Spelling Bee February 8, 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
62
Total points
315
Pangrams
4
Genius score
220
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EBULLIENT
- EBULLIENT
- BULLETIN
- BULLETIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
126 pts
40%
Amazing
157 pts
50%
Genius
220 pts
70%
Queen Bee
315 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beeline
- belie
- belittle
- beltline
- bible
- bile
- bill
- billet
- bite
- bitten
- blin
- blini
- built
- bulletin
- bulletin
- ebullient
- ebullient
- elite
- ennui
- entitle
- inbuilt
- inlet
- innie
- intel
- intent
- intuit
- inutile
- lenient
- lentil
- libel
- libelee
- lien
- lieu
- lilt
- line
- linen
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- lite
- little
- nibble
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- nubbin
- nubile
- tile
- till
- tilt
- tine
- tint
- title
- tittle
- tutti
- unbuilt
- unit
- unite
- unlit
- untie
- until
- utile
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 8, 2026 uses the seven letters B, E, I, L, N, T, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 315 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 220 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.