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Spelling Bee September 28, 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: T

C
D
N
O
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

233

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

163

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NONCONDUCTOR
  • NONCONDUCTOR
  • CONDUCTOR
  • CONDUCTOR

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

58 pts

25%

Great

93 pts

40%

Amazing

116 pts

50%

Genius

163 pts

70%

Queen Bee

233 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 14 words
  • coconut
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • conductor
  • conductor
  • contort
  • contour
  • coot
  • cotton
  • count
  • court
  • crouton
  • curt
  • cutout
D 3 words
  • doctor
  • donut
  • duct
N 2 words
  • nonconductor
  • nonconductor
O 6 words
  • onto
  • orotund
  • outdo
  • outdoor
  • outro
  • outrun
R 6 words
  • root
  • rotor
  • rotund
  • rout
  • runout
  • runt
T 14 words
  • toon
  • toot
  • torn
  • toro
  • tort
  • tour
  • tout
  • trod
  • trot
  • trout
  • turn
  • turnout
  • tutor
  • tutu
U 2 words
  • uncut
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 28, 2026 uses the seven letters C, D, N, O, R, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 233 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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.

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

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