Spelling Bee hints & answers: Oct 28, 2026 (Puzzle #10715)

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Oct 28, 2026 (2026-10-28 · Puzzle #10715).

Hive overview

This hive centers on I with six outer letters. It has 71 stored words, 1 pangram, and about 355 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 71 playable words worth about 355 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There is 1 pangram hidden in this hive.

Show word-count hints

Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
I	4 letters2	5 letters2	6 letters1	7+ letters1	Total6
B	4 letters4	5 letters5	6 letters6	7+ letters3	Total18
D	4 letters3	5 letters3	6 letters3	7+ letters2	Total11
E	4 letters–	5 letters1	6 letters3	7+ letters1	Total5
G	4 letters4	5 letters4	6 letters7	7+ letters1	Total16
L	4 letters1	5 letters2	6 letters2	7+ letters4	Total9
O	4 letters1	5 letters3	6 letters1	7+ letters1	Total6
Σ	4 letters15	5 letters20	6 letters23	7+ letters13	Total71

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 7 pts
Good: 18 pts
Solid: 28 pts
Nice: 53 pts
Great: 89 pts
Amazing: 142 pts
Genius: 248 pts
Queen Bee: 355 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

Show two-letter and length counts

Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 15 · 5 letters: 20 · 6 letters: 23 · 7 letters: 10 · 8 letters: 2 · 9 letters: 1

By first two letters: 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 1

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7 letters; worth 14 points. A perfect pangram: each hive letter appears once.

Show letter pattern

The pangram starts with O and ends with D: O•••••D.

Reveal this pangram

OBLIGED

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OBLIGED: 7 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 14 points. Uses all seven letters: B, D, E, G, I, L, O.

Reveal full answer list (spoiler)

Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

BEIGE
5
5
No
BELIE
5
5
No
BELIED
6
6
No
BELLIED
7
7
No
BIBLE
5
5
No
BIDE
4
1
No
BIDED
5
5
No
BIGGIE
6
6
No
BILE
4
1
No
BILGE
5
5
No
BILL
4
1
No
BILLED
6
6
No
BLOODIED
8
8
No
BODIED
6
6
No
BOIL
4
1
No
BOILED
6
6
No
BOOGIE
6
6
No
BOOGIED
7
7
No
DELI
4
1
No
DIDDLE
6
6
No
DIDDLED
7
7
No
DIED
4
1
No
DILDO
5
5
No
DILL
4
1
No
DIODE
5
5
No
DOGGIE
6
6
No
DOGIE
5
5
No
DOLLIED
7
7
No
DOOBIE
6
6
No
EDDIED
6
6
No
EDIBLE
6
6
No
ELIDE
5
5
No
ELIDED
6
6
No
ELIGIBLE
8
8
No
GELID
5
5
No
GEOID
5
5
No
GIBE
4
1
No
GIBED
5
5
No
GIGGED
6
6
No
GIGGLE
6
6
No
GIGGLED
7
7
No
GIGOLO
6
6
No
GILD
4
1
No
GILDED
6
6
No
GILL
4
1
No
GILLED
6
6
No
GLIB
4
1
No
GLIDE
5
5
No
GLIDED
6
6
No
GOODIE
6
6
No
IDLE
4
1
No
IDLED
5
5
No
IDOL
4
1
No
IGLOO
5
5
No
ILLEGIBLE
9
9
No
IODIDE
6
6
No
LEGIBLE
7
7
No
LIBEL
5
5
No
LIBELED
7
7
No
LIBELEE
7
7
No
LIBIDO
6
6
No
LIDDED
6
6
No
LIED
4
1
No
LIEGE
5
5
No
LOBBIED
7
7
No
OBLIGE
6
6
No
OBLIGED
7
14
Yes
OILED
5
5
No
OLDIE
5
5
No
OLIO
4
1
No
OLLIE
5
5
No

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