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Spelling Bee Answers for February 6, 2026

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words61
Pangrams1
Points possible260
Center letterE
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published February 6, 2026·3 min read

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

IM
NEC
GA

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
21 pts
Good
39 pts
Solid
65 pts
Nice
104 pts
Great
130 pts
Amazing
182 pts
Genius
221 pts
Queen Bee
260 pts
Total words
61
Pangrams
1
Possible points
260

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
menacing +15 pts

The full word list

All 61 valid Spelling Bee solutions for February 6, 2026, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters23 words
acmeacneamencagecamecanegagegamegenemacemagemanemeanmegamememicemienmimeminenamenenenicenine
5 letters13 words
animeemceeenemageniegeniigimmeimageinaneinniemangemeccaminceniece
6 letters17 words
ageinganemiaanemiccaninecinemaeggingencageengageengineenigmagamineicemanicemenmanagemeaniememingmenace
7 letters2 words
imaginemeaning
8 letters5 words
emceeingeminenceencagingengagingmenacing
9 letters1 word
imminence

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

menacing +15imminence +9emceeing +8eminence +8encaging +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for February 6, 2026 has 61 valid words for a total of 260 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 221 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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