Spelling Bee February 27, 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
57
Total points
274
Pangrams
4
Genius score
191
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPLICABLE
- APPLICABLE
- CLIPPABLE
- CLIPPABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
109 pts
40%
Amazing
137 pts
50%
Genius
191 pts
70%
Queen Bee
274 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alpaca
- apace
- apiece
- appall
- appeal
- appealable
- appellee
- apple
- applicable
- applicable
- beep
- bicep
- bleep
- blip
- capable
- cape
- clap
- clip
- clippable
- clippable
- epee
- epic
- ipecac
- lapel
- leap
- pace
- paella
- pail
- palace
- palapa
- pale
- pall
- palp
- palpable
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- papillae
- peace
- peaceable
- peal
- pebble
- peel
- peelable
- peep
- pellicle
- pica
- piece
- pile
- pill
- pipe
- place
- plea
- pleb
- plebe
- pliable
- plie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 27, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 274 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 191 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.