NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 24, 2026

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 puts O in the center, with T, F, N, C, L, I around it. There are 117 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

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

117Words
484Points
339Genius
3Pangrams
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

55

5-letter words

20

6-letter words

15

7-letter words

13

8-letter words

5

9-letter words

4

10-letter words

4

11-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterO
Vowels2
Rare lettersNone
Words117
Points484
Pangrams3
Longest word11
Average length5.4

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 339 points. Queen Bee is 484.

Genius · 145 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start10
Moving Up24
Good39
Solid73
Nice121
Great194
Amazing242
339Genius339
Queen Bee484

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

Pangram Breakdown

CONFLICT
8 letters 15 points 2 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2

CONFLICTION
11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

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

INFLICTION
10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×3, N ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 394 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 92th percentile
Total points 81th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words11773.515418
Points484353.289260
Pangrams32.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The February 24, 2026 hive put O in the center with T, F, N, C, L, I around it. Queen Bee needed all 117 words (484 points). Genius sat at 339.

Pangrams on this date: CONFLICT, CONFLICTION, INFLICTION. Top starting letters: C (42), L (18). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

FAQs for February 24, 2026