September 12, 2026, Saturday

Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, September 12, 2026

Sep 12, 2026, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, I, L, M, P, R, T honeycomb (center letter I) feature 70 words, a 284-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: IMPARTIAL.

Get Hints FREEPractice Online Launch Solver

Spelling Bee hive for September 12, 2026 with center letter I and surrounding letters A,L,M,P,R and T

Get Daily Answers by Email

We send the complete answer list to your inbox as soon as each puzzle is published. No spam, ever.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

82nd percentile

Avg Word Length

5.24

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

77/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 77% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

67 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×9L3×8L11×7L12×6L2×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 199 pts

29 words1×9L3×8L11×7L12×6L2×5L

Vowel Split

43%

Balanced mix

158 vowels · 209 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start14 PTS
15%Moving Up43 PTS
25%Good71 PTS
40%Solid114 PTS
50%Nice142 PTS
60%Great170 PTS
65%Amazing185 PTS
70%Genius199 PTS
100%Queen Bee284 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 70 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, September 12, 2026. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

26%

23%

14%

Try starting with these letters when you're stuck.

Puzzle Letters

Previous2026-09-11

Today's AnswersGo to Today

Pangrams

Reveal letter by letter or uncover a full solution

The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Other days with this pangram

2025-01-08(P)

Complete Answers

Sort it your way: longest words or highest scores.

Browse calendar of past puzzles

Word Length Distribution

30 words

13 words

12 words

11 words

3 words

1 word (Pangram)

Share of 70 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

70 words

100%

53 words

76%

45 words

64%

42 words

60%

39 words

56%

28 words

40%

27 words

39%

Share of 70 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

30 pts

65 pts

72 pts

77 pts

24 pts

16 pts (Pangram)

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1826%

1623%

1014%

811%

57%

Share of 70 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 284 ranks in the 85th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-09-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 70 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 98th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-09-11.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-09-10.
The estimated solve time of 57–77 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

aalii
aillt
aimara
airt
alai
alalia
alia
almira
altair
altamira
amalaita
amati
amia
amil
amimia
amir
amiral
amit
ammiral
amrit
amrita
apalit
apitpat
appair
april
aralia
arapaima
arati
arilli
armaria
armil
armill
armilla
armillaria
armit
atip
atli
atrip
attila
ilama
ilia
ilial
ilpirra
immartial
immit
impalm
imparl
impi
implial
ipil
irma
ital
itala
itali
itll
ittria
laari
lait
lamia
lamplit
lapilli
laralia
lararia
lari
latitat
latria
lila
lill
limail
limital
limma
limpa
lipa
liri
litai
litra
maia
maill
mair
malapi
malati
mali
mamilla
mammalia
mammati
mammilla
mammillar
mammillaria
mappila
mari
maria
marilla
marita
maritimal
marlpit
marmit
matai
matapi
matralia
miami
mila
milia
miliaria
miliarial
milit
militar
militaria
milla
milliamp
milltail
milpa
milt
mima
mimi
mimp
mira
miri
miriam
mitra
palapalai
pali
palila
palilalia
palilia
pallia
pallial
palmilla
palmira
palpi
pamir
pamiri
papillar
pappi
paralalia
paramita
paratitla
pari
parial
parilia
parti
pataria
patia
patrial
pial
pilar
pili
pilm
pilpai
pima
pipa
pipal
pipi
pipil
pipra
piripiri
pirl
pitpit
pitta
plim
priam
priapi
prill
prima
primatal
primatial
primipara
primipilar
primitial
raia
rami
ramtil
rapilli
ratti
riata
rima
ripa
riparial
riprap
rita
taipi
tait
talari
talaria
talipat
talliar
tallitim
tamil
tapia
tarai
tarairi
tari
tiar
tilia
timar
tipiti
tirl
tirma
tirralirra
titi
tralira
triarii
trilli
tripara
tripart
tript
trit

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.