D, E, G, I, L, O, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 72 accepted words for a total of 369 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 258 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.