Spelling Bee · Hints and answers

Spelling Bee hints and answers for Thursday, January 8, 2026

Center letter A (required in every word) · Outer letters: D, E, I, M, T, Y

A Thursday Bee built around the center letter A: 64 words, 299 points in total and Genius at 209, with a single 7-letter pangram, DAYTIME at the top of the list. The MA- family alone contributes 14 of the 64 words.

64Accepted words

299Max score

209Genius at

1Pangram

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

Every word must contain the center letter A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.

Hint 2 of 3 - Pangram

There is one pangram today: a 7-letter word that starts with D and uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on MA- (MADAM, MADAME, MADE, MAID) do much of the heavy work today.

The pangram

It uses all seven letters: D, E, I, M, T, Y, A.

DAYTIME

All 64 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

added

admit

admitted

aide

aided

aimed

amid

amity

daddy

dame

dammed

dammit

data

date

dated

daytime

dead

deadeye

diadem

dyad

edamame

edema

idea

ideate

ideated

imam

imitate

imitated

immediate

madam

madame

made

maid

maim

maimed

mama

mamma

mate

mated

matey

matte

matted

mayday

mead

meat

meaty

media

mediate

mediated

meditate

meditated