Wednesday · 32 words

Spelling Bee February 25, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: W

A
D
K
O
R
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

214

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

149

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • YARDWORK
  • WORKADAY
  • WORKADAY
  • YARDWORK
  • WORKDAY
  • DAYWORK
  • DAYWORK
  • WORKDAY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

32 pts

15%

Nice

53 pts

25%

Great

85 pts

40%

Amazing

107 pts

50%

Genius

149 pts

70%

Queen Bee

214 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • arrow
  • award
  • away
  • awkward
  • awry
D 6 words
  • daywork
  • daywork
  • doorway
  • dowdy
  • dowry
  • draw
R 3 words
  • roadway
  • roadwork
  • rowdy
W 14 words
  • ward
  • wary
  • wayward
  • wood
  • woodwork
  • woody
  • word
  • wordy
  • work
  • workaday
  • workaday
  • workday
  • workday
  • worry
Y 3 words
  • yardwork
  • yardwork
  • yarrow

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, February 25, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, K, O, R, W, Y, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 214 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 149 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee february 25 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough