Answers for October 7, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the October 7, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 53 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: October 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-10-07 had 53 words worth 202 points total. Pangram(s) included floorboard. You needed 141 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
204 Medium
26th percentile
Total Words
53
68th percentile
Total Points
202
48th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.04
All-time avg: 5.3
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141
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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202
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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31
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
21
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
53m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

24 words
4L 24
13 words
5L 13
9 words
6L 9
6 words
7L 6
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

B
16
A🐝
10
F
10
L
5
D
4
O
4
R
4
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 53 ~44.82 79 16
Total Points 202 ~209.29 431 60
Avg Word Length 5.04 ~5.44 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

πŸ“… Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is FLOORBOARD. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 40% (4 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: O (x3), R (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate FLOORBOARD

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate ALFALFA

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate BOLLARD

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

abada abaff abba abbr abdal abfarad abobra abolla aborad aboral abord abrood adad adar adda
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

floorboard (17 pts)
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Try finding the longest word yourself first with our guide.

4-Letter Words24 words

afar
afro
baba
bald
ball
barb
bard
barf
blab
boar
boba
bola
Click to Reveal 24 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words13 words

adobo
aloof
arbor
ardor
board
broad
farad
farro
flora
labor
loofa
offal
Click to Reveal 13 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words9 words

aboard
abroad
afford
ballad
baobab
dollar
doodad
dorado
floral
Click to Reveal 9 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words6 words

alfalfa
bollard
falloff
oddball
offload
rollbar
Click to Reveal 6 7-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

floorboard
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features A as the center letter, with 53 words worth 202 points total. The pangram is "floorboard" β€” a 10-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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