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Spelling Bee September 26, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: O

C
H
I
M
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

155

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

108

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHROMIUM
  • CHROMIUM

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

77 pts

50%

Genius

108 pts

70%

Queen Bee

155 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 13 words
  • choir
  • chromium
  • chromium
  • churro
  • cocci
  • coho
  • coir
  • comic
  • couch
  • croc
  • croci
  • crouch
  • curio
H 4 words
  • hooch
  • horror
  • hour
  • humor
I 1 word
  • ichor
M 7 words
  • micro
  • mirror
  • mochi
  • mooch
  • moor
  • morocco
  • mucho
O 2 words
  • occur
  • ouch
R 4 words
  • rococo
  • romcom
  • room
  • rumor

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 26, 2026 uses the seven letters C, H, I, M, O, R, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 155 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 108 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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