Spelling Bee June 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
172
Pangrams
2
Genius score
120
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TALKATIVE
- TALKATIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
86 pts
50%
Genius
120 pts
70%
Queen Bee
172 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alike
- alit
- alive
- alkali
- alleviate
- atilt
- avail
- aviate
- elite
- evil
- kill
- kilt
- kite
- levitate
- like
- lilt
- lite
- little
- live
- tail
- tali
- talkative
- talkative
- talkie
- tallit
- tiki
- tikka
- tile
- till
- tilt
- titillate
- titivate
- title
- tittle
- veil
- vial
- vile
- villa
- vital
- vitiate
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, E, I, K, L, T, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 172 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 120 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.