Spelling Bee January 25, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
72
Total points
391
Pangrams
6
Genius score
273
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PATRIOTIC
- CAPACITOR
- CAPACITOR
- PATRIOTIC
- APRICOT
- APRICOT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
31 pts
8%
Solid
58 pts
15%
Nice
97 pts
25%
Great
156 pts
40%
Amazing
195 pts
50%
Genius
273 pts
70%
Queen Bee
391 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airport
- apart
- apparat
- apricot
- apricot
- atop
- capacitor
- capacitor
- capo
- capri
- captor
- carp
- carpaccio
- carpi
- carport
- coop
- coopt
- corpora
- crap
- crop
- octopi
- optic
- pact
- pair
- papa
- paratroop
- parrot
- part
- partita
- patio
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotic
- pica
- piccata
- picot
- pipit
- piratic
- pita
- pitapat
- poop
- poor
- poppa
- port
- portico
- portrait
- potato
- prat
- priapic
- prior
- proctor
- prop
- protract
- protractor
- rapport
- rapt
- raptor
- rattrap
- tapa
- tapioca
- tapir
- taproot
- tarp
- tipi
- tiptop
- topcoat
- topic
- torpor
- trap
- trip
- troop
- tropic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 25, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, O, P, R, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 72 accepted words for a total of 391 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 273 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.