NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 25, 2026

Sunday, January 25, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 25, 2026 puts P in the center, with R, O, C, A, I, T around it. There are 122 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 P. Tap a word for a short definition.

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122Words

712Points

498Genius

9Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

11-letter words

12-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterP

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words122

Points712

Pangrams9

Longest word12

Average length6.1

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 498 points. Queen Bee is 712.

Your score Genius · 214 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start14

Moving Up36

Good57

Solid107

Nice178

Great285

Amazing356

498Genius498

Queen Bee712

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

Pangram Breakdown

APOTROPAIC

10 letters 17 points 5 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, P ×2, O ×2

APRICOT

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

APROTIC

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

CAPACITOR

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2, A ×2

CATOPTRIC

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2, T ×2

PAROTIC

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

PARTICIPATOR

12 letters 19 points 5 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×2, A ×2, R ×2, T ×2, I ×2

PATRIOTIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, I ×2

PROTATIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 396 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 94th percentile

Total points 97th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	122	73.5	154	18
Points	712	352.9	892	60
Pangrams	9	2.05	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The January 25, 2026 hive put P in the center with R, O, C, A, I, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 122 words (712 points). Genius sat at 498.

Pangrams on this date: APOTROPAIC, APRICOT, APROTIC, CAPACITOR, CATOPTRIC, PAROTIC, PARTICIPATOR, PATRIOTIC, PROTATIC. Top starting letters: P (54), C (23). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Medium.