Spelling Bee February 19, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
245
Pangrams
4
Genius score
171
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATHEMATIC
- MATHEMATIC
- THEMATIC
- THEMATIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
122 pts
50%
Genius
171 pts
70%
Queen Bee
245 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acme
- ahem
- came
- cami
- chime
- emaciate
- emcee
- emetic
- emit
- hamachi
- hamate
- hematite
- heme
- imam
- imitate
- item
- mace
- machete
- mahatma
- mahimahi
- maim
- mama
- mamma
- match
- matcha
- mate
- math
- mathematic
- mathematic
- matte
- meat
- mecca
- meet
- meme
- memetic
- meta
- mete
- meth
- mica
- mice
- mime
- mimetic
- mimic
- mite
- mitt
- tame
- tatami
- team
- teammate
- teatime
- teem
- them
- thematic
- thematic
- theme
- time
- titmice
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 19, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, M, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 245 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 171 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.