Spelling Bee October 30, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
364
Pangrams
4
Genius score
254
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COVALENCE
- COVALENCE
- CONCLAVE
- CONCLAVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
91 pts
25%
Great
145 pts
40%
Amazing
182 pts
50%
Genius
254 pts
70%
Queen Bee
364 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acne
- alcove
- cacao
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- calve
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- cane
- canna
- cannon
- canoe
- canola
- canon
- cava
- cave
- cell
- cello
- clan
- clave
- clean
- cleave
- cloaca
- clonal
- clone
- clove
- cloven
- coal
- coca
- cocoa
- cocoon
- coevolve
- cola
- colcannon
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- concave
- conceal
- conclave
- conclave
- cone
- convene
- convo
- cool
- covalence
- covalence
- cove
- coven
- enclave
- enlace
- lace
- lance
- local
- locale
- loco
- nacelle
- neocon
- nonce
- nonlocal
- ocean
- once
- valance
- valence
- vocal
- volcano
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 30, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, O, V, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 364 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 254 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.