Friday, January 9, 2026
Spoiler Alert: This page contains all pangrams and answers for Friday, January 9, 2026's New York Times Spelling Bee Puzzle. To see spoiler-aware hints for Friday, January 9, 2026's Puzzle, visit the hints page.
The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word game where players form words from seven unique letters, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Each word must include the highlighted center letter and be at least four letters long.
Friday, January 9, 2026's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) (0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 37 answers. The highest possible score, required to win the Queen Bee crown, was 174 points. Friday, January 9, 2026's Puzzle wasn't a Bingo.
Friday, January 9, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Pangrams
- headpiece
Friday, January 9, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Answers
4 Letters
- ache
- chad
- chai
- chap
- chia
- chic
- chip
- each
- head
- heap
- heed
- hide
5 Letters
- ached
- ahead
- aphid
- cache
- cheap
- cheep
- chica
- chide
- dacha
- peach
6 Letters
- cached
- chichi
- chided
- headed
- heaped
- heeded
- hippie
7 Letters
- chapped
- cheapie
- cheeped
- chipped
8 Letters
- deadhead
- headache
9 Letters
- headpiece
10 Letters
- deadheaded
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