The NYT Spelling Bee answers today, November 12, 2026, include the pangram TOUCHED and 53 other words. The required center letter is T, surrounded by C, D, E, H, O and U.
Today’s pangram
TOUCHED
Hints before the full list
- Every answer contains T and uses only the seven hive letters.
- The pangram has seven letters and starts with T.
- It is the past tense of a verb meaning to make physical contact.
- Look for related forms such as DETECT and DETECTED.
Four-letter answers: 19
COOT, COTE, CUTE, DOTE, DOTH, DUCT, DUET, ETCH, HOOT, TECH, TEED, THEE, THOU, THUD, TOED, TOOT, TOTE, TOUT, TUTU.
Five-letter answers: 14
CHUTE, COUTH, DOETH, DOTED, ETUDE, HUTCH, OCTET, OUTDO, OUTED, TEETH, TOOTH, TOTED, TOUCH, TUTEE.
Six-letter answers: 13
CUTOUT, DECOCT, DEDUCT, DETECT, DOTTED, DUCTED, ETCHED, HOOTED, TEETHE, TOOTED, TOUCHE, TOUTED, TUTTED.
Seven-letter answers: 5
DUETTED, TEETHED, THUDDED, TOOTHED, TOUCHED.
Eight-letter answers: 3
DECOCTED, DEDUCTED, DETECTED.
Pangram and scoring
TOUCHED uses all seven letters exactly once, making it a perfect pangram. Its seven letter points plus the seven-point pangram bonus give it 14 points. The 19 four-letter answers contribute one point each; the other 35 words contribute their lengths, with the pangram bonus added once. That produces the 233-point total.
The longer answers offer useful word families. DECOCT and DECOCTED, DEDUCT and DEDUCTED, and DETECT and DETECTED supply three pairs without introducing any letters outside the hive. TOUCH, TOUCHE, and TOUCHED are three separate entries in the reported list.
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