Spelling Bee January 3, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
238
Pangrams
4
Genius score
166
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COUNCILOR
- COUNCILOR
- UNICOLOR
- UNICOLOR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
95 pts
40%
Amazing
119 pts
50%
Genius
166 pts
70%
Queen Bee
238 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cirri
- clinic
- cocci
- cocoon
- coil
- coin
- coir
- colic
- colon
- colonic
- color
- concur
- conic
- cool
- corn
- council
- councilor
- councilor
- croc
- croci
- croon
- cull
- curio
- curl
- icon
- iconic
- incur
- ionic
- ironic
- loci
- loco
- nuncio
- occur
- oculi
- ricin
- rococo
- runic
- uncoil
- uncool
- uncurl
- unicolor
- unicolor
- unicorn
- unironic
- uric
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 3, 2026 uses the seven letters C, I, L, N, O, R, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 238 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 166 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.