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This guide is for the likely Friday, February 13, 2026, NYT Spelling Bee puzzle—not a current daily puzzle. The hive’s center letter is L; its outer letters are D, E, N, O, U, V. Scroll only as far as you want: the hints get more revealing, and the complete answer list is at the end.
The date match and answers below come from third-party puzzle pages, not an official NYT archive. WordPuzzlePro and WePC agree on the letter set, 59-word total and 272-point total.
Today’s hive letters
Center: L
Outer letters: D, E, N, O, U, V
Every answer must use the center letter L and contain at least four letters. You may reuse letters.
Gentle hints for the February 13, 2026 puzzle
WordPuzzlePro’s prefix counts offer a nudge without giving away the words:
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- LO: 10 answers
- LE: 5 answers
- OL: 2 answers
- EL: 3 answers
- VO: 1 answer
- OV: 1 answer
The list also includes answers beginning with other prefixes. The full list is below.
Score and pangram hints
WordPuzzlePro reports 59 words worth 272 points, with Genius at 190 points and Queen Bee at 272. WePC also reports 59 words and 272 points, and describes the puzzle as a bingo. These are figures reported by those third-party pages.
Spoiler: the two pangrams reported by WordPuzzlePro are unevolved and unloved. Each uses all seven hive letters.
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Spoilers below. This complete list is reproduced from WordPuzzlePro; pangrams are marked with an asterisk.
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dell, delude, deluded, delve, delved, devolve, devolved, dole, doled, doll, dolled, doodle, doodled, duel, dueled, dull, dulled, eleven, elude, eluded, evolve, evolved, lede, lend, levee, level, leveled, lode, loll, lolled, lone, loon, loud, louden, loudened, love, loved, lull, lulled, lulu, lune, needle, needled, nodule, noel, noodle, noodled, nouvelle, novel, null, olden, oleo, ovule, unlevel, unevolved*, unloved*, veld, venule, vole.
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