NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 13, 2026

Sunday, September 13, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 13, 2026 puts N in the center, with A, D, I, O, T, X around it. There are 40 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

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

40Words
222Points
155Genius
3Pangrams
Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

13

5-letter words

7

6-letter words

8

7-letter words

2

8-letter words

4

9-letter words

2

10-letter words

3

11-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterN
Vowels3
Rare lettersX
Words40
Points222
Pangrams3
Longest word11
Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 155 points. Queen Bee is 222.

Genius · 67 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start4
Moving Up11
Good18
Solid33
Nice56
Great89
Amazing111
155Genius155
Queen Bee222

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

Pangram Breakdown

ANTIOXIDANT
11 letters 18 points 5 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, N ×2, T ×2, I ×2

OXIDANT
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants
OXIDATION
9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, I ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 390 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 11th percentile
Total points 21th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words4073.815418
Points222354.789260
Pangrams32.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The September 13, 2026 hive put N in the center with A, D, I, O, T, X around it. Queen Bee needed all 40 words (222 points). Genius sat at 155.

Pangrams on this date: ANTIOXIDANT, OXIDANT, OXIDATION. Top starting letters: A (12), N (9). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for September 13, 2026