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Spelling Bee September 25, 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: C

A
C
D
E
I
N
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

334

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

233

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEVIANCE
  • DEVIANCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

50 pts

15%

Nice

83 pts

25%

Great

133 pts

40%

Amazing

167 pts

50%

Genius

233 pts

70%

Queen Bee

334 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acne
  • advance
  • advanced
  • advice
C 19 words
  • caddie
  • caddied
  • cadence
  • cancan
  • candid
  • candied
  • cane
  • caned
  • canid
  • canine
  • canna
  • canned
  • cava
  • cave
  • caved
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cicada
  • civic
D 16 words
  • dance
  • danced
  • decade
  • decadence
  • deceive
  • deceived
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • deviance
  • deviance
  • device
  • dice
  • diced
E 4 words
  • evidence
  • evidenced
  • evince
  • evinced
I 4 words
  • iced
  • incidence
  • indica
  • indicia
N 3 words
  • niacin
  • nice
  • niece
V 3 words
  • vaccine
  • vice
  • vivace

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 25, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, I, N, V, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 334 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 233 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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