Introduction

If you've landed here trying to figure out today's spelling bee puzzle, you're not alone — thousands of people hit a wall around the same one or two words every morning. The good news is that today's answer set, including the pangram, is already sorted out below. No need to guess your way through seven letters and a honeycomb grid when the full list is sitting right here.

Today's Letters and the Pangram

For Saturday, September 26, 2026, the center letter setup is CHIMRUO. There's one pangram today, and it's a word most people wouldn't guess on the first few tries: CHROMIUM. It uses all seven letters and locks in 15 points on its own, which is a nice chunk of the 140 total points available today.

The puzzle has 30 answers total, spread across four-letter, five-letter, six-letter, and seven-letter words, plus that single 8+ letter pangram. Genius rank sits at 98 points, so finding the pangram early gets you most of the way there without much extra digging.

Full Word List by Length

Here's the breakdown, sorted the way most players like to scan it — shortest to longest:

4 letters: coho, coir, croc, hour, moor, ouch, room
5 letters: choir, cocci, comic, couch, croci, curio, hooch, humor, ichor, micro, mochi, mooch, mucho, occur, rumor
6 letters: churro, crouch, horror, mirror, rococo, romcom
7 letters: morocco
8+ letters: chromium (pangram)

That's a good spread of everyday words mixed with a few curveballs — "croci" and "ichor" tend to trip people up since they don't come up in daily conversation much.

How the NYT Spelling Bee Actually Works

If you're newer to this puzzle, here's the quick rundown. The New York Times hands you seven letters arranged in a honeycomb, and one letter sits in the center — every valid word has to include it. Words need at least four letters, and you can reuse letters as many times as a word calls for. A brand new puzzle drops every day at 3:00 AM Eastern.

Scoring works on a simple scale. Four-letter words are worth one point flat. Anything five letters or longer scores points equal to its length. And the pangram — the word using all seven letters — tacks on seven bonus points. That's usually the fastest jump toward Genius or the full Queen Bee rank.

FAQs

What counts as a pangram?
A word using every one of the day's seven letters at least once. It scores normally plus a seven-point bonus. Most days have just one, though two isn't unheard of.

Is the puzzle free to play?
Playing directly on the NYT site needs a Games subscription. Checking today's answers here doesn't cost anything.

What's Queen Bee status?
It means you found every valid word in that day's puzzle — the full clean sweep, one step past Genius.

When does a new puzzle start?
Every day at 3:00 AM Eastern, replacing the previous set of letters entirely.

Conclusion

Whether you're chasing Genius rank or just want to fill in the last stubborn word, having the full answer list on hand takes the guesswork out of it. Bookmark this page since the letters and words change daily, and the list gets refreshed each morning right when the new puzzle goes live — straight from todayspellingbeeanswers.com.