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Tuesday, February 10, 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 “H”. With a total of 26 words to find resulting in 126 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 :

26

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

126

Genius Score :

88

Pangram

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

9-letter pangram 0 / 9 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 9 10 Σ
B 2 3 1 – – – 6
H 4 1 3 – – – 8
I – – – 1 1 1 3
N – 2 – – – – 2
R – 1 – – – – 1
T 1 4 – 1 – – 6
Σ 7 11 4 2 1 1 26

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

  • BI 1
  • BO 4
  • BR 1
  • HI 1
  • HO 7
  • IN 3
  • NI 1
  • NO 1
  • RH 1
  • TH 3
  • TI 1
  • TO 1
  • TR 1

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

BI

  1. BI5 — the act or instance of being born; the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended; the point at which something begins; geniture; nativity sounds like bath, berg, booth, borough, both

BO

  1. BO4 — a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs; bohemian; counterculturist; deviant; enfant terrible sounds like backhoe, barrow, beau, bellow, below
  2. BO6 — sounds like blew, blue
  3. BO5 — as in cabin, bay; accommodation; bay; berth; cabin sounds like bath, berth, birth, buoy
  4. BO4 — to be on fire especially brightly; to set (something) on fire; to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger; blaze; combust sounds like balm, bar, bath, berth, birth

BR

  1. BR5 — sounds like froth

HI

  1. HI4 — a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation); an almost imperceptible sign of something; a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert; clue; cue sounds like haunt, hunt, lint, mint, tint

HO

  1. HO6 — sounds like bit, debit, habit, heart, hit
  2. HO6 — to come or be together as friends; to take part in social activities; associate; chum; company sounds like blob, cobweb, doorknob, harness, hubbub
  3. HO4 — a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living; bindle stiff; bum; bummer; sundowner sounds like lobo
  4. HO5 — to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration; fete; recognize sounds like earner, inner, otter, owner
  5. HO4 — a loud vocal expression of strong emotion; a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; the smallest amount or part imaginable; cry; holler sounds like boot, chute, hat, hate, heat
  6. HO4 — something shaped like a hollow cone and used as a container; cornet; cornucopia sounds like born, corn, mourn, s****
  7. HO6 — the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay; a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness; something unpleasant to look at; atrociousness; atrocity sounds like borer, hauler, hawker, hearer, whore

IN

  1. IN7 — to create difficulty for the work or activity of; to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression); to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action; clog; cramp
  2. IN10 — the checking of one’s true feelings and impulses when dealing with others; something that makes movement or progress difficult; constraint; continence; discipline sounds like exhibition, imposition
  3. IN9 — as in obstruction, constraint; constraint; liability; obstacle; obstruction

NI

  1. NI5 — sounds like bind, china, dine, diner, find

NO

  1. NO5 — sounds like forth, fourth

RH

  1. RH5 — sounds like rind

TH

  1. TH4 — having a noticeably small amount of body fat; being of less than usual width; not containing very much of some important element; bony; fatless sounds like been, bin, chin, din, fin
  2. TH5 — something that is a source of irritation; aggravation; aggro; annoyance; bother sounds like born, corn, horn, mourn, shorn
  3. TH5 — a rhythmic expanding and contracting; beat; beating; palpitation; pulsation sounds like rob

TI

  1. TI7 — sounds like intern

TO

  1. TO5 — as in desire, taste; appetite; fancy; favor; fondness sounds like booth, truth, tube, tune, two

TR

  1. TR5 — a person’s solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something; the act or state of being engaged to be married; adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty; oath; pledge sounds like broth, froth

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

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  • boho
  • both
  • hint
  • hobo
  • hoot
  • horn
  • thin

  • birth
  • boohoo
  • booth
  • broth
  • hobbit
  • hobnob
  • honor
  • horror
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • inhibitor
  • ninth
  • north
  • rhino
  • thorn
  • throb
  • tinhorn
  • tooth
  • troth

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 21 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.

  • BHOOT
  • BIRTHROOT
  • BOOH
  • BRITH
  • HIOI
  • HOON
  • HOOR
  • HOOROO
  • HORI
  • HORNITO
  • INHIBIN
  • ORTHO
  • THIO
  • THIONIN
  • THIR
  • THON
  • THORO
  • THORON
  • THRO
  • TOHO
  • TOROTH