Answers for September 24, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the September 24, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 54 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: September 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-09-24 had 54 words worth 201 points total. Pangram(s) included plowable. You needed 141 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
224 Medium
54th percentile
Total Words
54
70th percentile
Total Points
201
47th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.04
All-time avg: 5.3
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141
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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201
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
πŸ“ˆ
32
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
16
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
56m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

26 words
4L 26
12 words
5L 12
11 words
6L 11
4 words (Pangram)
8L 4⭐
1 word
10L 1

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

P🐝
34
A
5
B
5
L
5
E
2
W
2
O
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 54 ~44.89 79 16
Total Points 201 ~210.06 431 60
Avg Word Length 5.04 ~5.44 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 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 PLOWABLE. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

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

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate PLOWABLE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate APPEALABLE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate APPELLEE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

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:

alap alapa alepole aleppo alop apollo apoop appal appale appel appellable appl belap beleap bepale
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

plowable (15 pts)
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Try finding the longest word yourself first with our guide.

4-Letter Words26 words

beep
boop
epee
leap
loop
lope
opal
pale
pall
palp
papa
pawl
Click to Reveal 26 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

apple
bebop
bleep
bloop
elope
lapel
paleo
papal
papaw
pewee
plebe
poppa
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words11 words

appall
appeal
lollop
paella
palapa
pawpaw
pebble
peewee
people
powwow
wallop
Click to Reveal 11 6-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

appellee
palpable
peelable
plowable
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

appealable
Click to Reveal 1 10-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features P as the center letter, with 54 words worth 201 points total. The pangram is "plowable" β€” a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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