NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, February 15, 2026

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GHIPRT A
48Answers
1Pangrams
185Maximum
130Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A10
G4
H5
P12
R6
T11

Words by length

422
513
64
76
82
91

Two-letter starts

AA1
AG2
AI1
AP2
AR2
AT2
GA2
GR2
HA5
PA8
PH1
PI2
PR1
RA6
TA6
TH1
TI1
TR3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

T … H

Letter pattern

T••••••H

R × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

trigraph

Complete answer list

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A 10

  • aargh
  • agar
  • agita
  • airtight
  • apart
  • apparat
  • arhat
  • aria
  • atria
  • attar

G 4

  • gaga
  • gait
  • graph
  • grappa

H 5

  • hair
  • harp
  • hart
  • hath
  • hatha

P 12

  • pair
  • papa
  • paragraph
  • paratha
  • pariah
  • part
  • partita
  • path
  • phat
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • prat

R 6

  • raga
  • ragtag
  • raita
  • rapt
  • ratatat
  • rattrap

T 11

  • taiga
  • tapa
  • tapir
  • tarp
  • tart
  • tartar
  • that
  • tiara
  • trait
  • trap
  • trigraphPangram

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 48/100, compared with 46 available puzzles through this date.

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