Spelling Bee September 12, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
71
Total points
300
Pangrams
2
Genius score
210
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMPARTIAL
- IMPARTIAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
150 pts
50%
Genius
210 pts
70%
Queen Bee
300 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airmail
- alit
- aria
- aril
- armpit
- atilt
- atria
- atrial
- imam
- impair
- impala
- impart
- impartial
- impartial
- lair
- lariat
- liar
- lilt
- lima
- limit
- limp
- lira
- maim
- malaria
- malarial
- marital
- martial
- militia
- mill
- mitral
- mitt
- pail
- pair
- palatial
- papilla
- partial
- partita
- pill
- pillar
- pimp
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- prim
- primal
- primp
- rail
- raita
- rattail
- rial
- rill
- tail
- taillamp
- tali
- tallit
- tamari
- tapir
- tatami
- tiara
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- tipi
- trail
- trait
- trial
- trill
- trim
- trip
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 12, 2026 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, P, R, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 71 accepted words for a total of 300 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 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.