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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Welcome to today’s New York Times Spelling Bee hints and answers. Today’s puzzle features an average-looking board with a center letter of “M”. With a total of 27 words to find resulting in 101 total possible points, we are looking at a lower point cap, so every word counts. There is just a single pangram hiding in today’s letter set. Whether you’re stuck looking for those elusive final few words to reach Genius rank, or simply seeking a gentle nudge to get the ball rolling, you’re in the right place. Dive into our comprehensive two-letter lists, explore our word length grid, and uncover targeted Merriam-Webster definitions tailored specifically to help you without giving the entire game away immediately. Good luck mastering the hive!

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Puzzle Stats

Total Words :

27

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

101

Genius Score :

71

Pangram

Finding the nyt pangram is key to reaching “Genius” status.
Below is progressive reveal to help you achieve it.

10-letter pangram 0 / 10 letters revealed
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NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Grid

Maximize your score without ruining the fun.

The grid shows how many words start with each letter, broken down by word length.

4 5 6 7 8 10 Σ
E 1 1 1 1 4
F 1 1 1 3
I 1 1 2
M 11 2 2 15
T 2 1 3
Σ 15 4 3 1 3 1 27

Knowing the first two letters of a missing word is often the perfect clue. Here is the two letter list for today’s puzzle.

  • EM 2
  • EN 2
  • FE 3
  • IM 1
  • IT 1
  • ME 4
  • MI 11
  • TE 2
  • TI 1

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

EM

  1. EM7 — standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement; astral; bright; distinguished; illustrious sounds like immanent, imminent
  2. EM4 — to throw or give off; to send forth using the vocal cords; cast; discharge; emanate sounds like mitt, omit

EN

  1. EN5 — one that is hostile toward another; adversary; antagonist; foe; hostile sounds like annum, any, crummy, dummy, ebony
  2. EN6 — a deep-seated ill will; animosity; animus; antagonism; antipathy

FE

  1. FE8 — of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women; female; womanish; womanlike; womanly sounds like eminence, eminent, melanin, seminal
  2. FE10 — the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women; feminity; muliebrity; womanhood; womanishness sounds like affinity, commonality, eminent, eminently, fragility
  3. FE5 — a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive; enchantress; seductress; siren; temptress sounds like fair, fame, fare, firm, foam

IM

  1. IM8 — giving signs of immediate occurrence; being soon to appear or take place; impending; looming; pending sounds like eminent

IT

  1. IT4 — a separate part in a list, account, or series; a report of recent events or facts not previously known; detail; particular; point sounds like atom, autumn

ME

  1. ME4 — to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come together into one body or place; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance; catch; chance (upon) sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
  2. ME4sounds like beam, deem, mien, mom
  3. ME6sounds like many
  4. ME4 — to give out (something) to appropriate individuals; administer; allocate; apportion; deal (out) sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

MI

  1. MI4 — the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality; appearance; aspect; dress; figure sounds like bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
  2. MI4 — the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity; dudgeon; huff; offense; peeve sounds like mere, muff, myth, riff, tiff
  3. MI4 — an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements; a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling; mimic; mummer; pantomime sounds like chime, dime, lime, mom, mum
  4. MI4 — an abundant source; a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed; argosy; cornucopia; gold mine sounds like dine, fine, line, main, man
  5. MI4 — a very small automobile; compact; coupe; intermediate; limousine sounds like genie, many, mealy, mean, meaner
  6. MI5 — as in tiny, minuscule; bitty; inappreciable; infinitesimal; little bitty
  7. MI4 — being in an original and unused or unspoiled state; brand-new; fresh; pristine; span-new sounds like hint, lint, meant
  8. MI5 — a very large amount of money; big bucks; bomb; boodle; bundle
  9. MI4 — a very small sum of money; something (such as an animal) much smaller than others of its kind; a very small amount; chicken feed; chump change sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
  10. MI4sounds like bit, chit, emit, fit, hit
  11. MI6sounds like bitten, kitten, mutton, s******, written

TE

  1. TE4 — to be copiously supplied; abound; brim; bristle; bulge sounds like beam, deem, ream, seam, seem
  2. TE8 — a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place; apartment; diggings; digs; flat sounds like element, ornament, regiment, sediment, sentiment

TI

  1. TI4 — a particular point at which an event takes place; an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand; an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing; moment; occasion sounds like chime, dime, lime, rhyme, tam

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

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  • emit
  • item
  • meet
  • meme
  • mete
  • mien
  • miff
  • mime
  • mine
  • mini
  • mint
  • mite
  • mitt
  • teem
  • time

  • eminent
  • enemy
  • enmity
  • feminine
  • femininity
  • femme
  • imminent
  • mentee
  • minim
  • minty
  • mitten
  • tenement

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 47 valid dictionary words that are excluded. If you found a valid dictionary word that wasn’t accepted, it’s likely due to the New York Times Spelling Bee’s strict editorial criteria. Sam Ezersky, the puzzle’s editor, manually curates the daily word list to balance difficulty and fairness.

  • Obscure or Highly Technical Words: Medical, legal, and intensely specific scientific jargon is frequently omitted to keep the puzzle accessible to a general audience.
  • Offensive Language: Vulgar or derogatory words are universally banned.
  • Proper Nouns: Capitalized names of people or places are never allowed.
  • Hyphenated Words: Multi-word combinations containing hyphens are excluded.
  • Letter S / Plurals: The letter “S” is generally never included on a Spelling Bee board to avoid making the game too simple by tacking plurals onto every word.

  • EMETIN
  • EMETINE
  • EMMET
  • EMMY
  • FEME
  • FEMINEITY
  • FEMINIE
  • FEMINITY
  • FEMMY
  • FENMEN
  • FITMENT
  • IMINE
  • IMMIT
  • IMMY
  • INFEFTMENT
  • INTIME
  • INTIMITY
  • MEEMIE
  • MEFF
  • MEIN
  • MEINEY
  • MEINIE
  • MEINT
  • MEINY
  • MENE
  • MENT
  • MENYIE
  • METIF
  • MEYNT
  • MIFFY
  • MIFTY
  • MIMETITE
  • MINETTE
  • MINIFY
  • MINIMENT
  • MINNIE
  • MINNY
  • MINY
  • MITY
  • MNEME
  • NEEM
  • NEMN
  • NIMIETY
  • TEME
  • TEMENE
  • TINMEN
  • TITMEN