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Sunday, February 15, 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 “A”. With a total of 48 words to find resulting in 185 total possible points, we are looking at an average number of points. 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 :

48

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

185

Genius Score :

130

Pangram

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

8-letter pangram 0 / 8 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 2 6 – 1 1 – 10
G 2 1 1 – – – 4
H 4 1 – – – – 5
P 7 – 1 3 – 1 12
R 2 1 1 2 – – 6
T 5 4 1 – 1 – 11
Σ 22 13 4 6 2 1 48

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

  • AA 1
  • AG 2
  • AI 1
  • AP 2
  • AR 2
  • AT 2
  • GA 2
  • GR 2
  • HA 5
  • PA 8
  • PH 1
  • PI 2
  • PR 1
  • RA 6
  • TA 6
  • TH 1
  • TI 1
  • TR 3

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

AA

  1. AA5 — sounds like arc, arch, are, arm, art

AG

  1. AG4 — sounds like actor, after, amber, anchor, anger
  2. AG5 — an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble; agitation; anxiety; anxiousness; apprehension sounds like cheetah, fajita

AI

  1. AI8 — as in watertight, hermetic; as in bulletproof; hermetic; leakproof; watertight

AP

  1. AP5 — into parts or pieces; asunder; piecemeal sounds like part
  2. AP7 — sounds like abbot, accurate, afferent, agate, amorist

AR

  1. AR5 — sounds like brat, hat, rat
  2. AR4 — a melody in an opera sung by one person; art song; barcarole; blues; chanson

AT

  1. AT5 — as in peristyles, gallerias; gallerias; parvises; peristyles; closes sounds like area, aria, outreach, streak, stream
  2. AT5 — a sweet or pleasant smell; aroma; balm; bouquet; fragrance sounds like butter, cutter, eater, gutter, mutter

GA

  1. GA4 — showing urgent desire or interest; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment; agog; antsy; anxious sounds like goggle, saga
  2. GA4 — the rate at which activities are pursued; clip; pace; rate; tempo sounds like ate, bait, date, eight, fate

GR

  1. GR5 — to show and compare the values of variables in a set of data by means of a drawing; chart; delineate; diagram; draw sounds like gaffe
  2. GR6 —

HA

  1. HA4 — a very small distance or degree; a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair; the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick; ace; hairbreadth sounds like air, bare, bear, care, c****
  2. HA4 — to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely; belabor; dwell (on or upon) sounds like carp, heart, hearth, hop, s****
  3. HA4 — sounds like art, cart, c****, dart, hearth
  4. HA4 — sounds like bath
  5. HA5 — sounds like bath, gala, gamma

PA

  1. PA4 — two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together; brace; couple; couplet; duo sounds like air, bare, bear, care, chair
  2. PA4 — a male human parent; dad; daddy; father; old man sounds like pop, poppy
  3. PA9 — sounds like anagram, autograph, choreograph, lithograph, monograph
  4. PA7 — sounds like peril, perilous
  5. PA6 — one who is cast out or rejected by society; castaway; castoff; leper; offscouring sounds like arise, arrive, awry, derive, pearl
  6. PA4 — one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled; something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group; the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists; member; partition sounds like a****, art, cart, chart, dart
  7. PA7 —
  8. PA4 — the direction along which something or someone moves; a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps; an established course for traveling from one place to another; course; line sounds like bath, math

PH

  1. PH4 — of the very best kind; A-OK; A1; awesome; bang-up sounds like bat, cat, chat, fact, fad

PI

  1. PI4 — to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; beat; palpitate; pitter-patter; pulsate sounds like cheetah, peter
  2. PI7 — to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; beat; palpitate; pitter-patter; pulsate sounds like puppet

