Spelling Bee archive · September 18, 2026
NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Answers — September 18, 2026
Pangram, letters, two-letter list and the full word list for the NYT Spelling Bee on . Reveal only what you need below.
Letters: A C I N Q T U · center A
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1. Today's letters & stats orientation
A CINQTU
- Center letter: A (required in every word)
- Words: 41
- Points: 209 (Genius at 146)
- Pangrams: 1
2. Pangram nudge no answer yet
There is 1 pangram today.
- Length: 8 letters
- Starts with: A
3. Two-letter list words by start
How many words start with each pair of letters:
- AC 4
- AN 2
- AQ 4
- AT 2
- AU 1
- CA 6
- CI 1
- IN 2
- NA 3
- NI 1
- QU 3
- TA 9
- TI 2
- TU 1
4. Reveal the pangram big points
- ACQUAINT
5. Full word list all answers
9 letters (1)
- T _ _ _ I _ _ _ N
8 letters (4)
- A _ _ U A _ _ T
- A _ _ A N _ _ T
- A _ _ A T _ _ T
- C _ _ Q U _ _ N
7 letters (4)
- A _ _ A _ _ C
- C _ _ T _ _ A
- C _ _ T _ _ A
- T _ _ A _ _ C
6 letters (13)
- A _ A C _ A
- A _ Q U _ T
- A _ T A _ N
- C _ N C _ N
- I _ C A _ T
- I _ T A _ T
- N _ T A _ T
- N _ A C _ N
- Q _ A I _ T
- Q _ A N _ A
- T _ C T _ C
- T _ N N _ C
- T _ N N _ N
5 letters (9)
- A _ T _ C
- A _ T _ C
- C _ C _ I
- C _ N _ A
- Q _ A _ T
- T _ C _ T
- T _ I _ T
- T _ U _ T
- T _ T _ N
4 letters (10)
- ACAI
- ANTI
- AQUA
- AUNT
- CANT
- NAAN
- NANA
- TACT
- TAUT
- TUNA
NYT Spelling Bee September 18, 2026 — quick answers
What is today's Spelling Bee pangram?
Today's pangram is ACQUAINT.
What are today's letters?
A, C, I, N, Q, T, U — with A in the center.
How many words are there?
41 words for 209 points; Genius is 146.
Also for: Spelling Bee answers 9/18/26, 9-18-26, 9 18 26, 9/18/2026.
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Today's puzzle, in a nutshell
Center A with C, I, N, Q, T, U — one pangram (ACQUAINT). Q is the bottleneck; longer finds like AQUANAUT, AQUATINT, and TACTICIAN sit past the short A-words.