NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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BINORT H
26Answers
1Pangrams
126Maximum
89Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B6
H8
I3
N2
R1
T6

Words by length

47
511
64
72
91
101

Two-letter starts

BI1
BO4
BR1
HI1
HO7
IN3
NI1
NO1
RH1
TH3
TI1
TO1
TR1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

I … R

Letter pattern

I•••••••R

I × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

inhibitor

Complete answer list

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B 6

  • birth
  • boho
  • boohoo
  • booth
  • both
  • broth

H 8

  • hint
  • hobbit
  • hobnob
  • hobo
  • honor
  • hoot
  • horn
  • horror

I 3

  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • inhibitorPangram

N 2

  • ninth
  • north

R 1

  • rhino

T 6

  • thin
  • thorn
  • throb
  • tinhorn
  • tooth
  • troth

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 80/100, compared with 41 available puzzles through this date.

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