The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Words
27
Points
156
Genius
109
Pangrams
4

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

daywork, workday are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ar×1
  • aw×4
  • da×1
  • do×3
  • dr×1
  • ro×3
  • wa×3
  • wo×9
  • ya×2

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a 22·1· 5
d 12·2· 5
r ·1·11 3
w 53·22 12
y ··1·1 2
Σ 88164 27

The numbers

Genius today takes 109 points of 156 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
25th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
8th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

48 today34.5% all-time58 today22.8% all-time61 today20.0% all-time76 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92.5% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Monday, February 23, 2026 Monday, February 16, 2026
d Friday, February 20, 2026 Monday, January 26, 2026
k Sunday, February 22, 2026 Friday, January 23, 2026
o Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Tuesday, February 24, 2026
r Monday, February 23, 2026 Tuesday, February 3, 2026
w ● Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Friday, October 31, 2025
y Friday, February 20, 2026 Saturday, February 7, 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.