January 20, 2026 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 20, 2026, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter F: April 2, 2024Center letter L: May 9, 2019
words: 238
score: 1,087 pts
pangrams: 4
perfect: 2
compounds: 10
plurals: 2
bingo: yes
A x 65
F x 42
I x 17
L x 26
N x 35
T x 45
Y x 8
4L x 77
5L x 68
6L x 38
7L x 36
8L x 12
9L x 5
10L x 1
11L x 1
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | tot | |
| A | 19 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 65 |
| F | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 42 |
| I | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 17 |
| L | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 |
| N | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 35 |
| T | 14 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 45 |
| Y | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| tot | 77 | 68 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 238 |
| cmp | 5 | 6 | 7 | tot |
| A | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| I | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| L | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| T | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| tot | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| plu | 4 | tot |
| I | 1 | 1 |
| T | 1 | 1 |
| tot | 2 | 2 |
| debut appearances | 0 | |
| newly disallowed words | 1 | tailfin |
ANTIFLY, FAINTLY, FINALITY, INFANTILITY
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun