Spelling Bee August 13, 2026 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
196
Pangrams
2
Genius score
137
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HALCYON
- HALCYON
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
98 pts
50%
Genius
137 pts
70%
Queen Bee
196 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- anally
- ancho
- annal
- annoy
- anon
- anyhoo
- canal
- cancan
- canna
- cannon
- canny
- canola
- canon
- canyon
- chancy
- clan
- clonal
- cocoon
- colcannon
- colon
- colony
- conch
- cyan
- halcyon
- halcyon
- honcho
- llano
- loan
- loon
- loony
- naan
- nacho
- nana
- nanny
- nonlocal
- noon
- nylon
- onlay
- only
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, H, L, N, O, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 196 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 137 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.