Spelling Bee October 3, 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
48
Total points
270
Pangrams
4
Genius score
189
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BACCHANALIAN
- BACCHANALIAN
- BACCHANALIA
- BACCHANALIA
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
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- acacia
- acai
- alibi
- bacchanalia
- bacchanalia
- bacchanalian
- bacchanalian
- bacilli
- bail
- biblical
- bilabial
- bill
- blin
- blini
- cabin
- cannibal
- chai
- chain
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chili
- chill
- chin
- china
- chinchilla
- cilia
- cinch
- clinch
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- hail
- hibachi
- hill
- iliac
- inch
- labia
- labial
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lilac
- nail
- niacin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 3, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, H, I, L, N, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 270 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 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.