Spelling Bee January 11, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
169
Pangrams
2
Genius score
118
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPANION
- COMPANION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
67 pts
40%
Amazing
84 pts
50%
Genius
118 pts
70%
Queen Bee
169 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apian
- camp
- campo
- canopic
- capo
- capon
- cioppino
- comp
- companion
- companion
- coop
- minicamp
- nincompoop
- opinion
- pain
- pampa
- panama
- panic
- panini
- papa
- piano
- pica
- picnic
- pimp
- pinion
- pippin
- poinciana
- pomp
- pompano
- pompom
- poop
- poppa
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 11, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, M, N, O, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 169 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 118 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.