The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AIOPRTY

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Words
39
Points
189
Genius
132
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

topiary is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ai×1
  • ap×1
  • ar×3
  • it×1
  • oa×1
  • or×1
  • pa×7
  • pi×1
  • po×3
  • pr×4
  • py×1
  • ra×2
  • ro×3
  • ta×2
  • ti×1
  • to×1
  • tr×3
  • ty×2
  • ya×1

Words by first letter and length

4567812Σ
a 212··· 5
i 1····· 1
o 1··1·· 2
p 364111 16
r 112·1· 5
t 4311·· 9
y ·1···· 1
Σ 12129321 39

The numbers

Genius today takes 132 points of 189 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
42nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
35th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

412 today34.5% all-time512 today22.8% all-time69 today20.0% all-time73 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time92.5% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time121 today0.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Friday, February 6, 2026 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
i Friday, February 6, 2026 Tuesday, January 27, 2026
o Thursday, February 5, 2026 Thursday, February 5, 2026
p Monday, February 2, 2026 Monday, February 2, 2026
r Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Tuesday, February 3, 2026
t Thursday, February 5, 2026 Thursday, January 29, 2026
y ● Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Saturday, January 17, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

Valid words the Bee rejected

Dictionary words the Bee never takes

Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.