Spelling Bee February 12, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
203
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FRONTMAN
- FRONTMAN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
81 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
203 pts
100%
All accepted words
- affront
- annatto
- annotator
- anon
- arrant
- font
- footman
- front
- frontman
- frontman
- mammon
- manna
- manor
- manta
- mantra
- maroon
- matron
- moan
- mono
- moon
- moonroof
- morn
- moron
- naan
- nana
- narrator
- natant
- nonart
- nonfat
- noon
- norm
- notator
- onto
- ottoman
- rant
- rattan
- roan
- tantara
- tantra
- tartan
- toon
- torn
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 12, 2026 uses the seven letters A, F, M, N, O, R, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 203 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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.