NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026: Hint Grid, Pangram and Monday's Solution

Tuesday’s Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT), for Oct. 27, 2026, puts A in the center with E, H, N, O, P and Y around it. It has 29 words worth 116 points and one pangram, with Genius at 81 points. The hint grid, the two-letter list and the pangram clue 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 81 of 116 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. The two-letter list does the same job with more precision: “PA-7” means 7 answers begin with P and A.

Tuesday’s hint grid, Oct. 27, 2026

Center letter A; outer letters E, H, N, O, P, Y. 29 words, 116 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	8 letters	Total
A	3	2	2	-	7
H	1	3	1	-	5
N	4	1	-	-	5
P	2	4	2	1	9
Y	1	2	-	-	3
Total	11	12	5	1	29

Two-letter starts: AE-1, AH-1, AN-4, AP-1, HA-2, HE-2, HY-1, NA-4, NE-1, PA-7, PE-1, PO-1, YA-2, YE-1.

Pangram hint

• Pangram (8 letters, starts with P): a coin-operated telephone in a public place.

Look for doubles. P or N repeats in 8 of Tuesday’s answers, often twice in a row.

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

Tuesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Oct. 27, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Payphone
• 4 letters: Aeon, Ahoy, Anon, Heap, Naan, Nana, Nape, Neap, Pane, Papa, Yeah
• 5 letters: Annoy, Apnea, Happy, Henna, Hyena, Nanny, Paean, Pappy, Payee, Poppa, Yahoo, Yappy
• 6 letters: Anyhoo, Anyone, Happen, Papaya, Peahen
• 8 letters: Payphone

The 11 four-letter words give 11 points, the 18 longer words give 98, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 116. Anyhoo is a casual form of anyway, and a paean is a song of praise.

Monday’s hint grid, Oct. 26, 2026

Center letter L; outer letters G, H, I, N, T, Y. 43 words, 245 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	10 letters	12 letters	Total
G	2	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	7
H	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	1	7
I	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
L	3	3	1	2	1	1	-	-	11
N	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	5
T	2	1	4	4	1	-	-	-	12
Total	10	6	8	10	5	2	1	1	43

Two-letter starts: GI-5, GL-2, HI-7, IL-1, LI-10, LY-1, NI-5, TH-1, TI-11.

Monday’s Spelling Bee answers, Oct. 26, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Nightly
• 4 letters: Gill, Gilt, Hill, Hilt, Illy, Lilt, Lily, Lint, Till, Tilt
• 5 letters: Glint, Hilly, Light, Linty, Lying, Tilth
• 6 letters: Giggly, Highly, Lining, Niggly, Thinly, Tiling, Tingly, Tinily
• 7 letters: Gilling, Hilling, Lightly, Lilting, Nightly, Ninthly, Tightly, Tilling, Tilting, Titling
• 8 letters: Giggling, Glinting, Lighting, Niggling, Tingling
• 9 letters: Highlight, Lightning
• 10 letters: Nightlight
• 12 letters: Highlighting

The 10 four-letter words give 10 points, the 33 longer words give 228, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 245.