NYT Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026: Hint Grid, Pangram and Tuesday's Solution

Wednesday’s Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT), for Oct. 28, 2026, puts I in the center with B, D, E, G, L and O around it. It has 71 words worth 355 points and one pangram, with Genius at 249 points. The hint grid, the two-letter list and the pangram clue come first; the full word list waits in a spoiler section, with Tuesday’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. That is the whole rulebook. 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 249 of 355 points today (70% is 248.5, rounded to 249).

How to use the hint grid

The grid counts the answers by first letter and by length. Think of it as a map. 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: “GI-10” means 10 answers begin with G and I.

Wednesday’s hint grid, Oct. 28, 2026

Center letter I; outer letters B, D, E, G, L, O. 71 words, 355 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	7 letters	8 letters	9 letters	Total
B	4	5	6	2	1	-	18
D	3	3	3	2	-	-	11
E	-	1	3	-	1	-	5
G	4	4	7	1	-	-	16
I	2	2	1	-	-	1	6
L	1	2	2	4	-	-	9
O	1	3	1	1	-	-	6
Total	15	20	23	10	2	1	71

Two-letter starts: BE-4, BI-8, BL-1, BO-5, DE-1, DI-6, DO-4, ED-2, EL-3, GE-2, GI-10, GL-3, GO-1, ID-3, IG-1, IL-1, IO-1, LE-1, LI-7, LO-1, OB-2, OI-1, OL-3.

Pangram hint

• Pangram (7 letters, starts with O, ends with D)

  it describes being required by duty or grateful for a favor.

Look for doubles. 26 of Wednesday’s 71 answers have the same letter twice in a row, such as LL, GG, DD or OO.

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

Wednesday’s Spelling Bee answers, Oct. 28, 2026 (spoilers)

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

• Pangram: Obliged
• 4 letters: Bide, Bile, Bill, Boil, Deli, Died, Dill, Gibe, Gild, Gill, Glib, Idle, Idol, Lied, Olio
• 5 letters: Beige, Belie, Bible, Bided, Bilge, Dildo, Diode, Dogie, Elide, Gelid, Geoid, Gibed, Glide, Idled, Igloo, Libel, Liege, Oiled, Oldie, Ollie
• 6 letters: Belied, Biggie, Billed, Bodied, Boiled, Boogie, Diddle, Doggie, Doobie, Eddied, Edible, Elided, Gigged, Giggle, Gigolo, Gilded, Gilled, Glided, Goodie, Iodide, Libido, Lidded, Oblige
• 7 letters: Bellied, Boogied, Diddled, Dollied, Giggled, Legible, Libeled, Libelee, Lobbied, Obliged
• 8 letters: Bloodied, Eligible
• 9 letters: Illegible

The 15 four-letter words give 15 points, the 56 longer words give 333, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 355.

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.

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.