Today's Spelling Bee Hints and Answers for September 16, 2026
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Today's Spelling Bee
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Spelling Bee answer details
55 answers span 4 letters: 19, 5 letters: 8, 6 letters: 20, 7 letters: 2, 8 letters: 6. There are 1 pangrams, a maximum score of 248, and 25% of answers use the center letter twice or more.
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Spelling Bee FAQ & Hints
How many words and points are in today's Spelling Bee?
Today's Spelling Bee contains 55 words for 248 total points, with a Genius score threshold of 174 points.
How many pangrams are in today's Spelling Bee?
Today's puzzle has 1 pangram.
What are today's Spelling Bee two-letter word starts?
The two-letter starts for today's Spelling Bee are: DE (5), DI (1), DO (2), EP (2), NI (2), NO (1), OP (6), PE (12), PI (11), PO (8), WE (2), WI (3).
What is a pangram and a perfect pangram?
A pangram uses all seven puzzle letters at least once. A perfect pangram uses each of the seven letters exactly once.
What does BINGO mean in Spelling Bee?
BINGO means the answer list contains at least one word beginning with each of the seven puzzle letters.
How are Spelling Bee points calculated?
Four-letter words are worth one point. Longer words are worth one point per letter, and each pangram earns a seven-point bonus.
What do Genius and Queen Bee mean?
Genius is 70% of the possible score, rounded to the nearest whole point. Queen Bee means finding every accepted answer.
What makes a word valid in Spelling Bee?
A valid word has at least four letters, uses only the seven puzzle letters, and includes the required center letter. Letters may repeat.
Why might a valid-looking word not appear in the answers?
The publisher uses a curated answer list rather than accepting every dictionary entry, so a valid-looking word may not be included.
What was yesterday's Spelling Bee answer?
For yesterday's Spelling Bee, the solutions were CRIMP, CRIMPING, GRIM, IMPINGING, MIMIC, MIMING, MINCING, MINI, MINIM, MINING, MIRIN, MIRING, PIMP, PIMPING, PRIM, PRIMING, PRIMP, PRIMPING, RIMMING.