Spelling Bee Hints & Answers Today, November 13, 2026

The Spelling Bee from The New York Times (NYT) for Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, has C in the center and A, H, N, O, P and Y around it. There are 35 words and 160 points, with a single pangram. This page starts with the hint grid, a pangram clue and some counts; the words wait at the end.

Genius is 112 points today; our Spelling Bee page covers the rules.

Friday’s hint grid, Nov. 13

Center letter C; outer letters A, H, N, O, P, Y. 35 words, 160 points, one pangram.

Starts with	4 letters	5 letters	6 letters	9 letters	Total
A	1	2	-	-	3
C	8	9	7	1	25
H	-	1	1	-	2
N	-	1	-	-	1
P	-	2	2	-	4
Total	9	15	10	1	35

Two-letter starts: AC-2, AN-1, CA-11, CH-4, CO-9, CY-1, HO-2, NA-1, PA-1, PO-3.

The pangram clue

• Pangram (9 letters, starts with C)

  a harsh jumble of loud, clashing sounds; C and O each appear twice and the word ends in -y.

Two pairs rule this grid: ca has 11 words and co has 9. The other four starts (P, A, H and N) add only 10 words together.

What is odd about the Nov. 13 lengths

Length	Words	Points each	Points
4 letters	9	1	9
5 letters	15	5	75
6 letters	10	6	60
9 letters	1	9	9
Pangram bonus	1	7	7

• Longest words: one at 9 letters (starting with C); ten at 6 letters (starting with C, C, C, C, C, C, C, H, P and P); 15 at 5 letters (starting with A, A, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, H, N, P and P).
• Missing sizes: nothing at 7 or 8 letters, so the pangram is a jump of three letters above the longest six-letter word.
• Pairs that open one word: an, cy, na, pa.
• Doubles: 23 of 35 words repeat a letter; 9 repeat one back to back.
• Four-letter share: 9 points, which leaves 103 of the 112 Genius points for longer words.

Thursday in brief

Thursday had T in the center, 54 words and 233 points. The pangram was Touched.

Friday’s other pages: Wordle hints, Connections hints, Strands hints. See the November 2026 calendar or the weekly calendar.

Friday’s Spelling Bee answers, Nov. 13, 2026 (spoilers)

Stop here if you are still working on Friday’s puzzle.

• Pangram: Cacophony
• 4 letters: Achy, Capo, Chap, Chop, Coca, Coho, Coop, Copy, Cyan
• 5 letters: Achoo, Ancho, Cacao, Canna, Canny, Canon, Capon, Coach, Cocoa, Conch, Copay, Hooch, Nacho, Poach, Pooch
• 6 letters: Cancan, Cannon, Canopy, Canyon, Chancy, Choppy, Cocoon, Honcho, Papacy, Poncho
• 9 letters: Cacophony

The 9 four-letter words give 9 points, the 26 longer words give 144, and the pangram bonus adds 7, for 160.