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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, January 1, 2026
A Thursday Bee built around the center letter N: 61 words, 363 points in total and Genius at 254, with 4 pangrams: ANALYTIC, ANALYTICAL, ANALYTICALLY and TITANICALLY at the top of the list. The NA- family alone contributes 9 of the 61 words.
A
C
I
N
L
T
Y
61Accepted words
363Max score
254Genius at
4Pangrams
Hints, in order
Hint 0 of 3Tap to show one hint at a time.
Hint 1 of 3
Every word must contain the center letter N. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 4 pangrams today, running 8, 10, 12, 11 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on NA- (NAAN, NAIL, NANA, NANNY) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: A, C, I, L, T, Y, N.
ANALYTIC
ANALYTICAL
ANALYTICALLY
TITANICALLY
All 61 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
anal
anally
analytic
analytical
analytically
annal
anti
antic
attain
canal
cancan
canna
cannily
canny
cant
cantata
cantina
clan
clinic
clinical
clinically
clinician
cyan
cynic
cynical
cynically
inanity
incant
initial
initially
inlay
intact
lain
lanai
lantana
lint
linty
litany
naan
nail
nana
nanny
natal
natality
natant
nattily
natty
niacin
ninny
tactician
taint
tannic
tannin
tinct
tinily
tinny
tint
tiny
titan
titanic
titanically
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