Spelling Bee January 5, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OKAYING
- OKAYING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
166 pts
100%
All accepted words
- again
- aging
- agog
- agony
- akin
- angina
- anion
- annoy
- annoying
- anon
- gaga
- gagging
- gain
- gaining
- gang
- ganging
- gonna
- kayak
- kayaking
- koan
- naan
- nagging
- naggy
- nana
- nanny
- nannying
- nonagon
- oaky
- okay
- okaying
- okaying
- yakking
- yang
- yank
- yanking
- yoga
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 5, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, I, K, N, O, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.