Spelling Bee October 31, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
318
Pangrams
2
Genius score
222
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAUNTING
- HAUNTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- again
- aging
- agita
- agitating
- angina
- anti
- attain
- attaining
- attuning
- aught
- aunt
- gaga
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- gait
- gang
- ganging
- gating
- gauging
- gaunt
- giant
- gnat
- hang
- hanging
- hath
- hatha
- hating
- haunt
- haunting
- haunting
- iguana
- initiating
- naan
- nagging
- nana
- natant
- naught
- tagging
- tahini
- taiga
- taint
- tainting
- tang
- tannin
- tanning
- tatting
- taught
- taunt
- taunting
- taut
- than
- that
- titan
- tuna
- unhang
- unhanging
- untag
- untagging
- untaught
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 31, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, H, I, N, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 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.