PR

  1. PR4 — a stupid person; airhead; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead sounds like brat, pat, rat

RA

  1. RA4 — sounds like saga
  2. RA6 — consisting of many things of different sorts; wearing torn or worn out clothes; assorted; eclectic; heterogeneous
  3. RA5 — sounds like beta
  4. RA4 — experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; having the mind fixed on something; ecstatic; elated; elevated sounds like apt, lapped, tapped
  5. RA7 — sounds like habitat
  6. RA7 — a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape; bind; box; catch-22; corner sounds like strap, trap

TA

  1. TA5 — sounds like tiger, toga
  2. TA4 — sounds like top, topper, topple
  3. TA5 —
  4. TA4 — sounds like carp, harp, sharp, top
  5. TA4 — causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings; acid; acidic; acidulous sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, heart
  6. TA6 — sounds like barter, charter, garter, martyr, starter

TH

  1. TH4 — to a great degree; achingly; almighty; archly; awful sounds like bat, cat, chat, fat, hat

TI

  1. TI5 — as in anadem; anadem; chaplet; coronal; coronet sounds like rearm, tar, tarred, tart, zebra

TR

  1. TR5 — something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind; affection; attribute; attribution; character sounds like crate, freight, grate, great, irate
  2. TR4 — a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait; something that catches and holds; ambush; net sounds like crap, rap, s****, tap
  3. TR8 — sounds like autograph, paragraph, telegraph

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

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  • agar
  • aria
  • gaga
  • gait
  • hair
  • harp
  • hart
  • hath
  • pair
  • papa
  • part
  • path
  • phat
  • pita
  • prat
  • raga
  • rapt
  • tapa
  • tarp
  • tart
  • that
  • trap

  • aargh
  • agita
  • airtight
  • apart
  • apparat
  • arhat
  • atria
  • attar
  • graph
  • grappa
  • hatha
  • paragraph
  • paratha
  • pariah
  • partita
  • pitapat
  • ragtag
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • rattrap
  • taiga
  • tapir
  • tartar
  • tiara
  • trait
  • trigraph

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 108 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.

  • AARRGH
  • AARRGHH
  • AARTI
  • AGAPAI
  • AGGRI
  • AGHA
  • AGRAPHA
  • AGRAPHIA
  • AGRIA
  • AHIGH
  • AIGA
  • AIGHT
  • AIRGAP
  • AIRGRAPH
  • AIRT
  • AIRTH
  • APGAR
  • APHAGIA
  • APHTHA
  • APPAIR
  • ARAARA
  • ARAR
  • ARGH
  • ARIGHT
  • ARPA
  • ARRAH
  • ARTI
  • ATAATA
  • ATAP
  • ATIGI
  • ATRIP
  • ATTAP
  • ATTRAP
  • ATTRIT
  • GAIR
  • GAITA
  • GAITT
  • GARI
  • GART
  • GARTH
  • GATH
  • GHARRI
  • GHAT
  • GIGA
  • GRAIP
  • GRAITH
  • GRAT
  • HAAR
  • HAGG
  • HAHA
  • HAIRGRIP
  • HAITH
  • HAPHTARA
  • HAPHTARAH
  • HARIRA
  • PAGRI
  • PAPPI
  • PARA
  • PARAGRAPHIA
  • PARAPARA
  • PARAPH
  • PARARTHRIA
  • PARP
  • PARR
  • PARRA
  • PARTI
  • PATAGIA
  • PIPA
  • PIRAI
  • PITARA
  • PITARAH
  • PITTA
  • PRATT
  • PRIAPI
  • RAGG
  • RAGGA
  • RAGI
  • RAIA
  • RAIT
  • RAPHIA
  • RATA
  • RATH
  • RATHA
  • RIATA
  • RIPRAP
  • TAATA
  • TAGRAG
  • TAHA
  • TAHR
  • TAIAHA
  • TAIG
  • TAIRA
  • TAIT
  • TAPPA
  • TAPPIT
  • TARA
  • TARGA
  • TATAR
  • TATH
  • TATT
  • THAGI
  • THAR
  • TIAR
  • TRAGI
  • TRAPT
  • TRAT
  • TRATT
  • TRIPART