NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 28, 2026

Saturday, February 28, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 28, 2026 puts I in the center, with O, L, D, E, K, H around it. There are 74 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 I. Tap a word for a short definition.

74Words
332Points
232Genius
2Pangrams
Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

2

4-letter words

25

5-letter words

17

6-letter words

21

7-letter words

8

8-letter words

2

10-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words74
Points332
Pangrams2
Longest word10
Average length5.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 232 points. Queen Bee is 332.

Genius · 100 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start7
Moving Up17
Good27
Solid50
Nice83
Great133
Amazing166
232Genius232
Queen Bee332

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

Pangram Breakdown

HOODLIKE
8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2

LIKELIHOOD
10 letters 17 points 5 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×2, I ×2, O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 394 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 56th percentile
Total points 51th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words7473.515418
Points332353.289260
Pangrams22.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The February 28, 2026 hive put I in the center with O, L, D, E, K, H around it. Queen Bee needed all 74 words (332 points). Genius sat at 232.

Pangrams on this date: HOODLIKE, LIKELIHOOD. Top starting letters: D (20), H (18). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for February 28, 2026