NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 25, 2026
Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter C with outer letters A, D, E, I, N, V. The puzzle contains 59 words worth 319 points, including 1 pangram. The longest word is 9 letters. To reach Genius you need 223 points; Queen Bee requires all 319 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a larger-than-average day.
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, i, n, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 59 words |
| Total Points | 319 points |
| Genius Level | 223 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 |
| C | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 19 |
| D | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| E | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| I | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| N | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| V | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 12 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 59 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×8 AD×3 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×15 CE×2 CI×2 |
| D | DA×2 DE×11 DI×2 |
| E | EV×4 |
| I | IC×1 IN×3 |
| N | NI×3 |
| V | VA×1 VI×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACA×2 ACC×2 ACE×1 ACI×2 ACN×1 ADV×3 |
|---|---|
| C | CAD×3 CAN×9 CAV×3 CED×2 CIC×1 CIV×1 |
| D | DAN×2 DEC×6 DEI×3 DEV×2 DIC×2 |
| E | EVI×4 |
| I | ICE×1 INC×1 IND×2 |
| N | NIA×1 NIC×1 NIE×1 |
| V | VAC×1 VIC×1 VIV×1 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| de...... † | DE8 | Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs. |
| ac.... | AC6 | A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. |
| ac.. | AC4 | Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe. |
| ac.... | AC6 | To approach; to arrive, to come forward. |
| ac..... | AC7 | simple past tense and past participle of accede |
| ac.. | AC4 | simple past tense and past participle of ace |
| ac.. | AC4 | Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar. |
| ac.... | AC6 | Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red. |
| ac.. | AC4 | A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection. |
| ad..... | AD7 | To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. |
| ad...... | AD8 | simple past tense and past participle of advance |
| ad.... | AD6 | An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A golfer's assistant and adviser. |
| ca..... | CA7 | simple past tense and past participle of caddie |
| ca..... | CA7 | The act or state of declining or sinking. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. |
| ca.... | CA6 | Impartial and free from prejudice. |
| ca..... | CA7 | No definition found; request failed |
| ca.. | CA4 | A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae |
| ca... | CA5 | simple past tense and past participle of cane |
| ca... | CA5 | Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. |
| ca.... | CA6 | Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs. |
| ca... | CA5 | Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. |
| ca.... | CA6 | Preserved in cans. |
| ca.. | CA4 | Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ca... | CA5 | past participle of cave |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ci.... | CI6 | Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada. |
| ci... | CI5 | Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. |
| da... | DA5 | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dance |
| de.... | DE6 | A group, set, or series of ten , particularly: |
| de....... | DE9 | A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay |
| de..... | DE7 | To trick or mislead. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deceive |
| de.... | DE6 | to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decide |
| de... | DE5 | To remove the ice from something. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deice |
| de..... | DE7 | The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter. |
| de.... | DE6 | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. |
| di.. | DI4 | Gaming with one or more dice. |
| di... | DI5 | simple past tense and past participle of dice |
| ev...... | EV8 | Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. |
| ev....... | EV9 | simple past tense and past participle of evidence |
| ev.... | EV6 | To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. |
| ev..... | EV7 | simple past tense and past participle of evince |
| ic.. | IC4 | With ice added. |
| in....... | IN9 | The act of something happening; occurrence. |
| in.... | IN6 | Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained. |
| in..... | IN7 | plural of indicium |
| ni.... | NI6 | A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism. |
| ni.. | NI4 | Pleasant, satisfactory. |
| ni... | NI5 | A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). |
| va..... | VA7 | A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A bad habit. |
| vi.... | VI6 | At a brisk, lively tempo. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- deviance† (DE8)
- acacia (AC6)
- acai (AC4)
- accede (AC6)
- acceded (AC7)
- aced (AC4)
- acid (AC4)
- acidic (AC6)
- acne (AC4)
- advance (AD7)
- advanced (AD8)
- advice (AD6)
- caddie (CA6)
- caddied (CA7)
- cadence (CA7)
- cancan (CA6)
- candid (CA6)
- candied (CA7)
- cane (CA4)
- caned (CA5)
- canid (CA5)
- canine (CA6)
- canna (CA5)
- canned (CA6)
- cava (CA4)
- cave (CA4)
- caved (CA5)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cicada (CI6)
- civic (CI5)
- dance (DA5)
- danced (DA6)
- decade (DE6)
- decadence (DE9)
- deceive (DE7)
- deceived (DE8)
- decide (DE6)
- decided (DE7)
- deice (DE5)
- deiced (DE6)
- deicide (DE7)
- device (DE6)
- dice (DI4)
- diced (DI5)
- evidence (EV8)
- evidenced (EV9)
- evince (EV6)
- evinced (EV7)
- iced (IC4)
- incidence (IN9)
- indica (IN6)
- indicia (IN7)
- niacin (NI6)
- nice (NI4)
- niece (NI5)
- vaccine (VA7)
- vice (VI4)
- vivace (VI6)
Answer Definitions
- deviance† (noun): Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
- acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
- accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
- acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
- aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
- acid (adjective): Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- acidic (adjective): Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
- acne (noun): A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
- advance (verb): To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- advanced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of advance
- advice (noun): An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- caddie (noun): A golfer's assistant and adviser.
- caddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of caddie
- cadence (noun): The act or state of declining or sinking.
- cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- candid (adjective): Impartial and free from prejudice.
- candied (n/a): No definition found; request failed
- cane (noun): A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- caned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cane
- canid (noun): Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
- canine (adjective): Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
- canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
- canned (adjective): Preserved in cans.
- cava (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- caved (verb): past participle of cave
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cicada (noun): Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
- civic (adjective): Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- dance (noun): A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- danced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dance
- decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
- decadence (noun): A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
- deceive (verb): To trick or mislead.
- deceived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deceive
- decide (verb): to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
- decided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decide
- deice (verb): To remove the ice from something.
- deiced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deice
- deicide (noun): The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
- device (noun): Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- dice (noun): Gaming with one or more dice.
- diced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dice
- evidence (noun): Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- evidenced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evidence
- evince (verb): To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- evinced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evince
- iced (adjective): With ice added.
- incidence (noun): The act of something happening; occurrence.
- indica (noun): Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
- indicia (noun): plural of indicium
- niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
- nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
- niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
- vaccine (noun): A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute.
- vice (noun): A bad habit.
- vivace (adverb): At a brisk, lively tempo.