Spelling Bee September 4, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
312
Pangrams
2
Genius score
218
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANALYZED
- ANALYZED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
156 pts
50%
Genius
218 pts
70%
Queen Bee
312 pts
100%
All accepted words
- added
- addend
- addenda
- addle
- addled
- adze
- allayed
- analyzed
- analyzed
- annealed
- daddy
- dale
- dally
- dandle
- dandled
- dandy
- daze
- dazed
- dazedly
- dazzle
- dazzled
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- deadeye
- deadly
- deal
- dean
- deed
- deeded
- delay
- delayed
- dell
- deny
- dyad
- dyed
- dyne
- eddy
- eland
- ended
- ennead
- eyed
- lade
- laded
- laden
- ladle
- ladled
- lady
- land
- landed
- landlady
- lazed
- lead
- leaded
- leaden
- leadenly
- leaned
- lede
- lend
- nada
- need
- needed
- needle
- needled
- needy
- yelled
- yenned
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, September 4, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, E, L, N, Y, Z, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 312 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 218 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.