Tuesday · 45 words

Spelling Bee January 13, 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: M

E
I
L
M
N
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

221

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

154

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMMINENTLY
  • IMMINENTLY
  • EMINENTLY
  • EMINENTLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

55 pts

25%

Great

88 pts

40%

Amazing

110 pts

50%

Genius

154 pts

70%

Queen Bee

221 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 8 words
  • element
  • eminent
  • eminently
  • eminently
  • emit
  • enemy
  • enmity
  • entitlement
I 4 words
  • imminent
  • imminently
  • imminently
  • item
L 5 words
  • lime
  • limit
  • limn
  • linemen
  • liniment
M 22 words
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • melty
  • meme
  • mentee
  • mete
  • mettle
  • mien
  • mile
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • mint
  • minty
  • mite
  • mitt
  • mitten
  • myelin
T 5 words
  • teem
  • tenement
  • time
  • timeline
  • timely

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 13, 2026 uses the seven letters E, I, L, M, N, T, Y, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 221 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 154 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee january 13 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough