Spelling Bee January 23, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
187
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLOCKED
- BLOCKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
187 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beck
- bedeck
- bedecked
- block
- blocked
- blocked
- bloke
- bock
- book
- booked
- cellblock
- clock
- clocked
- cock
- cocked
- cockle
- coke
- coldcock
- coldcocked
- cook
- cookbook
- cooked
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deke
- deked
- dock
- docked
- eked
- keel
- keeled
- kook
- leek
- lock
- locked
- look
- lookbook
- looked
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 23, 2026 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, K, L, O, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 187 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.