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Spelling Bee January 26, 2024 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

C
F
I
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

230

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

161

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FUNCTION
  • FUNCTION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

92 pts

40%

Amazing

115 pts

50%

Genius

161 pts

70%

Queen Bee

230 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 15 words
  • cocci
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • coffin
  • coif
  • coin
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • confit
  • conic
  • coot
  • cotton
  • count
  • cutoff
  • cutout
F 9 words
  • fiction
  • finito
  • foci
  • font
  • foot
  • fount
  • function
  • function
  • futon
I 6 words
  • icon
  • iconic
  • info
  • into
  • intuition
  • ionic
N 6 words
  • nonfiction
  • nonunion
  • noon
  • notion
  • noun
  • nuncio
O 3 words
  • onion
  • onto
  • outfit
T 6 words
  • tofu
  • tonic
  • toon
  • toot
  • tout
  • tuition
U 3 words
  • unction
  • union
  • unto

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 26, 2024 uses the seven letters C, F, I, N, O, T, U, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 230 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.

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