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
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
302
Pangrams
4
Genius score
211
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNEVOLVED
- UNEVOLVED
- UNLOVED
- UNLOVED
Rank thresholds
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
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- delve
- delved
- devolve
- devolved
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- doodle
- doodled
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- eleven
- elude
- eluded
- evolve
- evolved
- lede
- lend
- levee
- level
- leveled
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- lone
- loon
- loud
- louden
- loudened
- love
- loved
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lune
- needle
- needled
- nodule
- noel
- noodle
- noodled
- nouvelle
- novel
- null
- olden
- oleo
- ovule
- unevolved
- unevolved
- unlevel
- unloved
- unloved
- 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.