Spelling Bee · Hints and answers
Spelling Bee hints and answers for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
A Tuesday Bee built around the center letter A: 68 words, 347 points in total and Genius at 242, with 3 pangrams: FAINTLY, FINALITY and INFANTILITY at the top of the list. The FA- family alone contributes 11 of the 68 words.
F
I
L
A
N
T
Y
68Accepted words
347Max score
242Genius at
3Pangrams
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 A. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.
Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams
There are 3 pangrams today, running 7, 8, 11 letters - each one uses every letter in the hive.
Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?
Look for word families: words built on FA- (FAIL, FAINT, FAINTLY, FALL) do much of the heavy work today.
The pangrams
Each uses all seven letters: F, I, L, N, T, Y, A.
FAINTLY
FINALITY
INFANTILITY
All 68 words
The complete accepted word list for the day.
affiant
affinity
alfalfa
alit
allay
ally
anal
anally
annal
anti
antifa
atilt
attain
fail
faint
faintly
fall
fanny
fantail
fatal
fatality
fatally
fatly
fatty
fiat
filial
filially
final
finality
finally
finial
flail
flan
flat
flatly
flay
inanity
infant
infantility
initial
initially
inlay
lain
laity
lanai
lantana
litany
naan
naif
nail
nana
nanny
natal
natality
natant
nattily
natty
taffy
tail
taint
tali
tall
tallit
tally
tannin
tatty
tiffany
titan
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