Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — January 20, 2026

FILNTYA
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams4 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
68
words
347
total points
242
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 347 pts
Genius 242 pts
Amazing 173 pts
Great 138 pts
Nice 86 pts
Solid 52 pts
Good 27 pts
Moving Up 17 pts
Good Start 6 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

4 words use all 7 letters.

1FAINTLYFINALITYINFANTILITY
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Words by length
18
4-letter
21
5-letter
11
6-letter
11
7-letter
5
8-letter
1
9-letter
1
11-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
13 words
F
23 words
I
6 words
L
5 words
N
10 words
T
11 words
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All 68 words
AFFIANT7pt
AFFINITY8pt
ALFALFA7pt
ALIT1pt
ALLAY5pt
ALLY1pt
ANAL1pt
ANALLY6pt
ANNAL5pt
ANTI1pt
ANTIFA6pt
ATILT5pt
ATTAIN6pt
FAIL1pt
FAINT5pt
FAINTLY14pt
FALL1pt
FANNY5pt
FANTAIL7pt
FATAL5pt
FATALITY8pt
FATALLY7pt
FATLY5pt
FATTY5pt
FIAT1pt
FILIAL6pt
FILIALLY8pt
FINAL5pt
FINALITY15pt
FINALLY7pt
FINIAL6pt
FLAIL5pt
FLAN1pt
FLAT1pt
FLATLY6pt
FLAY1pt
INANITY7pt
INFANT6pt
INFANTILITY18pt
INITIAL7pt
INITIALLY9pt
INLAY5pt
LAIN1pt
LAITY5pt
LANAI5pt
LANTANA7pt
LITANY6pt
NAAN1pt
NAIF1pt
NAIL1pt
NANA1pt
NANNY5pt
NATAL5pt
NATALITY8pt
NATANT6pt
NATTILY7pt
NATTY5pt
TAFFY5pt
TAIL1pt
TAINT5pt
TALI1pt
TALL1pt
TALLIT6pt
TALLY5pt
TANNIN6pt
TATTY5pt
TIFFANY7pt
TITAN5pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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