Spelling Bee February 16, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
236
Pangrams
2
Genius score
165
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BACKROOM
- BACKROOM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
236 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- ammo
- amok
- arbor
- arco
- armor
- aroma
- baba
- babka
- back
- backcomb
- backroom
- backroom
- bamboo
- baobab
- barb
- barback
- barbacoa
- bark
- barrack
- barroom
- boar
- boba
- bookmark
- bookrack
- cacao
- camo
- carb
- carob
- carom
- cobra
- coca
- cocoa
- coma
- comma
- crab
- crack
- cram
- croak
- kabob
- kaboom
- karma
- korma
- macro
- mako
- mama
- mamba
- mambo
- mamma
- maraca
- mark
- marm
- momma
- okra
- orca
- rack
- roam
- roar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 16, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, M, O, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.