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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

A
C
G
I
K
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

270

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

189

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NICKNAMING
  • NICKNAMING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • aiming
  • anima
C 2 words
  • caiman
  • cami
G 5 words
  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gimmick
  • gimmicking
I 3 words
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
M 33 words
  • 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
N 3 words
  • 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.

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

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