Spelling Bee hints and answers for Wednesday, February 18, 2026
A Wednesday Bee built around the center letter N: 39 words, 180 points in total and Genius at 126, with one pangram, CORDOVAN at the top of the list. The CO- family alone contributes 10 of the 39 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 N. 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 CO- (COCOON, CODON, CONCORD, CONDO) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangram
Each uses all seven letters: A, C, D, N, O, R, V.
All 39 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.