NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 30, 2026

Friday, January 30, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 30, 2026 puts L in the center, with R, G, N, U, O, H around it. There are 30 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes L. Tap a word for a short definition.

30Words
93Points
65Genius
0Pangrams
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes L.

Pangrams

0

No pangram found

4-letter words

17

5-letter words

6

6-letter words

4

7-letter words

2

8-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterL
Vowels2
Rare lettersNone
Words30
Points93
Pangrams0
Longest word8
Average length4.8

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 65 points. Queen Bee is 93.

Genius · 28 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start2
Moving Up5
Good7
Solid14
Nice23
Great37
Amazing47
65Genius65
Queen Bee93

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 93 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 380 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 3th percentile
Total points 1th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words3074.715418
Points93359.189260
Pangrams02.08131

This Puzzle in Context

The January 30, 2026 hive put L in the center with R, G, N, U, O, H around it. Queen Bee needed all 30 words (93 points). Genius sat at 65.

Top starting letters: L (13), G (6). Longest accepted word: 8 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

FAQs for January 30, 2026