NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026: Hint Grid, Three Pangrams and Monday's Solution

Tuesday’s Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT), for Nov. 3, 2026, puts C in the center with A, B, I, K, L and T around it. It has 49 words worth 273 points and three pangrams, with Genius at 191 points. The hint grid, the two-letter list and the pangram clues come first; the full word list waits in a spoiler section, with Monday’s solution below it.

How Spelling Bee works

You get seven letters in a honeycomb. Each word must be at least four letters long and must use the yellow center letter; letters can repeat. A four-letter word is worth 1 point and a longer word is worth one point per letter. A pangram uses all seven letters and earns 7 extra points. Genius sits at 70% of the day’s total, which is 191 of 273 points today.

How to use the hint grid

The grid counts the answers by first letter and by length. Start with a row that has many short words, find those, then move to the longer columns. Short ones first. The two-letter list does the same job with more precision: “CA-8” means 8 answers begin with C and A.

Tuesday’s hint grid, Nov. 3, 2026

Center letter C; outer letters A, B, I, K, L, T. 49 words, 273 points, three pangrams.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
A	1	4	2	-	-	-	7
B	1	1	-	3	2	1	8
C	1	6	1	2	2	1	13
I	-	1	1	1	-	-	3
K	1	-	-	-	2	-	3
L	3	2	2	-	-	-	7
T	4	1	1	-	2	-	8
Total	11	15	7	6	8	2	49

Two-letter starts: AB-2, AC-2, AL-1, AT-2, BA-5, BI-1, BL-2, CA-8, CI-2, CL-3, IL-2, IT-1, KI-3, LA-4, LI-3, TA-7, TI-1.

Pangram hints

• Pangram (7 letters, starts with B)

  it describes a screen or sign that is lit from behind.
• Pangram (8 letters, starts with T)

  a long line of stopped cars on a road; the word has two A letters.
• Pangram (9 letters, starts with C)

  a headline written to make you tap; the word has two C letters and two I letters.

Look for doubles. Watch for them. A repeated letter sits side by side in 12 of Tuesday’s 49 answers. Also, 15 of the 49 answers end in -ck, and 11 of those end in -ack.

More of Tuesday’s games: Wordle hints, Connections hints and Pips hints. Track a Genius streak on our printable weekly calendar or the November 2026 calendar.

Tuesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 3, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Tuesday’s puzzle.

• Pangrams: Backlit, Clickbait, Tailback
• 4 letters: Acai, Back, Call, Kick, Lack, Laic, Lick, Tack, Tact, Talc, Tick
• 5 letters: Abaci, Aback, Alack, Attic, Black, Cabal, Cacti, Calla, Cilia, Clack, Click, Iliac, Licit, Lilac, Tacit
• 6 letters: Acacia, Attack, Cabala, Italic, Lactic, Laical, Tactic
• 7 letters: Bacilli, Backbit, Backlit, Catcall, Cattail, Illicit
• 8 letters: Backtalk, Biblical, Callback, Ciabatta, Kickback, Kickball, Tactical, Tailback
• 9 letters: Blackball, Clickbait

The 11 four-letter words give 11 points, the 38 longer words give 241, and the pangram bonus adds 21, for 273.

Monday’s hint grid, Nov. 2, 2026

Center letter D; outer letters A, C, E, T, V, X. 35 words, 176 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
A	2	2	1	1	-	-	6
C	1	3	-	-	-	-	4
D	4	1	3	-	1	-	9
E	-	2	2	1	1	1	7
T	1	1	2	-	-	-	4
V	-	2	2	1	-	-	5
Total	8	11	10	3	2	1	35

Two-letter starts: AC-4, AD-1, AX-1, CA-2, CE-2, DA-3, DE-6, EA-1, EV-2, EX-4, TA-2, TE-2, VA-3, VE-2.

Monday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 2, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Monday’s puzzle.

• Pangram: Excavated
• 4 letters: Aced, Axed, Cede, Data, Date, Dead, Deed, Teed
• 5 letters: Acted, Added, Cadet, Caved, Ceded, Dated, Eaved, Evade, Taxed, Vaxed, Vexed
• 6 letters: Accede, Decade, Deeded, Detect, Evaded, Exceed, Tatted, Texted, Vaxxed, Vetted
• 7 letters: Acceded, Exacted, Vacated
• 8 letters: Detected, Exceeded
• 9 letters: Excavated

The 8 four-letter words give 8 points, the 27 longer words give 161, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 176.