Spelling Bee Answers

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 248 was in the 80th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 12, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 12, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on September 14, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
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 250
loll 229
toot 223
nana 210
naan 210
tilt 163
till 163
lilt 163
tint 161
nene 161
mamma 161
mama 161
onion 154
acai 152
acacia 152
toon 151
onto 151
anon 141
olio 140
anal 140
tact 130
mitt 130
dodo 130
baba 130
papa 129
lulu 127
lull 127
loon 124
booboo 124
boob 124
poop 123
calla 122
call 122
cocci 121
tattoo 120
tartar 120
tart 120
ratatat 120
moon 120
mono 120
attar 119
tutu 116
natant 116
aria 116
cancan 115
ally 115
allay 115
momma 114
meme 114
ammo 114

How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 123,249 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*:

depone
deponed
doowop
downpipe
endopod
epopee
neep
oped
opinioned
peened
pein
peined
penni
pennine
pennon
pennoned
pepino
pepo
pinene
pinon
pinweed
pion
pipped
podded
poind
poinded
ponded
pondweed
pood
pooed
poon
poppied
powwowed
woopie

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

NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Analysis

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 248

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 174

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Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers