Spelling Bee September 8, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
341
Pangrams
4
Genius score
238
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FACILITATE
- FACILITATE
- FACELIFT
- FACELIFT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
170 pts
50%
Genius
238 pts
70%
Queen Bee
341 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acetic
- affiliate
- afflict
- alit
- atilt
- attic
- cacti
- calcite
- cattail
- celiac
- celli
- cilia
- cite
- cliff
- eclectic
- elicit
- elite
- facelift
- facelift
- facial
- facile
- facilitate
- facilitate
- fail
- fiat
- fief
- fife
- file
- filet
- filial
- fill
- fillet
- flail
- flit
- icefall
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lattice
- leftie
- lice
- licit
- life
- lift
- lilac
- lilt
- lite
- little
- tacit
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- tail
- tali
- tallit
- tiff
- tile
- till
- tilt
- titillate
- title
- tittle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 8, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, I, L, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 341 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 238 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.