Spelling Bee January 29, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
30
Total points
140
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- THEOLOGY
- THEOLOGY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
140 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ethyl
- eyelet
- eyeteeth
- eyetooth
- gelt
- ghetto
- goth
- holt
- hoot
- hotel
- hotly
- loot
- lotto
- otology
- teeth
- teethe
- teleology
- tell
- thee
- theology
- theology
- they
- toggle
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tooth
- toothy
- tootle
- tote
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 29, 2026 uses the seven letters E, G, H, L, O, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 140 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.