NYT Spelling Bee Answers & Hints — September 7, 2026
- 41Total words
- 201Total points
- 141Genius
- 1Pangram
The pangram for September 7, 2026
Every letter used at least once — worth a bonus 7 points on top of the length score.
Letter by letter
7 letters · tap any tile to reveal just that letter.
Spelling Bee hints for September 7, 2026
Three levels of help, gentlest first — take only as much as you need. Skip straight to the answers →
Words per starting letter
The gentlest nudge — which letters do the heavy lifting today.
Two-letter tally
How many words start with each pair — if a pair isn't here, nothing starts with it.
- ch4
- de4
- di1
- ep3
- hi1
- pe9
- pi13
- te3
- ti3
Word length grid
The most specific spoiler-free hint — hunt a missing word by its length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 4 |
| D | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 |
| E | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| H | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| I | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| P | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | – | 22 |
| T | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | 6 |
| Σ | 10 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
Spelling Bee answers for September 7, 2026
The full word list, grouped by length — pangram first, then longest to shortest. Tap a group to reveal.
P
- pitched14
8
- depicted8
7
- cheeped7
- chipped7
- epithet7
- peptide7
- pipette7
6
- depict6
- dipped6
- hippie6
- peeped6
- pepped6
- peptic6
- petite6
- petted6
- pieced6
- pitied6
- pitted6
- teepee6
- tipped6
- tippet6
5
- cheep5
- depth5
- petit5
- piece5
- piped5
- pipet5
- pipit5
- pitch5
- tepee5
- tepid5
4
- chip1
- deep1
- epee1
- epic1
- peed1
- peep1
- pied1
- pipe1
- pith1
- tipi1
Today's puzzle by the numbers
Difficulty, rank thresholds, pangram etymology and what makes today unusual.
Difficulty
5/ 10
A middling Monday — accessible enough for casual solvers but with a few traps worth noting. At 41 words against a historical average of roughly 44.5, the list runs slightly lean, and the single pangram is genuinely findable once you tune into the puzzle's dominant consonant cluster. The main challenge is the heavy repetition of just a handful of letters, which makes it easy to spin your wheels on near-misses; the vocabulary itself, however, skews toward everyday words rather than obscure ones. A handful of less-common technical and loanword entries provide the modest resistance that keeps this from being a pure walkover.
Points per rank
| Rank | Points | % |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Bee 👑 | 201 | 100% |
| Genius | 141 | 70% |
| Amazing | 101 | 50% |
| Great | 80 | 40% |
| Nice | 50 | 25% |
| Solid | 30 | 15% |
| Good | 16 | 8% |
| Moving Up | 10 | 5% |
| Good Start | 4 | 2% |
| Beginner | 0 | 0% |
About the pangram
pitched14 pts
From Old English *piccian* (to thrust or fix), later merging with the noun *pitch* in its many senses — musical tone, tar, slope — all ultimately tracing to Proto-Germanic roots meaning 'to prick or point.' The word's remarkable range of modern meanings (a baseball throw, a sales talk, a musical note) reflects centuries of semantic drift from that single stabbing action.
Puzzle facts
- Longest word8 letters
- 4-letter words10 of 41
- Pangram bonus+7 points
- Puzzles archived85
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