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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Welcome to today’s New York Times Spelling Bee hints and answers. Today’s puzzle features an average-looking board with a center letter of “I”. With a total of 37 words to find resulting in 165 total possible points, we are looking at an average number of points. There is just a single pangram hiding in today’s letter set. Whether you’re stuck looking for those elusive final few words to reach Genius rank, or simply seeking a gentle nudge to get the ball rolling, you’re in the right place. Dive into our comprehensive two-letter lists, explore our word length grid, and uncover targeted Merriam-Webster definitions tailored specifically to help you without giving the entire game away immediately. Good luck mastering the hive!

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Puzzle Stats

Total Words :

37

Total Pangrams :

1

Total Points:

165

Genius Score :

115

Pangram

Finding the nyt pangram is key to reaching “Genius” status.
Below is progressive reveal to help you achieve it.

8-letter pangram 0 / 8 letters revealed
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NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Grid

Maximize your score without ruining the fun.

The grid shows how many words start with each letter, broken down by word length.

4 5 6 7 8 9 Σ
D 2 1 1 – – – 4
E 1 1 3 – – 1 6
G – – 1 – – – 1
H 2 – 1 – – – 3
T 4 4 2 – – – 10
W 3 4 4 1 1 – 13
Σ 12 10 12 1 1 1 37

Knowing the first two letters of a missing word is often the perfect clue. Here is the two letter list for today’s puzzle.

  • DI 4
  • ED 3
  • EI 3
  • GI 1
  • HE 1
  • HI 2
  • TH 1
  • TI 7
  • TW 2
  • WE 5
  • WH 2
  • WI 6

Dictionary Clues for Todays List.

DI

  1. DI4 — to stop living; to come to an end; to stop functioning; checked out; conked (out) sounds like bide, chide, dad, dead, deed
  2. DI4 — the things that a person or animal eats considered as a whole; nourishment; nurture; sustenance; aliment sounds like riot
  3. DI6 — as in fasted; fasted sounds like cheated, dotted, heated, seated
  4. DI5 — a character used to represent a mathematical value; figure; integer; number; numeral sounds like bigot, billet, dearest, deduct, defeat

ED

  1. ED6 — as in swirled, purled; purled; swirled; bubbled; dribbled sounds like deed, readied
  2. ED4 — to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating; to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation; redraft; revamp; revise
  3. ED6 — to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating; to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation; redrafted; revamped; revised sounds like dotted, oedipal

EI

  1. EI5 — as in outsider, misfit; misfit; outsider; bohemian; boho sounds like ace, ache, age, aid, aide
  2. EI6 — sounds like ate
  3. EI9 — sounds like alias, alien, atrium

GI

  1. GI6 — as in drove, rode; bused; cabbed; coached; cruised sounds like gagged, guild, rigged

HE

  1. HE6 — the highest part or point; the most extreme or advanced point; the distance of something or someone from bottom to top; acme; apex sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, hat

HI

  1. HI4 — to put into a hiding place; to keep secret or shut off from view; to remain out of sight; bury; cache sounds like bide, c****, guide, had, hadd
  2. HI4 — extending to a great distance upward; being at a higher level than average; located at a greater height than average or usual; altitudinous; lofty sounds like awry, buy, die, dye, eye

TH

  1. TH5 — as in calf, shin; calf; drumstick; ham; shank sounds like awry, buy, die, dye, eye

TI

  1. TI4 — a prevailing or general movement or inclination; current; direction; drift; leaning sounds like bide, chide, guide, hide, lied
  2. TI5 — sounds like guided
  3. TI6 — being clean and in good order; antiseptic; bandbox; crisp; groomed sounds like bodied, busied, deed, divvied, giddy
  4. TI4 — as in bound, attached; attached; bound; fastened; constrained sounds like bide, chide, guide, hide, lied
  5. TI5 — not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light); firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge; giving or sharing as little as possible; impenetrable; impermeable sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
  6. TI5 — an amount of money that a person gives to a church which is usually equal to 1/10 of that person’s income; alms; benefaction; beneficence; benevolence sounds like with
  7. TI6 — sounds like beard, bid, billed, build, chilled

TW

  1. TW4 — to have a clear idea of; appreciate; apprehend; assimilate; behold sounds like swig, wig
  2. TW4 — as in tease, ride; chaff; jive; josh; kid sounds like ou****, quit, wit

