Spelling Bee March 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
62
Total points
342
Pangrams
6
Genius score
239
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- THORACIC
- THORACIC
- HARICOT
- CHARIOT
- HARICOT
- CHARIOT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
171 pts
50%
Genius
239 pts
70%
Queen Bee
342 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- aortic
- archaic
- arctic
- aria
- arthritic
- atria
- attic
- cacti
- cathartic
- chai
- chair
- chaotic
- chariot
- chariot
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chit
- chitchat
- choir
- ciao
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- coati
- cocci
- cochair
- coir
- critic
- croci
- hair
- haricot
- haricot
- hitch
- ichor
- iota
- itch
- oratorio
- orthotic
- raita
- ratio
- rhotic
- rich
- ricotta
- riot
- roti
- tacit
- tactic
- thoracic
- thoracic
- tiara
- tori
- toric
- torii
- trait
- traitor
- trattoria
- tricot
- trio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, O, R, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 342 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 239 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.