NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 10, 2026

Saturday, January 10, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 10, 2026 puts R in the center, with N, I, O, G, M, U around it. There are 91 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

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

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91Words

515Points

361Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

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10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterR

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words91

Points515

Pangrams4

Longest word10

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 361 points. Queen Bee is 515.

Your score Genius · 154 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start10

Moving Up26

Good41

Solid77

Nice129

Great206

Amazing258

361Genius361

Queen Bee515

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

Pangram Breakdown

MOURNING

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

RUMORING

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: R ×2

RUMOURING

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: R ×2, U ×2

UNMOORING

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 397 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 74th percentile

Total points 85th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	91	73.4	154	18
Points	515	352.9	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The January 10, 2026 hive put R in the center with N, I, O, G, M, U around it. Queen Bee needed all 91 words (515 points). Genius sat at 361.

Pangrams on this date: MOURNING, RUMORING, RUMOURING, UNMOORING. Top starting letters: G (27), R (23). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.