Spelling Bee February 2, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
174
Pangrams
2
Genius score
121
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EPIPHANY
- EPIPHANY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
69 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
121 pts
70%
Queen Bee
174 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apian
- apnea
- epee
- epiphany
- epiphany
- happen
- happy
- heap
- hippie
- hippy
- hype
- hyphen
- nape
- neap
- ninepin
- nippy
- paean
- pain
- pane
- panini
- papa
- papaya
- pappy
- payee
- peahen
- peen
- peep
- penne
- penny
- peppy
- pine
- piney
- pinny
- pipe
- pippin
- yappy
- yipe
- yippee
- yippie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 2, 2026 uses the seven letters A, E, H, I, N, P, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 174 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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.