Spelling Bee February 28, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
178
Pangrams
2
Genius score
124
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LIKELIHOOD
- LIKELIHOOD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
71 pts
40%
Amazing
89 pts
50%
Genius
124 pts
70%
Queen Bee
178 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deli
- diddle
- diddled
- died
- dike
- dildo
- dill
- diode
- dollied
- eddied
- elide
- elided
- hide
- hike
- hiked
- hill
- hilled
- hoodie
- idle
- idled
- idol
- iodide
- keloid
- kidded
- kiddie
- kiddo
- kill
- killed
- kilo
- lidded
- lied
- like
- liked
- likelihood
- likelihood
- oiled
- oldie
- olio
- ollie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 28, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, H, I, K, L, O, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 178 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 124 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.