The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GILNOWP

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Words
52
Points
288
Genius
201
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

plowing is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • gl×3
  • go×1
  • li×2
  • lo×7
  • ni×1
  • op×2
  • pi×15
  • pl×4
  • po×16
  • wi×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
g 21··1· 4
l 2·2311 9
n ···1·· 1
o ···2·· 2
p 10191122 35
w ··1··· 1
Σ 142121743 52

The numbers

Genius today takes 201 points of 288 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
82nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
65th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

414 today34.5% all-time52 today22.8% all-time612 today20.0% all-time717 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time93 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
g Sunday, February 15, 2026 Thursday, January 22, 2026
i Sunday, February 15, 2026 Sunday, February 8, 2026
l Friday, February 13, 2026 Friday, February 13, 2026
n Saturday, February 14, 2026 Thursday, February 12, 2026
o Monday, February 16, 2026 Thursday, February 5, 2026
p ● Sunday, February 15, 2026 Monday, February 2, 2026
w Saturday, January 31, 2026 Friday, October 31, 2025

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.