NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 27, 2026

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 puts I in the center, with U, A, N, H, L, G around it. There are 125 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 I. Tap a word for a short definition.

125Words
745Points
522Genius
3Pangrams
Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

21

5-letter words

16

6-letter words

23

7-letter words

41

8-letter words

19

9-letter words

4

10-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words125
Points745
Pangrams3
Longest word10
Average length6.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 522 points. Queen Bee is 745.

Genius · 223 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start15
Moving Up37
Good60
Solid112
Nice186
Great298
Amazing373
522Genius522
Queen Bee745

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

Pangram Breakdown

HAULING
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants
LAUGHING
8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: G ×2

NILGHAU
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 396 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 96th percentile
Total points 99th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words12573.515418
Points745352.989260
Pangrams32.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The January 27, 2026 hive put I in the center with U, A, N, H, L, G around it. Queen Bee needed all 125 words (745 points). Genius sat at 522.

Pangrams on this date: HAULING, LAUGHING, NILGHAU. Top starting letters: G (30), L (23). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for January 27, 2026