Spelling Bee January 19, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
133
Pangrams
2
Genius score
93
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WORKLOAD
- WORKLOAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
53 pts
40%
Amazing
66 pts
50%
Genius
93 pts
70%
Queen Bee
133 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ardor
- award
- awkward
- dark
- dodo
- doll
- dollar
- dolor
- doodad
- door
- dorado
- dork
- draw
- drawl
- droll
- drool
- lard
- load
- lord
- odor
- radar
- road
- roadwork
- rood
- ward
- warlord
- wood
- woodwork
- word
- workload
- workload
- world
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 19, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, K, L, O, R, W, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 133 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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.