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Spelling Bee February 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: L

D
E
L
N
O
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

61

accepted entries

Total points

302

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

211

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNEVOLVED
  • UNEVOLVED
  • UNLOVED
  • UNLOVED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

24 pts

8%

Solid

45 pts

15%

Nice

75 pts

25%

Great

120 pts

40%

Amazing

151 pts

50%

Genius

211 pts

70%

Queen Bee

302 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 17 words
  • dell
  • delude
  • deluded
  • delve
  • delved
  • devolve
  • devolved
  • dole
  • doled
  • doll
  • dolled
  • doodle
  • doodled
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
E 5 words
  • eleven
  • elude
  • eluded
  • evolve
  • evolved
L 19 words
  • lede
  • lend
  • levee
  • level
  • leveled
  • lode
  • loll
  • lolled
  • lone
  • loon
  • loud
  • louden
  • loudened
  • love
  • loved
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • lune
N 9 words
  • needle
  • needled
  • nodule
  • noel
  • noodle
  • noodled
  • nouvelle
  • novel
  • null
O 3 words
  • olden
  • oleo
  • ovule
U 5 words
  • unevolved
  • unevolved
  • unlevel
  • unloved
  • unloved
V 3 words
  • veld
  • venule
  • vole

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 13, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, L, N, O, U, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 302 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 211 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee february 13 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough