Spelling Bee November 14, 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
64
Total points
395
Pangrams
4
Genius score
276
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INITIALIZING
- INITIALIZING
- TANTALIZING
- TANTALIZING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
31 pts
8%
Solid
59 pts
15%
Nice
98 pts
25%
Great
158 pts
40%
Amazing
197 pts
50%
Genius
276 pts
70%
Queen Bee
395 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ailing
- alga
- algal
- align
- aligning
- alit
- anal
- angling
- annal
- atilt
- gala
- galangal
- gall
- gallant
- galling
- ganglia
- gangling
- giggling
- gill
- gilling
- gilt
- glazing
- glia
- glint
- glinting
- glitz
- initial
- initialing
- initializing
- initializing
- lagging
- lain
- lanai
- lantana
- lazing
- ligating
- lilt
- lilting
- lining
- lint
- litigant
- litigating
- nail
- nailing
- natal
- niggling
- tail
- tailgating
- tailing
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tangling
- tantalizing
- tantalizing
- tattling
- tiling
- till
- tilling
- tilt
- tilting
- tingling
- titillating
- titling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, November 14, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, I, L, N, T, Z, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 395 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 276 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.