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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Welcome to today’s New York Times Spelling Bee hints and answers. Today’s puzzle features a substantially larger than average board today, promising plenty of opportunities with a center letter of “M”. With a total of 64 words to find resulting in 293 total possible points, we are looking at a massively high scoring ceiling. 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 :

64

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

293

Genius Score :

205

Pangram

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

7-letter pangram 0 / 7 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 9 Σ
A 1 3 3 7
B 1 1 2 1 1 6
E 1 1 2
G 1 3 2 6
I 2 2 1 2 1 1 9
M 13 8 6 3 1 31
N 1 1 1 3
Σ 19 19 16 6 2 2 64

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

  • AI 1
  • AM 3
  • AN 3
  • BA 2
  • BE 4
  • EN 2
  • GA 5
  • GI 1
  • IA 2
  • IM 7
  • MA 17
  • ME 6
  • MI 8
  • NA 2
  • NI 1

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

AI

  1. AI6 — to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; bending; casting; directing sounds like king, mere, mill, min, mink

AM

  1. AM5
  2. AM6sounds like asset, ebb, mare, mesh, mess
  3. AM4sounds like again, aim, cayenne, den, glen

AN

  1. AN6 — as in bloodlessness; bloodlessness; indolence; laziness; languidness sounds like uneasy, uremia
  2. AN5sounds like alma, asthma, edema, prima
  3. AN5

BA

  1. BA6sounds like adman, begun, boatman, bossman, famine
  2. BA6sounds like adman, begun, boatman, bossman, famine

BE

  1. BE4 — a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object; ray; shaft sounds like balm, bam
  2. BE7 — giving off or reflecting much light; having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness); bedazzling; bright; brilliant sounds like bombing, booming, seeming
  3. BE5sounds like bigot
  4. BE9sounds like bigoted

EN

  1. EN5
  2. EN6 — something hard to understand or explain; closed book; conundrum; head-scratcher; mystery sounds like stigma

GA

  1. GA4 — a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize; a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective; an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously; bout; competition sounds like aim, came, dame, fame
  2. GA5 — as in urchin, guttersnipe; guttersnipe; hobbledehoy; imp; squirt
  3. GA6 — as in urchin, waif; as in pixie, tomboy; ragamuffin; urchin; waif sounds like amen, demean, glean, green, gummy
  4. GA6
  5. GA5

GI

  1. GI5 — as in laugher, walkaway; laugher; walkaway; sitting duck; no-brainer sounds like dim, game, gear, grim, gum

IA

  1. IA4sounds like bam, dam, damn, ham, jam
  2. IA5sounds like abbey, amber, bamboo, mammary, shabby

IM

  1. IM5 — something or someone that strongly resembles another; a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing; something imagined or pictured in the mind; alter ego; carbon sounds like emerge, homage, smudge
  2. IM7 — to form a mental picture of; to have as an opinion; to form an opinion from little or no evidence; conceit; conceive
  3. IM7 — as in visualization, envisaging; envisaging; visualization; concoction; fable sounds like bridging, damaging, missing, rummaging
  4. IM9 — as in theory, assumption; assumption; conjecture; hypothesis; predetermination sounds like maddening
  5. IM4sounds like mom
  6. IM6 — to swallow in liquid form; to take in (something liquid) through small openings; belt (down); drink; gulp sounds like embed, emboss
  7. IM8 — to swallow in liquid form; to take in (something liquid) through small openings; belting (down); drinking; gulping

MA

  1. MA4 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; charmer; conjurer; enchanter; Magian sounds like badge
  2. MA4 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; charmers; conjurers; enchanters; mages sounds like algae, balmy, bobby, body, cagey
  3. MA5sounds like alma, asthma, dogma, gamma
  4. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to; cripple; disable; incapacitate; lame sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
  5. MA7 — as in mayhem, mutilation; crippling; mayhem; mutilation; force sounds like gaming
  6. MA4 — coming before all others in importance; arch; big; capital; cardinal sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  7. MA4 — a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
  8. MA5 — as in rattlesnake, cobra; adder; anaconda; asp; black racer
  9. MA5 — a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
  10. MA6 — to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently; to look after and make decisions about; to meet one’s day-to-day needs; address; contend (with)
  11. MA8 — as in overseeing, controlling; controlling; directing; officiating; overseeing sounds like menacing, paneling
  12. MA4sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  13. MA5sounds like mega, mingle, saga
  14. MA5sounds like arrange, change, range
  15. MA5 — a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life; something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned; aberration; dementia; derangement
  16. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing; delectation; delight; feast
  17. MA7sounds like meaning, tanning

