Spelling Bee February 10, 2026 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
142
Pangrams
2
Genius score
99
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INHIBITOR
- INHIBITOR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
71 pts
50%
Genius
99 pts
70%
Queen Bee
142 pts
100%
All accepted words
- birth
- boho
- boohoo
- booth
- both
- broth
- hint
- hobbit
- hobnob
- hobo
- honor
- hoot
- horn
- horror
- inhibit
- inhibition
- inhibitor
- inhibitor
- ninth
- north
- rhino
- thin
- thorn
- throb
- tinhorn
- tooth
- troth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 10, 2026 uses the seven letters B, H, I, N, O, R, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 142 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 99 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.