Spelling Bee February 3, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
237
Pangrams
2
Genius score
165
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DRAMATIC
- DRAMATIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
237 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acrid
- arcadia
- arctic
- aria
- arid
- armada
- atria
- attar
- attract
- carat
- card
- cardiac
- cart
- cataract
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- cram
- critic
- dart
- diacritic
- dirt
- dram
- drama
- dramatic
- dramatic
- drat
- maraca
- marm
- mart
- midair
- radar
- radii
- raid
- raita
- ramada
- ratatat
- tamari
- tarmac
- tarmacadam
- tart
- tartar
- tiara
- tract
- trait
- tram
- tramcar
- triad
- trim
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 3, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, M, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 237 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.