ME

  1. ME4 — to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind; to be of importance; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; denote; express sounds like bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
  2. ME6 — a mean, evil, or unprincipled person; baddie; beast; brute; caitiff sounds like genie, many, mien, money
  3. ME7 — the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action; something that one hopes or intends to accomplish; content; denotation; drift
  4. ME4 — unusually large; astronomical; Brobdingnagian; bumper; colossal
  5. ME4sounds like beam, deem, mien, mom
  6. ME6sounds like lemming

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 — 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
  3. MI6 — to use (someone or something) as the model for one’s speech, mannerisms, or behavior; aping; copycatting; copying; emulating
  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. MI6 — as in semblances, modicums; hoots; iotas; jots; minims sounds like cinema, edema, mania
  8. MI6 — to place hidden explosive devices in or under; booby-trapping sounds like dining, fining, meaning, shining

NA

  1. NA4 — a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known; an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another’s feelings; outward and often deceptive indication; appellation; appellative sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
  2. NA6 — as in nomination, assignment; appointment; assignment; designation; nomination sounds like gaming, numbing

NI

  1. NI5 — a special quality or impression associated with something; an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage; airs; ambiences; aromas

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

Ready to see the words? Use the toggles below to reveal today’s nyt spelling bee answers.

  • amen
  • beam
  • game
  • iamb
  • imam
  • mage
  • magi
  • maim
  • main
  • mama
  • mane
  • mean
  • mega
  • meme
  • mien
  • mime
  • mine
  • mini
  • name

  • aiming
  • ameba
  • amebae
  • anemia
  • anima
  • anime
  • bagman
  • bagmen
  • beaming
  • begem
  • begemming
  • enema
  • enigma
  • gamin
  • gamine
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gimme
  • iambi
  • image
  • imagine
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imbibe
  • imbibing
  • magma
  • maiming
  • mamba
  • mamma
  • manage
  • managing
  • manga
  • mange
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • meanie
  • meaning
  • meming
  • miming
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining
  • naming
  • nimbi

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 115 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.

  • ABEAM
  • AGAMA
  • AGAMI
  • AGMA
  • AGNAME
  • AMAIN
  • AMBAGE
  • AMBAN
  • AMEBAN
  • AMEBEAN
  • AMENAGE
  • AMENAGING
  • AMENE
  • AMENING
  • AMIA
  • AMIE
  • AMIGA
  • AMIN
  • AMINE
  • AMMAN
  • AMMINE
  • AMNIA
  • ANAEMIA
  • ANIMI
  • BAMBI
  • BAMBINI
  • BAMMING
  • BEMA
  • BEMEAN
  • BEMEANING
  • BENAME
  • BENAMING
  • BIMA
  • BINMAN
  • BINMEN
  • EGMA
  • EMMA
  • ENAMINE
  • GAGMAN
  • GAGMEN
  • GAMA
  • GAMB
  • GAMBA
  • GAMBE
  • GAMBIA
  • GAMGEE
  • GAMME
  • GAMMING
  • GEMINI
  • GEMMA
  • GEMMAE
  • GEMMAN
  • GEMMEN
  • GEMMING
  • GIGMAN
  • GIGMEN
  • GIMMIE
  • GNAMMA
  • IMINE
  • IMMANE
  • MAAING
  • MABE
  • MAGAININ
  • MAGG
  • MAGGIE
  • MAGGING
  • MAGIAN
  • MAINING
  • MAMEE
  • MAMIE
  • MAMMAE
  • MAMMEE
  • MAMMIE
  • MANA
  • MANAIA
  • MANANA
  • MANEGE
  • MANEGING
  • MANG
  • MANGANIN
  • MANGEMANGE
  • MANGING
  • MANI
  • MANNAN
  • MEANE
  • MEEMIE
  • MEIN
  • MEINIE
  • MEINING
  • MENAGE
  • MENAGING
  • MENE
  • MENG
  • MENGE
  • MENGING
  • MENING
  • MGANGA
  • MIGG
  • MINA
  • MINAE
  • MING
  • MINGE
  • MINGIMINGI
  • MINGING
  • MINNIE
  • MNEME
  • NAAM
  • NAMMA
  • NEEM
  • NEEMB
  • NEMA
  • NEMN
  • NEMNING
  • NIMB
  • NIMMING