Spelling Bee October 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
257
Pangrams
4
Genius score
179
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- RAINDROP
- RAINDROP
- PARANOID
- PARANOID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
257 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adorn
- airdrop
- andiron
- android
- ardor
- arid
- darn
- dinar
- dino
- dodo
- donor
- doodad
- door
- dorado
- drain
- drip
- droid
- droop
- drop
- indoor
- inroad
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- nonpaid
- odor
- opioid
- ordain
- paid
- panda
- pandan
- paradrop
- paranoid
- paranoid
- pardon
- podia
- pond
- prod
- radar
- radian
- radii
- radio
- radon
- raid
- raindrop
- raindrop
- rand
- rando
- rapid
- rind
- road
- rondo
- rood
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, October 13, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, P, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 257 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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.