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Spelling Bee November 13, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: C

A
C
H
N
O
P
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

176

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

123

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CACOPHONY
  • CACOPHONY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

44 pts

25%

Great

70 pts

40%

Amazing

88 pts

50%

Genius

123 pts

70%

Queen Bee

176 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • achoo
  • achy
  • ancho
C 26 words
  • cacao
  • cacophony
  • cacophony
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cannon
  • canny
  • canon
  • canopy
  • canyon
  • capo
  • capon
  • chancy
  • chap
  • chop
  • choppy
  • coach
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • cocoon
  • coho
  • conch
  • coop
  • copay
  • copy
  • cyan
H 2 words
  • honcho
  • hooch
N 1 word
  • nacho
P 4 words
  • papacy
  • poach
  • poncho
  • pooch

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, H, N, O, P, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 176 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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