Spelling Bee Hints for Yesterday

Thursday, August 13, 2026

The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word puzzle that asks players to create as many words as possible using seven letters set in a honeycomb shape, with the rule that all words must include the center letter.

This page contains hints for yesterday's Spelling Bee Puzzle. For yesterday's answers, please visit the yesterday's answers page. For today's hints, visit the hints page.

There were a total of 39 answers in Yesterday's NYT Spelling Bee puzzle, including 1 pangram(s). 1 of the pangrams were perfect pangrams.

There were 10 4-letter words, 15 5-letter words, 11 6-letter words, 1 7-letter words, 1 8-letter words, and 1 9-letter words in Yesterday's puzzle.

The highest scoring word in Yesterday's puzzle was worth 14 points.

Presented below are 7 sections of hints to help you solve Yesterday's Spelling Bee: Summary, Length, First Letter, First Two Letters, First Letter And Length, Answers, and Levels.

Summary

Answers:	39
Pangrams:	1
Perfect Pangrams:	1
Bingo:	No
Score:	182

Length

4	10
5	15
6	11
7	1
8	1
9	1

First Letter

A	7
C	17
H	2
L	4
N	7
O	2

First Two Letters

AN	7
CA	8
CH	1
CL	2
CO	5
CY	1
HA	1
HO	1
LL	1
LO	3
NA	4
NO	2
NY	1
ON	2

First Letter and Length

	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
A	2	3	2	●	●	●	7
C	2	6	8	●	●	1	17
H	●	●	1	1	●	●	2
L	2	2	●	●	●	●	4
N	3	3	●	●	1	●	7
O	1	1	●	●	●	●	2
Total	10	15	11	1	1	1	39

Answers

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Levels

Beginner	0 Points
Good Start	4 Points
Moving Up	9 Points
Good	15 Points
Solid	27 Points
Nice	46 Points
Great	73 Points
Amazing	91 Points
Genius	127 Points
Queen Bee	182 Points