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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 402 recorded puzzles
26th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
8th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18156 recorded answers

48 today34.6% all-time58 today22.9% all-time61 today19.9% all-time76 today12.0% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time101.3% 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 43
  2. onion 31
  3. naan 31
  4. nana 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. acacia 24
  10. acai 24
  11. nene 24
  12. olio 24
  13. cocoon 23
  14. loon 23
  15. neon 23
  16. none 23
  17. aria 22
  18. imam 22
  19. maim 22
  20. cancan 22
  21. canna 22
  22. bill 22
  23. mini 22
  24. minim 22
  25. lilt 21

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.