Spelling Bee September 16, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
263
Pangrams
2
Genius score
184
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PINEWOOD
- PINEWOOD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
263 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dipped
- dope
- doped
- epee
- epode
- ninepin
- nipped
- nope
- open
- opened
- opine
- opined
- opinion
- opioid
- peed
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- peewee
- pend
- pended
- penne
- penned
- peon
- pepped
- pewee
- pied
- pine
- pined
- pinewood
- pinewood
- pinion
- pinioned
- pinned
- pinniped
- pipe
- piped
- pippin
- pond
- pone
- ponied
- poop
- pooped
- pope
- popped
- powwow
- weep
- weepie
- windpipe
- wipe
- wiped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 16, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, I, N, O, P, W, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.