Spelling Bee January 6, 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
55
Total points
274
Pangrams
4
Genius score
191
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VIBRATOR
- VIBRATOR
- VIBRATO
- VIBRATO
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
109 pts
40%
Amazing
137 pts
50%
Genius
191 pts
70%
Queen Bee
274 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abort
- airboat
- aorta
- arbitrator
- atria
- attar
- avatar
- aviator
- bait
- biota
- boat
- boot
- brat
- iota
- obit
- orator
- oratorio
- orbit
- rabbit
- raita
- ratatat
- ratio
- ribbit
- riot
- robot
- root
- rotator
- roti
- rotor
- taboo
- tabor
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- tiara
- tibia
- toot
- tori
- torii
- toro
- tort
- torta
- trait
- traitor
- trattoria
- trio
- trivia
- trot
- vibrato
- vibrato
- vibrator
- vibrator
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 6, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, I, O, R, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 274 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 191 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.