Spelling Bee January 31, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AIRFLOW
- AIRFLOW
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
103 pts
70%
Queen Bee
148 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- afro
- airflow
- airflow
- airfoil
- aria
- aril
- arrow
- fair
- farro
- farrow
- flair
- floor
- flora
- floral
- foofaraw
- fora
- frail
- friar
- frill
- lair
- liar
- lira
- oral
- raffia
- rail
- rial
- riff
- riffraff
- rill
- roar
- roil
- roll
- roof
- wallaroo
- warrior
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 31, 2026 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, O, R, W, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.