Spelling Bee September 1, 2026 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TAILWIND
- TAILWIND
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- anal
- annal
- anti
- atilt
- attain
- await
- data
- dawn
- dial
- initial
- inlaid
- inland
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- lantana
- lawn
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nail
- nana
- natal
- natant
- tail
- tailwind
- tailwind
- taint
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tannin
- tidal
- titan
- twain
- wail
- wait
- wall
- wand
- wanna
- want
- watt
- wildland
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 1, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, T, W, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.