Spelling Bee November 6, 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
49
Total points
207
Pangrams
4
Genius score
144
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LOCUTION
- LOCUTION
- LINOCUT
- LINOCUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
51 pts
25%
Great
82 pts
40%
Amazing
103 pts
50%
Genius
144 pts
70%
Queen Bee
207 pts
100%
All accepted words
- clinic
- clot
- clout
- coil
- colic
- colon
- colonic
- colt
- cool
- cotillion
- council
- cull
- cult
- cultic
- illicit
- licit
- lilt
- linocut
- linocut
- lint
- lion
- loci
- loco
- locution
- locution
- loin
- loll
- loon
- loot
- lotion
- lotto
- lout
- lull
- lulu
- nonillion
- null
- occult
- octillion
- oculi
- olio
- till
- tilt
- toil
- toll
- tool
- uncoil
- uncool
- unlit
- until
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 6, 2026 uses the seven letters C, I, L, N, O, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 207 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 144 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.