Spelling Bee September 20, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
81
Total points
382
Pangrams
4
Genius score
267
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ATHLETIC
- ATHLETIC
- ETHICAL
- ETHICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
57 pts
15%
Nice
95 pts
25%
Great
152 pts
40%
Amazing
191 pts
50%
Genius
267 pts
70%
Queen Bee
382 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- athlete
- athletic
- athletic
- attach
- attache
- cache
- cachet
- catch
- catchall
- chai
- chalet
- chalice
- challah
- chat
- chattel
- cheat
- cheetah
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chicle
- chili
- chill
- chit
- chitchat
- cliche
- each
- etch
- ethic
- ethical
- ethical
- hail
- halal
- hale
- halite
- hall
- halt
- hatch
- hatchet
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heal
- health
- heat
- heath
- hectic
- heel
- heliacal
- helical
- hell
- hellcat
- hiatal
- hill
- hilt
- hitch
- itch
- latch
- lath
- lathe
- leach
- lech
- leech
- lethal
- litchi
- lithe
- tach
- teach
- tech
- techie
- teeth
- teethe
- telehealth
- that
- thatch
- thee
- theta
- tilth
- tithe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 20, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, L, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 81 accepted words for a total of 382 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 267 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.