NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 24, 2026

Saturday, January 24, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 24, 2026 puts E in the center, with U, C, F, I, T, N around it. There are 62 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 E. Tap a word for a short definition.

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62Words

305Points

214Genius

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 E.

Pangrams

4-letter words

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10-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterE

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words62

Points305

Pangrams4

Longest word11

Average length5.6

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 214 points. Queen Bee is 305.

Your score Genius · 91 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start6

Moving Up15

Good24

Solid46

Nice76

Great122

Amazing153

214Genius214

Queen Bee305

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

Pangram Breakdown

FETTUCCINE

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, T ×2, C ×2

FETTUCCINI

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, C ×2, I ×2

FETTUCINE

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, T ×2

FETTUCINI

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 396 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 38th percentile

Total points 43th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	62	73.5	154	18
Points	305	352.9	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The January 24, 2026 hive put E in the center with U, C, F, I, T, N around it. Queen Bee needed all 62 words (305 points). Genius sat at 214.

Pangrams on this date: FETTUCCINE, FETTUCCINI, FETTUCINE, FETTUCINI. Top starting letters: F (15), T (12). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.