NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 19, 2026

Thursday, February 19, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 19, 2026 puts M in the center, with T, H, C, A, I, E around it. There are 93 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes M. Tap a word for a short definition.

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93Words

446Points

312Genius

6Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes M.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

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7-letter words

8-letter words

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10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterM

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words93

Points446

Pangrams6

Longest word10

Average length5.5

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 312 points. Queen Bee is 446.

Your score Genius · 134 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up22

Good36

Solid67

Nice112

Great178

Amazing223

312Genius312

Queen Bee446

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 446 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

HAEMATIC

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

HEMATIC

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

HEMATITIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2

MATHEMATIC

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: M ×2, A ×2, T ×2

METATHETIC

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, T ×3

THEMATIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 394 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 76th percentile

Total points 74th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	93	73.5	154	18
Points	446	353.2	892	60
Pangrams	6	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The February 19, 2026 hive put M in the center with T, H, C, A, I, E around it. Queen Bee needed all 93 words (446 points). Genius sat at 312.

Pangrams on this date: HAEMATIC, HEMATIC, HEMATITIC, MATHEMATIC, METATHETIC, THEMATIC. Top starting letters: M (42), T (13). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.