Spelling Bee hints and answers for Monday, February 16, 2026
A Monday Bee built around the center letter A: 57 words, 221 points in total and Genius at 154, with one pangram, BACKROOM at the top of the list. The BA- family alone contributes 13 of the 57 words, more than any other family on the board. The words on this board run from 4 to 8 letters in length, and every one of them is listed below.
Hints, in order
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Every word must contain the center letter A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
There is one pangram today, it is 8 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Look for word families: words built on BA- (BABA, BABKA, BACK, BACKCOMB) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
Each uses all seven letters: A, B, C, K, M, O, R.
All 57 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.