NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 1, 2026

Thursday, January 1, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 1, 2026 puts N in the center, with T, A, C, Y, I, L around it. There are 127 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 N. Tap a word for a short definition.

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127Words

765Points

536Genius

8Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

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12-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterN

Vowels2

Rare lettersY

Words127

Points765

Pangrams8

Longest word12

Average length6.2

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 536 points. Queen Bee is 765.

Your score Genius · 229 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start15

Moving Up38

Good61

Solid115

Nice191

Great306

Amazing383

536Genius536

Queen Bee765

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

Pangram Breakdown

ACTINICALLY

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, C ×2, I ×2, L ×2

ANALYTIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

ANALYTICAL

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×3, L ×2

ANALYTICALLY

12 letters 19 points 4 vowels 8 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×3, L ×3, Y ×2

ANALYTICITY

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, Y ×2, T ×2, I ×2

ANTICALLY

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, L ×2

ANTICLY

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

TITANICALLY

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2, A ×2, L ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 397 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 96th percentile

Total points 99th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	127	73.4	154	18
Points	765	352.9	892	60
Pangrams	8	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The January 1, 2026 hive put N in the center with T, A, C, Y, I, L around it. Queen Bee needed all 127 words (765 points). Genius sat at 536.

Pangrams on this date: ACTINICALLY, ANALYTIC, ANALYTICAL, ANALYTICALLY, ANALYTICITY, ANTICALLY, ANTICLY, TITANICALLY. Top starting letters: A (38), C (30). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Hard.