Spelling Bee October 29, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
259
Pangrams
4
Genius score
181
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PROPAGANDA
- PROPAGANDA
- GRANDPOP
- GRANDPOP
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
181 pts
70%
Queen Bee
259 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adorn
- agar
- agora
- angora
- apron
- ardor
- argon
- darn
- donor
- door
- dorado
- drag
- dragon
- dragoon
- droop
- drop
- gorgon
- gorp
- grad
- gran
- grand
- grandad
- granddad
- grandpa
- grandpapa
- grandpop
- grandpop
- grappa
- groan
- grog
- odor
- orang
- organ
- paradrop
- paragon
- pardon
- poor
- porn
- porno
- prod
- prong
- prop
- propaganda
- propaganda
- radar
- radon
- raga
- rand
- rando
- rang
- road
- roan
- roar
- rondo
- rood
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 29, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, G, N, O, P, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 259 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 181 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.