NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 13, 2026

Friday, March 13, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 13, 2026 puts I in the center, with A, C, H, O, R, T around it. There are 102 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes I. Tap a word for a short definition.

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102Words

552Points

386Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes I.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words102

Points552

Pangrams4

Longest word9

Average length5.8

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 386 points. Queen Bee is 552.

Your score Genius · 166 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start11

Moving Up28

Good44

Solid83

Nice138

Great221

Amazing276

386Genius386

Queen Bee552

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 552 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

CHARIOT

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

HARICOT

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

THORACIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2

TROCHAIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 393 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 85th percentile

Total points 89th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	102	73.6	154	18
Points	552	353.8	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The March 13, 2026 hive put I in the center with A, C, H, O, R, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 102 words (552 points). Genius sat at 386.

Pangrams on this date: CHARIOT, HARICOT, THORACIC, TROCHAIC. Top starting letters: C (33), T (26). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.