NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 6, 2026

Friday, February 6, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 6, 2026 puts E in the center, with A, C, G, I, M, N around it. There are 104 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 E. Tap a word for a short definition.

104Words
478Points
335Genius
1Pangram
Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

1

4-letter words

31

5-letter words

24

6-letter words

34

7-letter words

6

8-letter words

7

9-letter words

2

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterE
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words104
Points478
Pangram1
Longest word9
Average length5.4

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 335 points. Queen Bee is 478.

Genius · 143 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start10
Moving Up24
Good38
Solid72
Nice120
Great191
Amazing239
335Genius335
Queen Bee478

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

Pangram Breakdown

MENACING
8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 395 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 87th percentile
Total points 80th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words10473.515418
Points478353.289260
Pangrams12.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The February 6, 2026 hive put E in the center with A, C, G, I, M, N around it. Queen Bee needed all 104 words (478 points). Genius sat at 335.

Pangram on this date: MENACING. Top starting letters: M (24), G (19). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for February 6, 2026