Spelling Bee February 9, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
235
Pangrams
2
Genius score
164
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COCKTAIL
- COCKTAIL
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
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- allot
- alto
- atilt
- atoll
- attack
- attic
- cacti
- catcall
- cattail
- clot
- coat
- coati
- coattail
- cockatoo
- cocktail
- cocktail
- coital
- colt
- coot
- illicit
- iota
- italic
- kilt
- lactic
- licit
- lilt
- loot
- lotto
- octal
- tacit
- tack
- taco
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tail
- tailcoat
- talc
- tali
- talk
- tall
- tallit
- tattoo
- tick
- ticktock
- tiki
- tikka
- till
- tilt
- toccata
- tock
- toil
- toll
- took
- tool
- toolkit
- toot
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 9, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, L, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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.