WE

  1. WE6 — sounds like leggy, wary
  2. WE5 — to be of importance; to give serious and careful thought to; count; import; matter sounds like array, away, bay, day, gay
  3. WE7 — decided on as a result of careful thought; advised; calculated; considered; deliberate sounds like wade
  4. WE6 — the amount that something weighs; the quality or state of being important; a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported; avoirdupois; heaviness sounds like ate, await, bait, date, eight
  5. WE8 — to place a weight or burden on; burdened; encumbered; freighted; laded sounds like bated, dated, waiting

WH

  1. WH4 — the smallest amount or part imaginable; beans; bubkes; continental; damn sounds like bit, chit, fit, hit, kit
  2. WH5 — lacking an addition of color; not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt; free from sin; colorless; tintless sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height

WI

  1. WI4 — having a greater than usual measure across; having considerable extent; broad; fat; thick sounds like bide, chide, guide, hide, lied
  2. WI6 — an interesting and often novel device with a practical use; appliance; contraption; contrivance; gadget sounds like fidget
  3. WI5 — an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends; ambit; amplitude; breadth; compass
  4. WI6 — to yield to mental or emotional stress; break down; break up; crack; flip (out) sounds like rigged, weird
  5. WI5 — a member of the human race; baby; being; bird; bod sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
  6. WI4 — as the result of; using the means or agency of; without being prevented by; because of; due to sounds like which, whiff, whim, whip, whiz

The Complete Word List (Spoiler Alert!)

Ready to see the words? Use the toggles below to reveal today’s nyt spelling bee answers.

  • died
  • diet
  • edit
  • hide
  • high
  • tide
  • tied
  • twig
  • twit
  • whit
  • wide
  • with

  • dieted
  • digit
  • eddied
  • edited
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • gigged
  • height
  • thigh
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tight
  • tithe
  • tithed
  • wedgie
  • weigh
  • weighed
  • weight
  • weighted
  • white
  • widget
  • width
  • wigged
  • wight

Valid dictionary words not in today’s official answers

Today’s puzzle have total of 71 valid dictionary words that are excluded. If you found a valid dictionary word that wasn’t accepted, it’s likely due to the New York Times Spelling Bee’s strict editorial criteria. Sam Ezersky, the puzzle’s editor, manually curates the daily word list to balance difficulty and fairness.

  • Obscure or Highly Technical Words: Medical, legal, and intensely specific scientific jargon is frequently omitted to keep the puzzle accessible to a general audience.
  • Offensive Language: Vulgar or derogatory words are universally banned.
  • Proper Nouns: Capitalized names of people or places are never allowed.
  • Hyphenated Words: Multi-word combinations containing hyphens are excluded.
  • Letter S / Plurals: The letter “S” is generally never included on a Spelling Bee board to avoid making the game too simple by tacking plurals onto every word.

  • DEID
  • DEWITT
  • DEWITTED
  • DIDIE
  • DIGGED
  • DIGHT
  • DIGHTED
  • DITE
  • DITED
  • DITT
  • DITTED
  • DITTIED
  • DITTIT
  • EIDE
  • GEDDIT
  • GEGGIE
  • GEIT
  • GIDDIED
  • GIDGEE
  • GIED
  • GIGGIT
  • GIGGITED
  • GIGHE
  • GITE
  • GITTED
  • HEID
  • HEIGH
  • HEIGHTH
  • HETTIE
  • HIDED
  • HIED
  • HIGHED
  • HIGHT
  • HIGHTED
  • HIGHTH
  • HITHE
  • IDEE
  • IGGED
  • TEDDIE
  • TEIID
  • TEWHIT
  • TEWIT
  • THIG
  • THIGGIT
  • THIGHED
  • TIGE
  • TIGGED
  • TITE
  • TITI
  • TITTED
  • TITTIE
  • TWIGGED
  • TWIGHT
  • TWIGHTED
  • TWITE
  • TWITTED
  • WEID
  • WETTIE
  • WHID
  • WHIDDED
  • WHIG
  • WHIGGED
  • WHITED
  • WIDDIE
  • WIDGIE
  • WIGHTED
  • WITE
  • WITED
  • WITHE
  • WITHED
  • WITTED