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
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
221
Pangrams
4
Genius score
154
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMMINENTLY
- IMMINENTLY
- EMINENTLY
- EMINENTLY
Rank thresholds
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
- element
- eminent
- eminently
- eminently
- emit
- enemy
- enmity
- entitlement
- imminent
- imminently
- imminently
- item
- lime
- limit
- limn
- linemen
- liniment
- meet
- melee
- melt
- melty
- meme
- mentee
- mete
- mettle
- mien
- mile
- mill
- millet
- mime
- mine
- mini
- minim
- mint
- minty
- mite
- mitt
- mitten
- myelin
- 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.