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Spelling Bee January 8, 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

A
D
E
I
M
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

65

accepted entries

Total points

313

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

219

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DAYTIME
  • DAYTIME

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

46 pts

15%

Nice

78 pts

25%

Great

125 pts

40%

Amazing

156 pts

50%

Genius

219 pts

70%

Queen Bee

313 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • added
  • admit
  • admitted
  • aide
  • aided
  • aimed
  • amid
  • amity
D 13 words
  • daddy
  • dame
  • dammed
  • dammit
  • data
  • date
  • dated
  • daytime
  • daytime
  • dead
  • deadeye
  • diadem
  • dyad
E 2 words
  • edamame
  • edema
I 7 words
  • idea
  • ideate
  • ideated
  • imam
  • imitate
  • imitated
  • immediate
M 25 words
  • madam
  • madame
  • made
  • maid
  • maim
  • maimed
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mate
  • mated
  • matey
  • matte
  • matted
  • mayday
  • mead
  • meat
  • meaty
  • media
  • mediate
  • mediated
  • meditate
  • meditated
  • meta
  • metadata
  • midday
T 10 words
  • tame
  • tamed
  • tatami
  • tatted
  • tatty
  • team
  • teamed
  • teammate
  • teat
  • teatime

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 8, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, M, T, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 313 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 219 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee january 8 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough