Spelling Bee January 21, 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
52
Total points
223
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALLOWANCE
- ALLOWANCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
55 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
111 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
223 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aeon
- allow
- allowance
- allowance
- aloe
- alone
- anon
- cacao
- callaloo
- callow
- cannon
- canoe
- canola
- canon
- cello
- cloaca
- clone
- clown
- coal
- coca
- cocoa
- cocoon
- cola
- colcannon
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- conceal
- cone
- cool
- cowl
- llano
- loan
- local
- locale
- loco
- loll
- lone
- loon
- neocon
- neon
- noel
- nonce
- none
- nonlocal
- noon
- ocean
- oleo
- once
- wallow
- wool
- woolen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 21, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, O, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 223 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.