NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 8, 2026

Sunday, February 8, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 8, 2026 puts I in the center, with B, U, E, N, T, L around it. There are 97 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.

97Words
477Points
334Genius
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 I.

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

28

5-letter words

21

6-letter words

26

7-letter words

10

8-letter words

11

9-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words97
Points477
Pangrams3
Longest word9
Average length5.6

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 334 points. Queen Bee is 477.

Genius · 143 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start10
Moving Up24
Good38
Solid72
Nice119
Great191
Amazing239
334Genius334
Queen Bee477

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

Pangram Breakdown

BULLETIN
8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×2

BUNTLINE
8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

EBULLIENT
9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, L ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 395 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 79th percentile
Total points 80th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words9773.515418
Points477353.289260
Pangrams32.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The February 8, 2026 hive put I in the center with B, U, E, N, T, L around it. Queen Bee needed all 97 words (477 points). Genius sat at 334.

Pangrams on this date: BULLETIN, BUNTLINE, EBULLIENT. Top starting letters: B (26), L (20). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for February 8, 2026