Spelling Bee hints & answers: Nov 12, 2026

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Nov 12, 2026 (2026-11-12).

Hive overview

This hive centers on T with six outer letters. It has 54 stored words, 1 pangram, and about 233 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 54 playable words worth about 233 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There is 1 pangram hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
T	4 letters10	5 letters5	6 letters5	7+ letters4	Total24
C	4 letters3	5 letters2	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total6
D	4 letters4	5 letters2	6 letters5	7+ letters4	Total15
E	4 letters1	5 letters1	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total3
H	4 letters1	5 letters1	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total3
O	4 letters–	5 letters3	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total3
U	4 letters–	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total0
Σ	4 letters19	5 letters14	6 letters13	7+ letters8	Total54

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 5 pts
Good: 12 pts
Solid: 19 pts
Nice: 35 pts
Great: 58 pts
Amazing: 93 pts
Genius: 163 pts
Queen Bee: 233 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

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Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 19 · 5 letters: 14 · 6 letters: 13 · 7 letters: 5 · 8 letters: 3

By first two letters: CH: 1 · CO: 3 · CU: 2 · DE: 6 · DO: 5 · DU: 4 · ET: 3 · HO: 2 · HU: 1 · OC: 1 · OU: 2 · TE: 5 · TH: 4 · TO: 12 · TU: 3

Pangram 1

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7 letters; worth 14 points. A perfect pangram: each hive letter appears once.

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The pangram starts with T and ends with D: T•••••D.

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TOUCHED

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TOUCHED: 7 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 14 points. Uses all seven letters: C, D, E, H, O, T, U.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

CHUTE
5
5
No
COOT
4
1
No
COTE
4
1
No
COUTH
5
5
No
CUTE
4
1
No
CUTOUT
6
6
No
DECOCT
6
6
No
DECOCTED
8
8
No
DEDUCT
6
6
No
DEDUCTED
8
8
No
DETECT
6
6
No
DETECTED
8
8
No
DOETH
5
5
No
DOTE
4
1
No
DOTED
5
5
No
DOTH
4
1
No
DOTTED
6
6
No
DUCT
4
1
No
DUCTED
6
6
No
DUET
4
1
No
DUETTED
7
7
No
ETCH
4
1
No
ETCHED
6
6
No
ETUDE
5
5
No
HOOT
4
1
No
HOOTED
6
6
No
HUTCH
5
5
No
OCTET
5
5
No
OUTDO
5
5
No
OUTED
5
5
No
TECH
4
1
No
TEED
4
1
No
TEETH
5
5
No
TEETHE
6
6
No
TEETHED
7
7
No
THEE
4
1
No
THOU
4
1
No
THUD
4
1
No
THUDDED
7
7
No
TOED
4
1
No
TOOT
4
1
No
TOOTED
6
6
No
TOOTH
5
5
No
TOOTHED
7
7
No
TOTE
4
1
No
TOTED
5
5
No
TOUCH
5
5
No
TOUCHE
6
6
No
TOUCHED
7
14
Yes
TOUT
4
1
No
TOUTED
6
6
No
TUTEE
5
5
No
TUTTED
6
6
No
TUTU
4
1
No

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