Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, November 13, 2025

Nov 13, 2025, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, N, M, O, D, I, C honeycomb (center letter O) feature 58 words, a 271-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: MONOMANIAC.

Spelling Bee hive for November 13, 2025 with center letter O and surrounding letters A,N,M,D,I and C

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Thursday, November 13, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

6/10

Hard

55th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.43

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

37/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 37% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

56 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

15

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

29

words to Genius
1×10L1×9L4×8L5×7L11×6L7×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 190 pts
29 words1×10L1×9L4×8L5×7L7×6L11×5L

Vowel Split

47%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

148 vowels · 167 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start14 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up41 PTS
  • 25%Good68 PTS
  • 40%Solid108 PTS
  • 50%Nice136 PTS
  • 60%Great163 PTS
  • 65%Amazing176 PTS
  • 70%Genius190 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee271 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 58 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, November 13, 2025. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

C
40%
M
19%
D
14%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.
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Complete Answers

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10-Letter Words 1 word

9-Letter Words 1 word

8-Letter Words 4 words

7-Letter Words 5 words

6-Letter Words 11 words

4-Letter Words 17 words

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Word Length Distribution

17 words
4L
17
19 words
5L
19
11 words
6L
11
5 words (Pangram)
7L
5
4 words
8L
4
1 word
9L
1
1 word
10L
1

Share of 58 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

O
58 words
100%
N
41 words
71%
M
33 words
57%
A
32 words
55%
C
30 words
52%
I
25 words
43%
D
21 words
36%

Share of 58 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

17 pts
17
4L
95 pts
95
5L
66 pts
66
6L
42 pts (Pangram)
42
7L
32 pts
32
8L
9 pts
9
9L
10 pts
10
10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

C
2340%
M
1119%
D
814%
A
712%
I
47%
N
47%
O
12%

Share of 58 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 271 ranks in the 81st percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-11-12.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 58 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 86th percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-11-12.
  • The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
  • The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
  • This puzzle ranks among the Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
  • Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
  • The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
  • Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-11-11.
  • The estimated solve time of 48–64 min is slower than typical puzzles.
  • Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

  • acidoid
  • acoma
  • acomia
  • addoom
  • adonai
  • adonia
  • adonian
  • adonic
  • adonidin
  • ainoi
  • aion
  • amido
  • amidon
  • ammino
  • ammoniac
  • ammonic
  • ammono
  • ammonoid
  • amnion
  • amnionic
  • ancon
  • ancona
  • anconad
  • anconoid
  • aniconic
  • anionic
  • annona
  • anoa
  • anodic
  • anodon
  • anoia
  • anomia
  • anomic
  • aonian
  • cacoon
  • caddo
  • caddoan
  • camino
  • camion
  • camoodi
  • cancion
  • canion
  • ciconiid
  • cimicoid
  • cinnamomic
  • cinnamonic
  • cion
  • coan
  • cocain
  • cocainomania
  • cocainomaniac
  • cocama
  • cocamama
  • coccic
  • coccid
  • coccidia
  • coccidian
  • cocco
  • coccoid
  • coco
  • cocona
  • coconino
  • codiniac
  • codman
  • codo
  • codomain
  • coman
  • comd
  • comino
  • comm
  • commandoman
  • commo
  • comodo
  • cond
  • coni
  • conia
  • coniacian
  • conicoid
  • conidia
  • conidian
  • conima
  • conn
  • conoid
  • conoidic
  • coocoo
  • coom
  • coon
  • cooncan
  • dado
  • daimio
  • daimon
  • daimonic
  • daimonion
  • damnonii
  • damon
  • danio
  • diacodion
  • diaconica
  • diaconicon
  • dianoia
  • diccon
  • dido
  • didonia
  • diiodo
  • dion
  • dodd
  • dodman
  • dodoma
  • dodona
  • dodonian
  • doina
  • domic
  • domina
  • domini
  • dominic
  • dominica
  • dominican
  • dona
  • doni
  • donia
  • donn
  • donna
  • doon
  • iconian
  • iconomania
  • iddio
  • imido
  • imino
  • indico
  • indoin
  • inion
  • iodic
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • ioni
  • ionian
  • macaco
  • macao
  • macco
  • maco
  • macon
  • mado
  • madoc
  • madonna
  • maimon
  • maioid
  • mammondom
  • mammoni
  • mamo
  • mancono
  • mandioca
  • mandom
  • manioc
  • manioca
  • mano
  • maomao
  • miao
  • mico
  • midnoon
  • mino
  • minoan
  • mnioid
  • moca
  • mocmain
  • moco
  • mocoa
  • modi
  • modica
  • modoc
  • moid
  • moio
  • momo
  • mona
  • monacan
  • monacid
  • monacidic
  • monaco
  • monadic
  • monic
  • monica
  • monoacid
  • monoacidic
  • monoamid
  • monodic
  • monodon
  • monoid
  • moonman
  • naio
  • nanaimo
  • nanoid
  • naoi
  • naomi
  • nincom
  • ninon
  • noam
  • nodi
  • noma
  • nomadian
  • nomic
  • nomina
  • nomocanon
  • nomoi
  • nona
  • nonacid
  • nonacidic
  • nonaid
  • nonamino
  • nonanoic
  • noncomic
  • noncon
  • nonda
  • nondo
  • nonic
  • nonion
  • nonionic
  • nonman
  • nonnomad
  • nonnomadic
  • oddman
  • odic
  • odin
  • odinian
  • odinic
  • odoom
  • oidia
  • oidioid
  • oinomania
  • oman
  • omani
  • omao
  • ommiad
  • omni
  • omniana
  • onan
  • onca
  • oniomania
  • oniomaniac
  • ooid
  • oomiac

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.

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