Spelling Bee is a seven-letter word game where every answer must use the center letter. The answer section separates pangrams from the full word list so you can check the part you care about first.
Start with the honeycomb and pangrams if you want the big solve, then open the full list when you are ready to compare every accepted word.
Today's Answer - Oct 16, 2026 - Puzzle #18337
Pangrams: 0 of 2 revealed
There are 11 words with 4 letters
0 of 11 revealed
There are 3 words with 5 letters
0 of 3 revealed
There are 7 words with 6 letters
0 of 7 revealed
There are 27 words with 7 letters
0 of 27 revealed
There are 5 words with 8 letters
0 of 5 revealed
There are 2 words with 9 letters
0 of 2 revealed
There is 1 word with 10 letters
0 of 1 revealed
How to Play
Spelling Bee gives you seven letters arranged like a honeycomb. Every answer must include the center letter, must use only the seven available letters, and must be at least four letters long. Letters can be reused, so a word can contain the same tile more than once.
A pangram uses all seven letters at least once. Pangrams are worth chasing because they score more and often unlock the shape of the puzzle faster than small words. The full answer list depends on NYT's accepted dictionary for that day, so a real English word may still be rejected if it is outside the game's list.
A practical method is to build from prefixes, suffixes, plurals where accepted, and common letter pairs. Keep rotating the honeycomb mentally: the same letters can produce different words once you stop reading them in the displayed order.
Answer Archive
| Date | Puzzle | Archive |
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| October 15, 2026Yesterday | Puzzle #25431 | View answer |
| October 14, 2026 | Puzzle #22820 | View answer |
| October 13, 2026 | Puzzle #16709 | View answer |
| October 12, 2026 | Puzzle #23402 | View answer |
| October 11, 2026 | Puzzle #23597 | View answer |
| October 10, 2026 | Puzzle #21409 | View answer |
| October 9, 2026 | Puzzle #24750 | View answer |
| October 8, 2026 | Puzzle #26032 | View answer |
| October 7, 2026 | Puzzle #19942 | View answer |
| October 6, 2026 | Puzzle #22545 | View answer |
| October 5, 2026 | Puzzle #14844 | View answer |
| October 4, 2026 | Puzzle #20154 | View answer |
| Date | Puzzle | Archive |
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| October 3, 2026 | Puzzle #24710 | View answer |
| October 2, 2026 | Puzzle #23164 | View answer |
| October 1, 2026 | Puzzle #20201 | View answer |
| September 30, 2026 | Puzzle #14897 | View answer |
| September 29, 2026 | Puzzle #19165 | View answer |
| September 28, 2026 | Puzzle #23215 | View answer |
| September 27, 2026 | Puzzle #20562 | View answer |
| September 26, 2026 | Puzzle #26779 | View answer |
| September 25, 2026 | Puzzle #24076 | View answer |
| September 24, 2026 | Puzzle #23099 | View answer |
| September 23, 2026 | Puzzle #19613 | View answer |
| September 22, 2026 | Puzzle #27770 | View answer |
| Date | Puzzle | Archive |
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| September 21, 2026 | Puzzle #18771 | View answer |
| September 20, 2026 | Puzzle #19828 | View answer |
| September 19, 2026 | Puzzle #24015 | View answer |
| September 18, 2026 | Puzzle #24893 | View answer |
| September 17, 2026 | Puzzle #26068 | View answer |
| September 16, 2026 | Puzzle #20283 | View answer |
| September 15, 2026 | Puzzle #25062 | View answer |
| September 14, 2026 | Puzzle #21725 | View answer |
| September 13, 2026 | Puzzle #24629 | View answer |
| September 12, 2026 | Puzzle #22360 | View answer |
| September 11, 2026 | Puzzle #17299 | View answer |
| September 10, 2026 | Puzzle #24297 | View answer |
| Date | Puzzle | Archive |
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| September 9, 2026 | Puzzle #22702 | View answer |
| September 8, 2026 | Puzzle #21816 | View answer |
| September 7, 2026 | Puzzle #10303 | View answer |
| September 6, 2026 | Puzzle #18247 | View answer |
| September 5, 2026 | Puzzle #23300 | View answer |
| September 4, 2026 | Puzzle #21858 | View answer |
| September 3, 2026 | Puzzle #20379 | View answer |
| September 2, 2026 | Puzzle #20917 | View answer |
FAQ
What is a pangram in Spelling Bee?
A pangram is a word that uses all seven letters in the honeycomb at least once. There can be one pangram or multiple pangrams depending on the day.
Can I use a letter more than once?
Yes. The seven letters are not consumed when you use them. You can repeat any available letter as long as the word includes the center letter and follows the accepted word list.
Why does Spelling Bee reject some real words?
Spelling Bee uses a curated answer list. Proper nouns, hyphenated words, offensive words, and many obscure words are usually excluded, and the exact accepted list can feel stricter than a normal dictionary.
What is the best solving order?
Find easy four-letter words first, then hunt for longer words using common endings. After that, focus on pangrams because they often reveal how the day's letters want to combine.

