NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 27, 2026

Sunday, September 27, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 27, 2026 puts F in the center, with D, E, I, L, N, U around it. There are 78 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

These are the NYT-accepted answers for this hive. Every word includes F. Tap a word for a short definition.

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78Words

431Points

302Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes F.

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4-letter words

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10-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterF

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words78

Points431

Pangrams4

Longest word11

Average length5.9

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 302 points. Queen Bee is 431.

Your score Genius · 129 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up22

Good34

Solid65

Nice108

Great172

Amazing216

302Genius302

Queen Bee431

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 431 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

NULLIFIED

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×2, I ×2

UNFILED

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

UNFILLED

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×2

UNFULFILLED

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: U ×2, F ×2, L ×3

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 379 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 57th percentile

Total points 70th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	78	74.8	154	18
Points	431	359.5	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The September 27, 2026 hive put F in the center with D, E, I, L, N, U around it. Queen Bee needed all 78 words (431 points). Genius sat at 302.

Pangrams on this date: NULLIFIED, UNFILED, UNFILLED, UNFULFILLED. Top starting letters: F (45), D (13). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.