NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026: Hint Grid, One Pangram and Wednesday's Solution

Thursday’s Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT), for Nov. 5, 2026, puts P in the center with G, I, N, O, T and V around it. It has 42 words worth 249 points and one pangram, with Genius at 174 points. The hint grid, the two-letter list and the pangram clue come first; the full word list waits in a spoiler section, with Wednesday’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 174 of 249 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: “PI-19” means 19 answers begin with P and I.

Thursday’s hint grid, Nov. 5, 2026

Center letter P; outer letters G, I, N, O, T, V. 42 words, 249 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	11 letters	Total
G	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
N	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
O	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	5
P	5	6	5	9	3	1	1	30
T	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	5
Total	7	6	9	14	3	2	1	42

Two-letter starts: GO-1, NI-1, OP-5, PI-19, PO-11, TI-3, TO-2.

Pangram hint

• Pangram (8 letters, starts with P)

  turning on a central point, or the act of turning around one; the letter I appears twice, and the word ends in -ing.

Look for doubles. Watch for them. A repeated letter sits side by side in 13 of Thursday’s 42 answers. Also, 22 of the 42 answers end in -ing, and 30 of them start with P.

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

Thursday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 5, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Pivoting
• 4 letters: Goop, Ping, Pint, Pogo, Pong, Poop, Tipi
• 5 letters: Pinot, Pinto, Pipit, Piton, Pivot, Point
• 6 letters: Opting, Option, Pining, Pinion, Piping, Pippin, Potion, Tiptop, Toping
• 7 letters: Nipping, Opining, Opinion, Pigging, Pinging, Pinning, Pitting, Pogoing, Pontoon, Pooping, Popping, Potting, Tipping, Topping
• 8 letters: Pinpoint, Pivoting, Pointing
• 9 letters: Optioning, Pinioning
• 11 letters: Pinpointing

The 7 four-letter words give 7 points, the 35 longer words give 235, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 249.

Wednesday’s hint grid, Nov. 4, 2026

Center letter O; outer letters A, H, P, R, T, Y. 68 words, 286 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
A	2	1	1	1	-	-	5
H	5	2	4	-	-	1	12
O	2	-	1	1	-	-	4
P	6	4	2	2	-	1	15
R	3	1	2	2	1	-	9
T	8	6	5	2	-	-	21
Y	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
Total	26	15	16	8	1	2	68

Two-letter starts: AH-1, AO-1, AR-1, AT-2, HO-11, HY-1, OA-2, OR-2, PA-2, PH-2, PO-9, PR-1, PY-1, RA-2, RO-7, TA-4, TH-2, TO-8, TR-5, TY-2, YA-1, YO-1.

Wednesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 4, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Atrophy
• 4 letters: Ahoy, Atop, Hoar, Hoop, Hoot, Hora, Hypo, Oath, Oaty, Pooh, Poop, Poor, Port, Prop, Pyro, Roar, Root, Ropy, Taro, Toot, Toro, Tort, Trot, Troy, Typo, Tyro
• 5 letters: Aorta, Hoary, Hoppy, Photo, Poppa, Poppy, Potty, Rotor, Tarot, Tooth, Torah, Torta, Troop, Troth, Yahoo
• 6 letters: Arroyo, Hoorah, Hooray, Horror, Hotpot, Orator, Parrot, Potato, Raptor, Rotary, Tattoo, Throat, Toothy, Torpor, Trophy, Yoohoo
• 7 letters: Atrophy, Oratory, Pharaoh, Portray, Rapport, Rotator, Taproot, Throaty
• 8 letters: Rotatory
• 9 letters: Hortatory, Paratroop

The 26 four-letter words give 26 points, the 42 longer words give 253, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 286.