NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, February 14, 2026

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ABEGIN M
64Answers
1Pangrams
293Maximum
206Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
B6
E2
G6
I9
M31
N3

Words by length

419
519
616
76
82
92

Two-letter starts

AI1
AM3
AN3
BA2
BE4
EN2
GA5
GI1
IA2
IM7
MA17
ME6
MI8
NA2
NI1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

beaming

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

A 7

  • aiming
  • ameba
  • amebae
  • amen
  • anemia
  • anima
  • anime

B 6

  • bagman
  • bagmen
  • beam
  • beamingPangram
  • begem
  • begemming

E 2

  • enema
  • enigma

G 6

  • game
  • gamin
  • gamine
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gimme

I 9

  • iamb
  • iambi
  • image
  • imagine
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • imbibe
  • imbibing

M 31

  • mage
  • magi
  • magma
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mamma
  • manage
  • managing
  • mane
  • manga
  • mange
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • mean
  • meanie
  • meaning
  • mega
  • meme
  • meming
  • mien
  • mime
  • miming
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining

N 3

  • name
  • naming
  • nimbi

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 25/100, compared with 45 available puzzles through this date.

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