June 12, 2026, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, June 12, 2026

Jun 12, 2026, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, I, L, P, T, N honeycomb (center letter N) feature 60 words, a 306-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ANTICIPANT.

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Spelling Bee hive for June 12, 2026 with center letter N and surrounding letters A,C,I,L,P and T

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Friday, June 12, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

5/10

Medium

45th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.68

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

10/100

Common

Rarer than 10% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

50 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L3×9L2×8L7×7L18×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 214 pts

31 words1×10L3×9L2×8L7×7L15×6L3×5L

Vowel Split

40%

Balanced mix

135 vowels · 206 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start15 PTS
15%Moving Up46 PTS
25%Good77 PTS
40%Solid122 PTS
50%Nice153 PTS
60%Great184 PTS
65%Amazing199 PTS
70%Genius214 PTS
100%Queen Bee306 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 60 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, June 12, 2026. 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

28%

22%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2026-06-11

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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Word Length Distribution

14 words

15 words

18 words

7 words

2 words

3 words (Pangram)

1 word

10L

Share of 60 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

60 words

100%

53 words

88%

43 words

72%

37 words

62%

25 words

42%

24 words

40%

22 words

37%

Share of 60 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

14 pts

75 pts

108 pts

108

49 pts

16 pts

34 pts (Pangram)

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1728%

1322%

813%

610%

47%

Share of 60 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 306 ranks in the 91st percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-06-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 60 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 89th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-06-11.
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 Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-06-11.
The estimated solve time of 42–58 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acapnia
acapnial
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
actin
actinal
actinia
actinian
actinic
aint
alain
alan
alani
alanin
alant
alantin
alcanna
alicant
allan
allanitic
alliant
allicin
alpian
alpinia
altaian
altin
anaclitic
anan
anana
ananta
anat
anatta
ancilia
ancilla
ancipital
anicca
anil
anilic
anilin
anita
anna
annat
anta
antical
anticapital
anticlinal
antilia
antipapal
antipill
antlia
apician
apiin
aplanat
aplanatic
aptian
atalanta
atlanta
atlantal
atlantic
atlantica
attaint
attn
cacana
cain
cainian
cainitic
calin
callan
callant
cana
canaan
canaanitic
caninal
cann
cantala
cantic
cantil
capitan
caplan
caplin
captan
cataian
catalan
catalina
catapan
catlin
cilician
cincinnal
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
clinal
clinia
clint
cnicin
ilian
ilicin
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incapacitant
incipit
incitant
incl
inclip
inia
inial
init
intail
inti
intnl
italian
laccin
lacinia
lactant
lacticinia
lana
lanital
lant
lantaca
lapin
laplacian
latian
latin
latitant
lattin
liana
licinian
lilacin
lilian
lina
linac
linin
linn
lipan
lipin
naiant
nain
nalita
napa
nappa
natalia
natalian
natalitial
natt
niall
niantic
nici
nictitant
nill
nina
nipa
nitta
pacinian
palatian
palinal
palpitant
pani
panical
panna
pantalan
papain
patana
patin
pian
piccanin
pilatian
pilin
pina
pinal
pincian
pincpinc
pinic
pinna
pinnal
pinta
pitpan
planta
plantal
platan
platanna
platina
platinic
plinian
ptilinal
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tailpin
tain
tainan
taipan
tana
tanala
tania
tanitic
tanna
tannaic
tannaitic
tantalian
tantalic
tina
tinc
tincal
tinta
titania
titanian
titanical
titanitic
titian
titianic
titillant

*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.