September 25, 2026, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, September 25, 2026

Sep 25, 2026, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, D, E, I, N, V honeycomb (center letter C) feature 59 words, a 319-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: DECADENCE, EVIDENCED, INCIDENCE.

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Spelling Bee hive for September 25, 2026 with center letter C and surrounding letters A,D,E,I,N and V

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Friday, September 25, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

9/10

Very Hard

88th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.90

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

82/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 82% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

65 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

3×9L4×8L11×7L14×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 223 pts

32 words3×9L4×8L11×7L10×6L4×5L

Vowel Split

47%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

164 vowels · 184 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start16 PTS
15%Moving Up48 PTS
25%Good80 PTS
40%Solid128 PTS
50%Nice160 PTS
60%Great191 PTS
65%Amazing207 PTS
70%Genius223 PTS
100%Queen Bee319 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 59 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, September 25, 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

32%

25%

19%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

12 words

10 words

19 words

11 words

4 words (Pangram)

3 words

Share of 59 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

59 words

100%

45 words

76%

42 words

71%

38 words

64%

37 words

63%

28 words

47%

18 words

31%

Share of 59 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

12 pts

50 pts

114 pts

114

77 pts

39 pts (Pangram)

27 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1932%

1525%

1119%

47%

35%

Share of 59 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 319 ranks in the 93rd percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-09-24.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 59 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 88th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-09-24.
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 Very 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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-09-24.
The estimated solve time of 55–75 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acacine
acad
acadia
acadian
acadie
acaena
acana
acca
accadian
acce
accedence
accend
accidence
accidia
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acini
acinic
acned
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adance
addice
adicea
adience
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aecia
aecidia
aecidiaceae
aidance
anacid
ancien
ancience
anicca
anice
avance
avicennia
avicenniaceae
avicide
caca
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cade
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caid
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canadian
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canc
cand
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candide
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canicide
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cavia
cavidae
cavie
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cavina
ccid
ceca
cecca
cedi
cene
cevadine
cevennian
cevian
cevine
cicad
cicadae
cicadid
cicadidae
cincinni
cindie
cine
cinene
cive
civie
cnicin
cnida
cnidae
cnidian
dace
dacian
danic
davidic
decad
decadi
decadic
decan
decane
decani
deccennia
decd
decede
deceivance
decence
decene
decennia
decenniad
decian
decidence
decidendi
decine
devance
diacid
diacidic
diadic
dicaeidae
dinic
ecad
ecanda
ecca
ecce
eddaic
eddic
edenic
encaenia
encave
encia
encina
eniac
enneadic
evidencive
evincive
icacinaceae
iceni
icica
idaic
idence
idic
inca
incaic
incan
incave
incede
incend
incide
incivic
indecence
indic
indican
indice
indidicia
inevidence
nace
naiadaceae
nance
neanic
necia
nicad
nicaean
nicene
nicenian
nici
vacance
vacandi
vaccenic
vaccicide
vaccina
vaccinee
vaccinia
vacciniaceae
vaidic
vanadic
vance
vannic
vedaic
vedic
vendace
venice
vica
viced
vicia
vicianin
vicine
vinca
vince
vinci
vinic

*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.