Spelling Bee January 9, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HEADPIECE
- HEADPIECE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- ached
- ahead
- aphid
- cache
- cached
- chad
- chai
- chap
- chapped
- cheap
- cheapie
- cheep
- cheeped
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chide
- chided
- chip
- chipped
- dacha
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- each
- head
- headache
- headed
- headpiece
- headpiece
- heap
- heaped
- heed
- heeded
- hide
- hippie
- peach
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 9, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, I, P, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.