Spelling Bee Answers

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 258 was in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 08, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 53 possible answers rank it in the 80th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 08, 2026.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 08, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on September 09, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.

Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!

Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

noon 249
loll 229
toot 223
nana 209
naan 209
tilt 162
till 162
lilt 162
nene 161
mamma 161
mama 161
tint 160
onion 153
acai 152
acacia 152
toon 150
onto 150
olio 140
anon 140
anal 140
tact 130
dodo 130
baba 130
papa 129
mitt 129
lulu 127
lull 127
loon 124
booboo 124
boob 124
poop 122
calla 122
call 122
cocci 121
tattoo 120
tartar 120
tart 120
ratatat 120
moon 120
mono 120
attar 119
tutu 116
natant 115
cancan 115
aria 115
ally 115
allay 115
momma 114
meme 114
ammo 114

How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 123,018 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,135 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.

Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

ahull
aludel
alula
alulae
audad
auld
duad
duded
dudeen
duelled
duende
duenna
duneland
hunh
landau
lauan
lehua
leud
lude
lunule
nullah
nulled
uhlan
ulan
ulnad
unadded
unaneled
unau
unde
undee
undeluded
undulled
unended
unlade
unladed
unlead
unled

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Analysis

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 258

Number of Answers: 53

Points Needed for Genius: 181

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Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers