Spelling Bee October 7, 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
54
Total points
219
Pangrams
2
Genius score
153
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLOORBOARD
- FLOORBOARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
87 pts
40%
Amazing
109 pts
50%
Genius
153 pts
70%
Queen Bee
219 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aboard
- abroad
- adobo
- afar
- afford
- afro
- alfalfa
- aloof
- arbor
- ardor
- baba
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- baobab
- barb
- bard
- barf
- blab
- boar
- board
- boba
- bola
- bollard
- brad
- broad
- dollar
- doodad
- dorado
- drab
- fall
- falloff
- farad
- farro
- flab
- floorboard
- floorboard
- flora
- floral
- foal
- fora
- labor
- lard
- load
- loaf
- loofa
- oddball
- offal
- offload
- oral
- radar
- road
- roar
- rollbar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, D, F, L, O, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 219 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 153 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.