Spelling Bee May 12, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
236
Pangrams
4
Genius score
165
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NONCOMBATANT
- NONCOMBATANT
- COMBATANT
- COMBATANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
236 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bacon
- banc
- bobcat
- cabana
- cacao
- camo
- cancan
- canna
- cannon
- cannot
- canon
- cant
- cantata
- canton
- catacomb
- coat
- coca
- cocoa
- cocoon
- coma
- comb
- combat
- combatant
- combatant
- combo
- comma
- common
- concoct
- contact
- coot
- cotton
- noncom
- noncombatant
- noncombatant
- octant
- taco
- tact
- tobacco
- toccata
- tomcat
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 12, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, M, N, O, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.