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
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
313
Pangrams
2
Genius score
219
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DAYTIME
- DAYTIME
Rank thresholds
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
- added
- admit
- admitted
- aide
- aided
- aimed
- amid
- amity
- daddy
- dame
- dammed
- dammit
- data
- date
- dated
- daytime
- daytime
- dead
- deadeye
- diadem
- dyad
- edamame
- edema
- idea
- ideate
- ideated
- imam
- imitate
- imitated
- immediate
- 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
- 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.