NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 7, 2026

Saturday, February 7, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 7, 2026 puts Y in the center, with R, A, T, P, O, I around it. There are 52 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 Y. Tap a word for a short definition.

52Words
256Points
179Genius
3Pangrams
Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

16

5-letter words

16

6-letter words

11

7-letter words

4

8-letter words

3

9-letter words

1

12-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterY
Vowels3
Rare lettersY
Words52
Points256
Pangrams3
Longest word12
Average length5.4

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 179 points. Queen Bee is 256.

Genius · 77 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start5
Moving Up13
Good20
Solid38
Nice64
Great102
Amazing128
179Genius179
Queen Bee256

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

Pangram Breakdown

APRIORITY
9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: R ×2, I ×2

PROPITIATORY
12 letters 19 points 5 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×2, R ×2, O ×2, I ×2, T ×2

TOPIARY
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 395 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 24th percentile
Total points 30th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words5273.515418
Points256353.289260
Pangrams32.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The February 7, 2026 hive put Y in the center with R, A, T, P, O, I around it. Queen Bee needed all 52 words (256 points). Genius sat at 179.

Pangrams on this date: APRIORITY, PROPITIATORY, TOPIARY. Top starting letters: P (21), T (13). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for February 7, 2026