Spelling Bee September 23, 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
42
Total points
241
Pangrams
2
Genius score
168
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DIZZYINGLY
- DIZZYINGLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
241 pts
100%
All accepted words
- diddling
- diddly
- digging
- dill
- dilly
- ding
- dinging
- dingy
- dining
- dizzily
- dizzy
- dizzying
- dizzyingly
- dizzyingly
- dying
- giddily
- giddy
- giddying
- gigging
- giggling
- giggly
- gild
- gilding
- gill
- gilling
- ginning
- gliding
- idling
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- inning
- lily
- lining
- lying
- niggling
- ninny
- zigging
- zing
- zinging
- zingy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 23, 2026 uses the seven letters D, G, I, L, N, Y, Z, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 241 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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.