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Thursday, October 8, 2026

  • Letters N A C E H I M
  • 60 words
  • 2 pangrams
  • Longest: 9 letters
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Every valid word in today's New York Times Spelling Bee, updated each morning when the new letter set goes live at 3am Eastern. If you only want a nudge, the hints below work through the puzzle without naming anything; today's pangram and the complete answer list are each one tap away after that. The Thursday, October 8, 2026 puzzle has 60 words to find.

Hints before the answers

Open them in order. Each one gives away a little more, and the answers stay hidden until you ask for them.

  1. Hint 1Gentlest

    Today's letters are N, A, C, E, H, I, M, with N in the centre.

  2. Hint 2A little stronger

    There are 60 words to find and 2 pangrams.

  3. Hint 3A little stronger

    Words by starting letter: M × 18, C × 11, N × 9, A × 6, I × 6, E × 5, H × 5.

  4. Hint 4Strongest hint

    The longest word has 9 letters.

Spelling Bee Analysis: Word Grid and Two-Letter List for Thursday, October 8, 2026

60 words, 289 points, 2 pangrams (1 perfect). Center letter N; outer letters A, C, E, H, I, M.

Words by first letter and length for Thursday, October 8, 2026. Σ is the total.
Starts456789Σ
N621···9
A222···6
C245···11
E·1·2115
H·21·2·5
I122··16
M65421·18
Σ17181544260

Two-letter list

  • AC1AM1AN4
  • CA5CH4CI2
  • EC1EM1EN3
  • HE5
  • IC2IM1IN3
  • MA7ME4MI7
  • NA3NE1NI5

Pangrams

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MACHINE MECHANIC2 to find

Reveal one word at a time

Tap a card to flip it. 60 words in all.

4 letters

5 letters

6 letters

7 letters

8 letters

9 letters

All 60 answers

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4 letters 17

  • ACNE
  • AMEN
  • CANE
  • CHIN
  • INCH
  • MAIN
  • MANE
  • MEAN
  • MIEN
  • MINE
  • MINI
  • NAAN
  • NAME
  • NANA
  • NENE
  • NICE
  • NINE

5 letters 18

  • ANIMA
  • ANIME
  • CANNA
  • CHAIN
  • CHINA
  • CINCH
  • ENEMA
  • HENCE
  • HENNA
  • INANE
  • INNIE
  • MANIA
  • MANIC
  • MANNA
  • MINCE
  • MINIM
  • NICHE
  • NIECE

6 letters 15

  • ANEMIA
  • ANEMIC
  • CAIMAN
  • CANCAN
  • CANINE
  • CHANCE
  • CINEMA
  • HEINIE
  • ICEMAN
  • ICEMEN
  • MANIAC
  • MEANIE
  • MENACE
  • MINIMA
  • NIACIN

7 letters 4

  • ENCHAIN
  • ENHANCE
  • MACHINE (pangram)
  • MINICAM

8 letters 4

  • EMINENCE
  • HENCHMAN
  • HENCHMEN
  • MECHANIC (pangram)

9 letters 2

  • ECHINACEA
  • IMMINENCE

Pangrams use all seven letters.

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How to play Spelling Bee

  1. Make words from the hive

    Every word uses the centre letter and is at least four letters long. Letters can repeat.

  2. Longer words score more

    A four-letter word scores 1 point. Longer words score a point per letter.

  3. Find the pangram

    A word that uses all seven letters earns 7 bonus points on top of its length.

  4. Climb the ranks

    Your rank rises with your score, from Beginner to Genius at 70% of the points.

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Questions

What are today's Spelling Bee answers?

There are 60 valid words in the Thursday, October 8, 2026 puzzle, including 2 pangrams.

What is today's Spelling Bee pangram?

The pangrams are MACHINE, MECHANIC.

How do I read the Spelling Bee analysis grid?

Each row is a starting letter and each column a word length. A cell is how many of the day's words start with that letter and have that many letters, and Σ gives row and column totals. The two-letter list counts words by their first two letters. Both show counts only, never the words.

What time does the Spelling Bee reset?

A new letter set is published at 3am Eastern (New York time) every day, weekends included. That is midnight Pacific, and 07:00 UTC in summer or 08:00 UTC in winter.

What is a pangram in Spelling Bee?

A pangram uses all seven of the day's letters at least once. It is worth seven bonus points on top of its length, which is why finding one is usually the fastest route to Genius.

Who makes the Spelling Bee?

Spelling Bee is a daily puzzle published by The New York Times. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Times; it lists the answers to each day's puzzle.

Is there a Spelling Bee archive?

Yes. Every past puzzle stays online with its full answers and hints, linked from the archive page.

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