Spelling Bee January 12, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
239
Pangrams
2
Genius score
167
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ITALICIZE
- ITALICIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
95 pts
40%
Amazing
119 pts
50%
Genius
167 pts
70%
Queen Bee
239 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acetic
- alit
- atilt
- attic
- cacti
- calcite
- cattail
- celiac
- celli
- cilia
- cite
- eclectic
- elicit
- elite
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- italicize
- italicize
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- laicize
- lattice
- lice
- licit
- lilac
- lilt
- lite
- little
- tacit
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- tail
- tali
- tallit
- tile
- till
- tilt
- titillate
- title
- tittle
- ziti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 12, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, L, T, Z, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 239 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 167 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.