The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GHIPRTA

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Words
48
Points
185
Genius
129
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • aa×1
  • ag×2
  • ai×1
  • ap×2
  • ar×2
  • at×2
  • ga×2
  • gr×2
  • ha×5
  • pa×8
  • ph×1
  • pi×2
  • pr×1
  • ra×6
  • ta×6
  • th×1
  • ti×1
  • tr×3

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 26·11· 10
g 211··· 4
h 41···· 5
p 7·13·1 12
r 2112·· 6
t 541·1· 11
Σ 22134621 48

The numbers

Genius today takes 129 points of 185 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
40th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
53rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

422 today34.5% all-time513 today22.8% all-time64 today20.0% all-time76 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a ● Saturday, February 14, 2026 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
g Saturday, February 14, 2026 Thursday, January 22, 2026
h Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Tuesday, February 10, 2026
i Saturday, February 14, 2026 Sunday, February 8, 2026
p Saturday, February 7, 2026 Monday, February 2, 2026
r Thursday, February 12, 2026 Tuesday, February 3, 2026
t Thursday, February 12, 2026 Monday, February 9, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.