Spelling Bee January 28, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
181
Pangrams
2
Genius score
126
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLAVORFUL
- FLAVORFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
181 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afoul
- alfalfa
- aloof
- aural
- auroral
- fall
- falloff
- flavor
- flavorful
- flavorful
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flour
- fluff
- foal
- fool
- foul
- full
- furl
- larva
- larval
- lava
- loaf
- loll
- loofa
- luau
- luff
- lull
- lulu
- offal
- oral
- oval
- ovular
- roll
- rural
- uvula
- uvular
- valor
- vulva
- vulval
- vulvar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 28, 2026 uses the seven letters A, F, L, O, R, U, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 181 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 126 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.