Spelling Bee October 11, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
This puzzle's answers included several animal names like 'BABOON' and 'BONOBO', food items such as 'BANANA' and 'BONBON', and objects like 'BALLOON' and 'TUBA'. Solvers could find a mix of short and long words.
The seven letters
B ALNOTU
Every answer had to use B. The board accepted 51 words in all.
Spelling Bee hints, rung by rung
Six rungs, counts before words. The recap above already named the pangram, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.
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Hint 1: What kind of words the board rewarded
No answer is named.
The list features many words starting with 'B', some with consecutive double letters, and several with 'BO' or 'BU' combinations, indicating profitable word patterns.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- B
- 37 answers
- T
- 4 answers
- A
- 3 answers
- N
- 3 answers
- U
- 3 answers
- L
- 1 answer
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- B
- Outer letters
- A · L · N · O · T · U
- Accepted words
- 51
- Word lengths
- 4–8 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The seven-letter answer uses common letters and a key centre letter, forming a valid English word related to chemistry.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- AB
- 3
- BA
- 9
- BL
- 8
- BO
- 13
- BU
- 7
- LO
- 1
- NA
- 2
- NO
- 1
- TA
- 2
- TU
- 2
- UN
- 3
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Hint 6: The shape of each pangram
Every accepted word from that board
All of them, folded by opening letter. Open one letter at a time — nothing here reveals another group.
The pangram from that board
Pangram 1 · 7 letters
BUTANOL
Uses all seven letters — B, A, L, N, O, T, U — in 7 characters.
A · 3answers
ABBOTABOUTABUT
B · 37answers
BABABABOONBALLBALLOONBALLOTBANALBANANABAOBABBATONBLABBLATBLATANTBLOATBLOBBLOTBLOTTOBLUNTBOATBOBABOLABOLLBOLOBOLTBONBONBONOBOBOOBBOOBOOBOONBOOTBOUTBUBBABULBBULLBUNTBUTANOLBUTTBUTTON
L · 1answer
LOBO
N · 3answers
NABOBNANOBOTNOOB
T · 4answers
TABLATABOOTUBATUBAL
U · 3answers
UNBANUNBOLTUNBUTTON
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
- Letters
- B in the middle, A L N O T U around it
- Accepted words
- 51
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–8 letters
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