NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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GILNOW P
52Answers
2Pangrams
288Maximum
202Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G4
L9
N1
O2
P35
W1

Words by length

414
52
612
717
84
93

Two-letter starts

GL3
GO1
LI2
LO7
NI1
OP2
PI15
PL4
PO16
WI1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

P … G

Letter pattern

P•••••••G

I × 2, L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

pillowing

Pangram 2
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

P … G

Letter pattern

P•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

plowing

Complete answer list

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G 4

  • gloop
  • glop
  • glopping
  • goop

L 9

  • lipo
  • lipping
  • lollipop
  • lollop
  • lolloping
  • loop
  • looping
  • loping
  • lopping

N 1

  • nipping

O 2

  • opining
  • opinion

P 35

  • pigging
  • piling
  • pill
  • pilling
  • pillion
  • pillow
  • pillowingPangram
  • ping
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinion
  • pinioning
  • pinning
  • piping
  • pippin
  • plop
  • plopping
  • plow
  • plowingPangram
  • pogo
  • pogoing
  • poling
  • polio
  • poll
  • polling
  • polliwog
  • polo
  • pong
  • pool
  • pooling
  • poop
  • pooping
  • poplin
  • popping
  • powwow

W 1

  • wiping

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 42/100, compared with 48 available puzzles through this date.

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