Answers for September 10, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the September 10, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 53 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: September 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-09-10 had 53 words worth 258 points total. Pangram(s) included unhandled, unhealed. You needed 181 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
257 Medium
84th percentile
Total Words
53
70th percentile
Total Points
258
75th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.62
All-time avg: 5.3
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181
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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258
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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28
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
58m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

18 words
4L 18
5 words
5L 5
17 words
6L 17
6 words
7L 6
6 words (Pangram)
8L 6⭐
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

D
12
U🐝
12
L
10
H
8
A
5
E
4
N
2
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 53 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 258 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.62 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 2 ~1.49 4 1

πŸ“… Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is UNHANDLED. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix un-
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: N (x2), D (x2)

Today's featured pangram is UNHEALED. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (4 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix un-
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: E (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English UNHANDLED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Germanic/Old English UNHEALED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Germanic/Old English ALLUDED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

addu aduana ahull ahuula alauda alaund alenu alleleu aludel alula alulae anahau annule audad audaean
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

unhandled (16 pts)unhealed (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words18 words

dual
dude
duel
dull
dune
haul
hued
hula
hull
laud
luau
lull
Click to Reveal 18 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words5 words

annul
elude
endue
ulnae
undue
Click to Reveal 5 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words17 words

allude
annual
delude
denude
dueled
dulled
dunned
eluded
endued
hauled
huddle
hulled
Click to Reveal 17 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words6 words

alluded
deluded
denuded
huddled
lunulae
unladen
Click to Reveal 6 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words6 words

annulled
unhanded
unhealed
unheeded
unleaded
unneeded
Click to Reveal 6 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

unhandled
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features U as the center letter, with 53 words worth 258 points total. The pangram is "unhandled" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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