Spelling Bee September 7, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
215
Pangrams
2
Genius score
150
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PITCHED
- PITCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
107 pts
50%
Genius
150 pts
70%
Queen Bee
215 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cheep
- cheeped
- chip
- chipped
- deep
- depict
- depicted
- depth
- dipped
- epee
- epic
- epithet
- hippie
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- pepped
- peptic
- peptide
- petit
- petite
- petted
- piece
- pieced
- pied
- pipe
- piped
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pitch
- pitched
- pitched
- pith
- pitied
- pitted
- teepee
- tepee
- tepid
- tipi
- tipped
- tippet
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, September 7, 2026 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 215 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 150 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.