Answers for October 10, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the October 10, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 63 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: October 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-10-10 had 63 words worth 297 points total. Pangram(s) included aromatic. You needed 208 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
249 Medium
74th percentile
Total Words
63
89th percentile
Total Points
297
84th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.41
All-time avg: 5.3
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208
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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297
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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31
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
17
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
64m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

17 words
4L 17
20 words
5L 20
15 words
6L 15
6 words
7L 6
4 words (Pangram)
8L 4⭐
1 word
9L 1

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

C🐝
29
T
12
A
11
M
7
R
3
O
1
I
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 63 ~44.82 79 16
Total Points 297 ~209.29 431 60
Avg Word Length 5.41 ~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 AROMATIC. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (4 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: A (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 AROMATIC

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

Latin ATTRACT

Contains the root tract, which is originating from the Latin "trahere", meaning "to draw", "pull", or "drag".

Latin ATTRACTOR

Contains the root tract, which is originating from the Latin "trahere", meaning "to draw", "pull", or "drag".

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:

acamar acara acarari acari acca accra acct acmatic acmic acoma acomia acor acoria acratia acrita
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

aromatic (15 pts)
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Try finding the longest word yourself first with our guide.

4-Letter Words17 words

acai
arco
cami
camo
cart
ciao
coat
coca
coir
coma
coot
cram
Click to Reveal 17 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words20 words

actor
attic
cacao
cacti
carat
carom
circa
cirri
coati
cocci
cocoa
comic
Click to Reveal 20 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words15 words

acacia
aortic
arctic
atomic
carrot
citric
commit
critic
maraca
rococo
romcom
tactic
Click to Reveal 15 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words6 words

attract
morocco
ricotta
toccata
tractor
tramcar
Click to Reveal 6 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

aromatic
cataract
coatroom
motorcar
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

attractor
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features C as the center letter, with 63 words worth 297 points total. The pangram is "aromatic" β€” a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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