Spelling Bee September 5, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
270
Pangrams
2
Genius score
189
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NICKNAMING
- NICKNAMING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aiming
- anima
- caiman
- cami
- gamin
- gaming
- gamma
- gimmick
- gimmicking
- imaging
- imagining
- imam
- macing
- magi
- magic
- magician
- magma
- maim
- maiming
- main
- maki
- making
- mama
- mamma
- managing
- manakin
- manga
- mania
- maniac
- manic
- manikin
- manna
- manning
- mica
- miking
- mimic
- mimicking
- miming
- mincing
- mini
- minicam
- minim
- minima
- mining
- mink
- naming
- nicknaming
- nicknaming
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 5, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, K, M, N, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.