Spelling Bee January 18, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
373
Pangrams
6
Genius score
261
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INDICATING
- INDICATING
- DICTATING
- ADDICTING
- ADDICTING
- DICTATING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
55 pts
15%
Nice
93 pts
25%
Great
149 pts
40%
Amazing
186 pts
50%
Genius
261 pts
70%
Queen Bee
373 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- acing
- acting
- addict
- addicting
- addicting
- antacid
- antic
- attic
- cacti
- cadging
- caging
- cancan
- candid
- canid
- caning
- canna
- canning
- cant
- cantata
- cantina
- cicada
- citing
- dancing
- dicing
- dicta
- dictating
- dictating
- didact
- didactic
- gigantic
- icing
- incant
- incanting
- inciting
- indica
- indicating
- indicating
- indicia
- indict
- indicting
- intact
- niacin
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactician
- tannic
- tinct
- titanic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, G, I, N, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 373 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 261 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.