Spelling Bee January 15, 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
38
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WEIGHTED
- WEIGHTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- died
- diet
- dieted
- digit
- eddied
- edit
- edited
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- gigged
- height
- hide
- high
- thigh
- tide
- tided
- tidied
- tied
- tight
- tithe
- tithed
- twig
- twit
- wedgie
- weigh
- weighed
- weight
- weighted
- weighted
- whit
- white
- wide
- widget
- width
- wigged
- wight
- with
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 15, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, I, T, W, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.