Spelling Bee January 7, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
284
Pangrams
2
Genius score
198
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PENDULUM
- PENDULUM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
113 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
198 pts
70%
Queen Bee
284 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- depend
- depended
- dump
- dumped
- dupe
- duped
- duple
- epee
- lump
- lumped
- peddle
- peddled
- peed
- peel
- peeled
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- pend
- pended
- pendulum
- pendulum
- penmen
- penne
- penned
- peplum
- pepped
- pled
- plenum
- plum
- plume
- plumed
- plump
- plumped
- puddle
- puddled
- pule
- puled
- pull
- pulled
- pulp
- pulped
- pummel
- pummeled
- pump
- pumped
- punned
- umped
- unpeeled
- unpen
- unpenned
- upend
- upended
- upped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 7, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, L, M, N, P, U, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 284 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 198 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.