Spelling Bee September 13, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
270
Pangrams
6
Genius score
189
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANTIOXIDANT
- ANTIOXIDANT
- OXIDATION
- OXIDATION
- OXIDANT
- OXIDANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- addition
- anion
- annatto
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- anoxia
- anti
- antioxidant
- antioxidant
- antitoxin
- attain
- axon
- dino
- dint
- dioxin
- donation
- initiation
- into
- intonation
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nana
- natant
- nation
- noon
- notation
- notion
- onion
- onto
- oxidant
- oxidant
- oxidation
- oxidation
- taint
- tannin
- taxation
- taxon
- tint
- titan
- toon
- toxin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, T, X, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.