Spelling Bee February 18, 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
40
Total points
195
Pangrams
2
Genius score
136
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CORDOVAN
- CORDOVAN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
136 pts
70%
Queen Bee
195 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acorn
- adorn
- anaconda
- anon
- arcana
- canard
- cancan
- candor
- canna
- cannon
- canon
- caravan
- cocoon
- codon
- concord
- condo
- condor
- convo
- cordon
- cordovan
- cordovan
- corn
- corona
- croon
- darn
- donor
- naan
- nada
- nana
- narc
- narco
- noon
- nova
- raccoon
- radon
- rancor
- rand
- rando
- roan
- rondo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, N, O, R, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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.