Spelling Bee September 5, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The 2026-09-05 Spelling Bee had 47 accepted words, including a challenging pangram. Solvers found many everyday words and some more obscure ones, like a type of large reptile and a term for a performer.
The seven letters
M ACGIKN
Every answer had to use M. The board accepted 47 words in all.
Spelling Bee hints, rung by rung
Six rungs, counts before words. The recap above already named the pangram, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.
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Hint 1: What kind of words the board rewarded
No answer is named.
Many answers involve actions or states related to directing, controlling, or performing. Some answers describe people or creatures. Others relate to materials or substances.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- M
- 33 answers
- G
- 5 answers
- I
- 3 answers
- A
- 2 answers
- C
- 2 answers
- N
- 2 answers
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- M
- Outer letters
- A · C · G · I · K · N
- Accepted words
- 47
- Word lengths
- 4–10 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The longest answer uses all the letters, including the centre one, and is a common noun in English.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- AI
- 1
- AN
- 1
- CA
- 2
- GA
- 3
- GI
- 2
- IM
- 3
- MA
- 21
- MI
- 12
- NA
- 1
- NI
- 1
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Hint 6: The shape of each pangram
Every accepted word from that board
All of them, folded by opening letter. Open one letter at a time — nothing here reveals another group.
The pangram from that board
Pangram 1 · 10 letters
NICKNAMING
Uses all seven letters — M, A, C, G, I, K, N — in 10 characters.
A · 2answers
AIMINGANIMA
C · 2answers
CAIMANCAMI
G · 5answers
GAMINGAMINGGAMMAGIMMICKGIMMICKING
I · 3answers
IMAGINGIMAGININGIMAM
M · 33answers
MACINGMAGIMAGICMAGICIANMAGMAMAIMMAIMINGMAINMAKIMAKINGMAMAMAMMAMANAGINGMANAKINMANGAMANIAMANIACMANICMANIKINMANNAMANNINGMICAMIKINGMIMICMIMICKINGMIMINGMINCINGMINIMINICAMMINIMMINIMAMININGMINK
N · 2answers
NAMINGNICKNAMING
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Letters
- M in the middle, A C G I K N around it
- Accepted words
- 47
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–10 letters
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