Spelling Bee January 1, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
432
Pangrams
8
Genius score
302
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANALYTICALLY
- ANALYTICALLY
- TITANICALLY
- TITANICALLY
- ANALYTICAL
- ANALYTICAL
- ANALYTIC
- ANALYTIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
21 pts
5%
Good
34 pts
8%
Solid
64 pts
15%
Nice
108 pts
25%
Great
172 pts
40%
Amazing
216 pts
50%
Genius
302 pts
70%
Queen Bee
432 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- anally
- analytic
- analytic
- analytical
- analytical
- analytically
- analytically
- annal
- anti
- antic
- attain
- canal
- cancan
- canna
- cannily
- canny
- cant
- cantata
- cantina
- clan
- clinic
- clinical
- clinically
- clinician
- cyan
- cynic
- cynical
- cynically
- inanity
- incant
- initial
- initially
- inlay
- intact
- lain
- lanai
- lantana
- lint
- linty
- litany
- naan
- nail
- nana
- nanny
- natal
- natality
- natant
- nattily
- natty
- niacin
- ninny
- tactician
- taint
- tannic
- tannin
- tinct
- tinily
- tinny
- tint
- tiny
- titan
- titanic
- titanically
- titanically
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 1, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, T, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 432 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 302 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 8 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.