Friday, October 16, 2026
Spoiler Alert: This page contains all pangrams and answers for Friday, October 16, 2026's New York Times Spelling Bee Puzzle. To see spoiler-aware hints for Friday, October 16, 2026's Puzzle, visit the hints page.
The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word game where players form words from seven unique letters, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Each word must include the highlighted center letter and be at least four letters long.
Friday, October 16, 2026's Spelling Bee featured 2 pangram(s) (1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 56 answers. The highest possible score, required to win the Queen Bee crown, was 339 points. Friday, October 16, 2026's Puzzle was a Bingo.
Friday, October 16, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Pangrams
- burping
- upbringing
Friday, October 16, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Answers
4 Letters
- brig
- bung
- burg
- grin
- grip
- grub
- guru
- ping
- prig
- ring
- rung
5 Letters
- bring
- ruing
- unrig
6 Letters
- gibing
- inning
- nigiri
- pining
- piping
- upping
- urging
7 Letters
- binging
- binning
- bribing
- brining
- bugging
- burning
- burping
- gigging
- ginning
- griping
- gunning
- inuring
- nipping
- pigging
- pinging
- pinning
- pruning
- punning
- purging
- purring
- ribbing
- rigging
- ringing
- ripping
- rubbing
- ruining
- running
8 Letters
- bringing
- grinning
- gripping
- grubbing
- inurning
9 Letters
- unpinning
- unrigging
10 Letters
- upbringing
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