NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 31, 2026

Saturday, January 31, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 31, 2026 puts R in the center, with A, F, I, L, O, W around it. There are 58 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.

58Words
216Points
151Genius
1Pangram
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

1

4-letter words

29

5-letter words

11

6-letter words

7

7-letter words

6

8-letter words

4

9-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterR
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words58
Points216
Pangram1
Longest word9
Average length5.1

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 151 points. Queen Bee is 216.

Genius · 65 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start4
Moving Up11
Good17
Solid32
Nice54
Great86
Amazing108
151Genius151
Queen Bee216

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

Pangram Breakdown

AIRFLOW
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 396 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 32th percentile
Total points 20th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words5873.515418
Points216352.989260
Pangrams12.05131

This Puzzle in Context

The January 31, 2026 hive put R in the center with A, F, I, L, O, W around it. Queen Bee needed all 58 words (216 points). Genius sat at 151.

Pangram on this date: AIRFLOW. Top starting letters: F (20), R (13). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for January 31, 2026