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Spelling Bee January 24, 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: E

C
E
F
I
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

205

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

143

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FETTUCCINE
  • FETTUCCINE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

51 pts

25%

Great

82 pts

40%

Amazing

102 pts

50%

Genius

143 pts

70%

Queen Bee

205 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 4 words
  • cent
  • cite
  • cute
  • cutie
E 6 words
  • effect
  • effete
  • efficient
  • ennui
  • entente
  • entice
F 11 words
  • feet
  • feint
  • fence
  • fete
  • fettuccine
  • fettuccine
  • fief
  • fife
  • fifteen
  • fine
  • finite
I 6 words
  • incite
  • inefficient
  • infect
  • infinite
  • innie
  • intent
N 6 words
  • nene
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 8 words
  • teen
  • teff
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tine
  • tuffet
  • tune
  • tutee
U 3 words
  • unite
  • untie
  • untune

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 24, 2026 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, N, T, U, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 205 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 143 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee january 24 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough