The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, September 13, 2026 uses the letters A, D, I, O, T, X with the center letter N. There are three pangrams today: ANTIOXIDANT, OXIDANT, and OXIDATION.
Pangrams (September 13, 2026)
ANTIOXIDANT, OXIDANT, OXIDATION
All three pangrams use every letter in the grid. ANTIOXIDANT is the longest at eleven letters. OXIDANT and OXIDATION are the shorter finds. Solvers who spotted the chemistry theme early had a significant edge today.
All NYT Spelling Bee Answers – September 13, 2026
10 letters: ANNOTATION, INITIATION, INTONATION
9 letters: OXIDATION
8 letters: ADDITION, DONATION, NOTATION, TAXATION
7 letters: ANNATTO, OXIDANT
6 letters: ANOINT, ANOXIA, ATTAIN, DIOXIN, NATANT, NATION, NOTION, TANNIN
5 letters: ANION, NAIAD, ONION, TAINT, TAXON, TITAN, TOXIN
4 letters: ANON, ANTI, AXON, DINO, DINT, INTO, NAAN, NADA, NANA, NOON, ONTO, TINT, TOON
Hints for today’s puzzle
Today’s letter set leans heavily toward science and formal register. The center letter N appears in every valid word. Solvers who tested words ending in -TION, -ATION, and -ATION found the richest vein. The four-letter words are mostly common short words, but NAAN (the bread) and NAIAD (a water nymph) catch many players out. NATANT – meaning floating or swimming, used in heraldry – is likely the toughest six-letter word in today’s list.
For more daily puzzle answers today, see the NYT Connections answers, the Wordle answer, and the NYT Strands answer. For the Contexto solution, see the Contexto answer for September 13.
