The September 4, 2026, NYT Spelling Bee uses D as its center letter, with A, E, L, N, Y and Z around it. The pangram is ANALYZED. Two solution archives list 66 answers and 297 points; a third lists 65 answers, so the total is disputed.
September 4, 2026 Spelling Bee letters and pangram
Center letter: D
Other letters: A, E, L, N, Y, Z
Pangram: ANALYZED
The date matters: this is the 2026 puzzle, not the different September 4, 2025 puzzle. Anagrammer identifies the 2026 puzzle as #21858 and lists the hive and pangram in its September 4, 2026 archive. Spelling Bee Buddy and WordPuzzlePro also report ANALYZED as the pangram.
All archived answers for September 4
The following list is transcribed from WordPuzzlePro’s date-specific archive, which labels it complete. It is a secondary archive list, not a claim of firsthand validation in the live NYT game.
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Pangram: ANALYZED
Other answers: ADDED, ADDEND, ADDENDA, ADDLE, ADDLED, ADZE, ALLAYED, ANNEALED, DADDY, DALE, DALLY, DANDLE, DANDLED, DANDY, DAZE, DAZED, DAZEDLY, DAZZLE, DAZZLED, DEAD, DEADEN, DEADENED, DEADEYE, DEADLY, DEAL, DEAN, DEED, DEEDED, DELAY, DELAYED, DELL, DENY, DYAD, DYED, DYNE, EDDY, ELAND, ENDED, ENNEAD, EYED, LADE, LADED, LADEN, LADLE, LADLED, LADY, LAND, LANDED, LANDLADY, LAZED, LEAD, LEADED, LEADEN, LEADENLY, LEANED, LEDE, LEND, NADA, NEED, NEEDED, NEEDLE, NEEDLED, NEEDY, YELLED, YENNED.
Why the answer count differs between archives
Spelling Bee Buddy and WordPuzzlePro each report 66 answers and 297 points. Anagrammer reports 65 answers, and its displayed word-length breakdown also totals 65. The visible lists differ too: WordPuzzlePro includes LADE, which does not appear in Anagrammer’s displayed list. Because the archives do not agree, 66 is the count in two archives rather than a settled count across sources.
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Anagrammer’s rules summary says each answer must contain the center letter, use only the seven hive letters, and have at least four letters; letters may be reused. A pangram uses all seven hive letters and earns a bonus under that summary. These rule details come from a secondary archive; an official NYT rules page was not available among the consulted sources.
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- Anagrammer: NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 4, 2026 (#21858)
- Spelling Bee Buddy: September 04, 2026 Spelling Bee Answers
- WordPuzzlePro: NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 4, 2026
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