Spelling Bee answers for October 13, 2026
The Tuesday NYT Spelling Bee had 51 words, 227 points and 2 pangrams. Every answer is listed below, with the letter grid and the points for each rank.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The 2 pangrams
Showing all 2 words.
Pangrams2
All 51 answers
Showing all 51 words.
a6
d13
i2
n4
o3
p9
r14
At a glance
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 227
- Pangrams
- 2
- Longest word
- 8 letters
- No perfect pangram
- Bingo: a word starts with every letter
- Average word: 5.2 letters
Maximum score 227. Genius takes 159 points: the fastest route is 24 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 5 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 11 |
| Good | 8% | 18 |
| Solid | 15% | 34 |
| Nice | 25% | 57 |
| Great | 40% | 91 |
| Amazing | 50% | 114 |
| Genius | 70% | 159 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 227 |
Real words that do not count
- poniard
- dado
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 6 |
| d (center letter) | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 13 |
| i | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| n | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| o | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| p | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 9 |
| r | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
| Total | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 51 |
Two-letter list
- ad1 word
- ai1 word
- an2 words
- ar2 words
- da1 word
- di2 words
- do5 words
- dr5 words
- in2 words
- na3 words
- no1 word
- od1 word
- op1 word
- or1 word
- pa6 words
- po2 words
- pr1 word
- ra10 words
- ri1 word
- ro3 words
How the Oct 13, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was D with A, I, N, O, P, R around it. Answers ran from 4 to 8 letters, 5.2 on average. There was no perfect pangram (a seven-letter word using each letter once). It was also a bingo day: at least one word started with each of the seven letters.
Genius needed 159 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.