Spelling Bee January 26, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
202
Pangrams
2
Genius score
141
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOYCOTTED
- BOYCOTTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- bobbed
- bode
- boded
- body
- booed
- booted
- boycotted
- boycotted
- cede
- ceded
- code
- coded
- coed
- cooed
- debt
- deco
- decoct
- decocted
- decode
- decoded
- decoy
- decoyed
- deed
- deeded
- detect
- detected
- dodo
- dote
- doted
- dotted
- dotty
- dyed
- ebbed
- eddy
- eyed
- obeyed
- teddy
- teed
- toddy
- toed
- tooted
- toted
- toyed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 26, 2026 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, O, T, Y, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.