Spelling Bee January 17, 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: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
308
Pangrams
2
Genius score
215
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PORTRAYAL
- PORTRAYAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
77 pts
25%
Great
123 pts
40%
Amazing
154 pts
50%
Genius
215 pts
70%
Queen Bee
308 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- apply
- aptly
- array
- arroyo
- arty
- loopy
- lorry
- loyal
- loyally
- loyalty
- oaty
- orally
- oratory
- paltry
- papally
- papaya
- pappy
- parlay
- parry
- partly
- party
- patly
- patty
- payola
- payroll
- play
- ploy
- polyp
- poorly
- poppy
- portly
- portray
- portrayal
- portrayal
- potty
- pray
- pyro
- rally
- raptly
- rattly
- ratty
- ropy
- rotary
- rotatory
- royal
- royally
- royalty
- tally
- tarry
- tartly
- tatty
- totally
- tray
- troy
- typo
- tyro
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 17, 2026 uses the seven letters A, L, O, P, R, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 308 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 215 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.