Yesterday's Spelling Bee Answers

Complete spelling bee answers yesterday for September 14, 2026: all 21 words, 1pangram, and 73 total points.

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Quick Answer Summary

Yesterday's had 21 words worth 73 points total. Pangram(s) included pageboy. You needed 51 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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📊 Yesterday's Puzzle Insights

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

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Difficulty Score
168 Easy
1th percentile
Total Words
21
5th percentile
Total Points
73
1th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.71
All-time avg: 5.3
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51
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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73
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
📈
13
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
11
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
28m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

11 words
4L 11
7 words
5L 7
1 word
6L 1
2 words (Pangram)
7L 2⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

G🐝
8
B
4
A
3
P
3
E
1
O
1
Y
1
Metric Yesterday Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 21 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 73 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.71 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.49 4 1

📅 Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

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

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Yesterday's featured pangram is PAGEBOY. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 43% (3 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek PAGEBOY

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Greek vocabulary, evolving through classical Hellenic phonetic clusters and structural roots.

Latinate BAGGAGE

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 yesterday's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

abegge agag agao agapae agba agee agoge apagoge babbage baga bagge bago bagobo bebog begay
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

pageboy (14 pts)
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4-Letter Words11 words

agog
eggy
gaga
gage
gape
goby
goop
ogee
page
pogo
yoga
Click to Reveal 11 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words7 words

agape
baggy
bogey
boggy
gabby
gooey
goopy
Click to Reveal 7 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words1 words

apogee
Click to Reveal 1 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words2 words

baggage
pageboy
Click to Reveal 2 7-Letter Words

About Yesterday's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Yesterday's NYT Spelling Bee features G as the center letter, with 21 words worth 73 points total. The pangram is "pageboy" — a 7-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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