Tuesday · 34 words

Spelling Bee September 29, 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: V

E
G
I
N
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

194

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

135

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VETOING
  • VETOING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

77 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

135 pts

70%

Queen Bee

194 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 3 words
  • even
  • evening
  • event
G 3 words
  • give
  • given
  • giving
I 7 words
  • invent
  • inventing
  • invention
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • inviting
N 2 words
  • nonevent
  • nonvoting
O 3 words
  • ogive
  • oven
  • ovine
V 15 words
  • veggie
  • vegging
  • vein
  • veining
  • vent
  • venting
  • veto
  • vetoing
  • vetoing
  • vetting
  • vignette
  • vine
  • vote
  • voting
  • votive

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 29, 2026 uses the seven letters E, G, I, N, O, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 194 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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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