NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 21, 2026

Saturday, February 21, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 21, 2026 puts M in the center, with O, A, C, I, N, T around it. There are 140 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.

← Feb 20, 2026

Feb 22, 2026 →

140Words

892Points

624Genius

13Pangrams

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

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

11-letter words

13-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterM

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words140

Points892

Pangrams13

Longest word13

Average length6.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 624 points. Queen Bee is 892.

Your score Genius · 268 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start18

Moving Up45

Good71

Solid134

Nice223

Great357

Amazing446

624Genius624

Queen Bee892

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

Pangram Breakdown

AMMONITIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: M ×2, I ×2

AMNIOTIC

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2

ANATOMIC

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

ANTIMITOTIC

11 letters 18 points 5 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×3, I ×3

ANTINOMIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, I ×2

COMMINATION

11 letters 18 points 5 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, M ×2, I ×2, N ×2

CONCOMITANT

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2, O ×2, N ×2, T ×2

CONTAMINANT

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×3, T ×2, A ×2

CONTAMINATION

13 letters 20 points 6 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, N ×3, T ×2, A ×2, I ×2

MANICOTTI

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, T ×2

MONATOMIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: M ×2, O ×2

NONANATOMIC

11 letters 18 points 5 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×3, O ×2, A ×2

NONATOMIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 394 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 98th percentile

Total points 100th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	140	73.5	154	18
Points	892	353.2	892	60
Pangrams	13	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The February 21, 2026 hive put M in the center with O, A, C, I, N, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 140 words (892 points). Genius sat at 624.

Pangrams on this date: AMMONITIC, AMNIOTIC, ANATOMIC, ANTIMITOTIC, ANTINOMIC, COMMINATION, CONCOMITANT, CONTAMINANT, CONTAMINATION, MANICOTTI, MONATOMIC, NONANATOMIC, NONATOMIC. Top starting letters: M (56), A (41). Longest accepted word: 13 letters. Difficulty: Medium.