NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 9, 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 9, 2026 puts Y in the center, with E, G, I, L, N, T around it. There are 37 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

These are the NYT-accepted answers for this hive. Every word includes Y. Tap a word for a short definition.

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37Words

224Points

157Genius

4Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes Y.

Pangrams

4-letter words

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7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

11-letter words

13-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterY

Vowels2

Rare lettersY

Words37

Points224

Pangrams4

Longest word13

Average length5.9

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 157 points. Queen Bee is 224.

Your score Genius · 67 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start4

Moving Up11

Good18

Solid34

Nice56

Great90

Amazing112

157Genius157

Queen Bee224

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 224 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

GENTILITY

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2

INTELLIGENTLY

13 letters 20 points 4 vowels 9 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, N ×2, T ×2, E ×2, L ×3

NEGLIGENTLY

11 letters 18 points 3 vowels 8 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, E ×2, G ×2, L ×2

TELLINGLY

9 letters 16 points 2 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×3

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 378 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 8th percentile

Total points 21th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	37	74.8	154	18
Points	224	359.9	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The October 9, 2026 hive put Y in the center with E, G, I, L, N, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 37 words (224 points). Genius sat at 157.

Pangrams on this date: GENTILITY, INTELLIGENTLY, NEGLIGENTLY, TELLINGLY. Top starting letters: E (7), T (7). Longest accepted word: 13 letters. Difficulty: Hard.