Spelling Bee January 14, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
189
Pangrams
2
Genius score
132
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLACEBO
- PLACEBO
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
75 pts
40%
Amazing
94 pts
50%
Genius
132 pts
70%
Queen Bee
189 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alcopop
- allocable
- aloe
- baobab
- bebop
- blob
- bloc
- bloop
- boba
- bobble
- bocce
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- boop
- cacao
- callaloo
- capo
- cello
- cloaca
- clop
- coal
- cobble
- coca
- cocoa
- cola
- collab
- cool
- coop
- cope
- elope
- lobe
- lobo
- local
- locale
- loco
- loll
- lollop
- loop
- lope
- oboe
- oleo
- opal
- paleo
- people
- placebo
- placebo
- plop
- pole
- poll
- polo
- pool
- poop
- pope
- poppa
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, L, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 189 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 132 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.