Spelling Bee May 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
32
Total points
136
Pangrams
2
Genius score
95
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLIZZARD
- BLIZZARD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
68 pts
50%
Genius
95 pts
70%
Queen Bee
136 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airball
- alibi
- aril
- bail
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- bilabial
- bill
- billiard
- biradial
- blab
- blizzard
- blizzard
- bridal
- dial
- dill
- drill
- labia
- labial
- laid
- lair
- lard
- liar
- lira
- lizard
- radial
- rail
- railbird
- rial
- ribald
- rill
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, L, R, Z, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 136 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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.