NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 12, 2026

Saturday, September 12, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 12, 2026 puts I in the center, with A, L, M, P, R, T around it. There are 70 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

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

70Words
284Points
199Genius
1Pangram
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

1

4-letter words

30

5-letter words

13

6-letter words

12

7-letter words

11

8-letter words

3

9-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels2
Rare lettersNone
Words70
Points284
Pangram1
Longest word9
Average length5.2

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 199 points. Queen Bee is 284.

Genius · 85 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start6
Moving Up14
Good23
Solid43
Nice71
Great114
Amazing142
199Genius199
Queen Bee284

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

Pangram Breakdown

IMPARTIAL
9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, A ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 390 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 51th percentile
Total points 37th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words7073.815418
Points284354.789260
Pangrams12.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The September 12, 2026 hive put I in the center with A, L, M, P, R, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 70 words (284 points). Genius sat at 199.

Pangram on this date: IMPARTIAL. Top starting letters: T (18), P (16). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

FAQs for September 12, 2026