Spelling Bee January 27, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
62
Total points
412
Pangrams
4
Genius score
288
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LAUGHING
- LAUGHING
- HAULING
- HAULING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
20 pts
5%
Good
32 pts
8%
Solid
61 pts
15%
Nice
103 pts
25%
Great
164 pts
40%
Amazing
206 pts
50%
Genius
288 pts
70%
Queen Bee
412 pts
100%
All accepted words
- again
- aging
- ailing
- align
- aligning
- angina
- angling
- annuli
- annulling
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- galling
- ganging
- ganglia
- gangling
- gauging
- gigging
- giggling
- gill
- gilling
- ginning
- glia
- glugging
- gluing
- gulling
- gunning
- haggling
- hail
- hailing
- hanging
- hangnail
- hauling
- hauling
- high
- hill
- hilling
- hinging
- hugging
- hulling
- iguana
- inhaling
- inning
- lagging
- lain
- lanai
- laughing
- laughing
- linguini
- lining
- lugging
- luging
- lulling
- lunging
- nagging
- nail
- nailing
- niggling
- nigh
- unhanging
- unhinging
- unilingual
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, H, I, L, N, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 412 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 288 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.