Spelling Bee November 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TOUCHED
- TOUCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
247 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chute
- coot
- cote
- couth
- cute
- cutout
- decoct
- decocted
- deduct
- deducted
- detect
- detected
- doeth
- dote
- doted
- doth
- dotted
- duct
- ducted
- duet
- duetted
- etch
- etched
- etude
- hoot
- hooted
- hutch
- octet
- outdo
- outed
- tech
- teed
- teeth
- teethe
- teethed
- thee
- thou
- thud
- thudded
- toed
- toot
- tooted
- tooth
- toothed
- tote
- toted
- touch
- touche
- touched
- touched
- tout
- touted
- tutee
- tutted
- tutu
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 12, 2026 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, O, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.