Answers for June 13, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 13, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 39 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-13 had 39 words worth 156 points total. Pangram(s) included talkative. You needed 109 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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📊 Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
198 Easy
22th percentile
Total Words
39
41th percentile
Total Points
156
30th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.21
All-time avg: 5.3
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109
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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156
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
📈
23
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
12
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
43m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

18 words
4L 18
9 words
5L 9
6 words
6L 6
1 word
7L 1
2 words
8L 2
3 words (Pangram)
9L 3⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

T
14
A
8
L
6
V
6
K
3
E
2
I🐝
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 39 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 156 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.21 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

📅 Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is TALKATIVE. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Repeated letters: T (x2), A (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate TALKATIVE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate ALLEVIATE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate LEVITATE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

aalii aevia aiel aile ailette ailie aillt akaakai akali akeki akia akvavit alai alaite alaki
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

talkative (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words18 words

alit
evil
kill
kilt
kite
like
lilt
lite
live
tail
tali
tiki
Click to Reveal 18 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words9 words

alike
alive
atilt
avail
elite
tikka
title
villa
vital
Click to Reveal 9 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words6 words

alkali
aviate
little
talkie
tallit
tittle
Click to Reveal 6 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words1 words

vitiate
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8-Letter Words2 words

levitate
titivate
Click to Reveal 2 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words3 words

alleviate
talkative
titillate
Click to Reveal 3 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features I as the center letter, with 39 words worth 156 points total. The pangram today is "talkative" — a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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