NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 7, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | u, d, e, l, m, n |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 269 points |
| Genius Level | 188 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 10 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| M | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 11 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 36 |
| U | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | Σ | 16 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×5 DU×5 |
|---|---|
| E | EP×1 |
| L | LU×2 |
| M | |
| N | |
| P | PE×16 PL×7 PU×13 |
| U | UM×1 UN×3 UP×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEE×3 DEP×2 DUM×2 DUP×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EPE×1 |
| L | LUM×2 |
| M | |
| N | |
| P | PED×2 PEE×6 PEN×6 PEP×2 PLE×2 PLU×5 PUD×2 PUL×6 PUM×4 PUN×1 |
| U | UMP×1 UNP×3 UPE×2 UPP×1 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| pe...... † | PE8 | A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes). |
| de.. | DE4 | Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. |
| de.... | DE6 | To make deep or deeper |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deepen |
| de.... | DE6 | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of depend |
| du.. | DU4 | A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past and past participle of dump |
| du.. | DU4 | A person who has been deceived. |
| du... | DU5 | simple past tense and past participle of dupe |
| du... | DU5 | Double. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| lu.. | LU4 | Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. |
| lu.... | LU6 | simple past and past participle of lump |
| pe.... | PE6 | To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities. |
| pe..... | PE7 | simple past tense and past participle of peddle |
| pe.. | PE4 | simple past tense and past participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| pe.... | PE6 | With the outermost layer or skin removed. |
| pe.. | PE4 | The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of peep |
| pe.. | PE4 | To hang down; to cause something to hang down |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pend |
| pe.... | PE6 | plural of penman |
| pe... | PE5 | A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pen |
| pe.... | PE6 | A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pep |
| pl.. | PL4 | simple past tense and past participle of plead |
| pl.... | PL6 | A space that is completely filled with matter. |
| pl.. | PL4 | The fruit and its tree. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow. Prunus sect. Prunus Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan Prunus salicina the Chinese plum or Japanese plum Prunus spinosa, the sloe Prunus ursina the bear's plum Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums Prunus americana, the American plum Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum or sand plum Prunus hortulana, the hortulan plum Prunus nigra, the Canadian plum or black plum Prunus rivularis, the creek plum or hog plum Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots) Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume. A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake. |
| pl... | PL5 | A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration. |
| pl.... | PL6 | Having or decorated with a plume or plumes. |
| pl... | PL5 | Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. |
| pl..... | PL7 | simple past and past participle of plump |
| pu.... | PU6 | A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. |
| pu..... | PU7 | simple past tense and past participle of puddle |
| pu.. | PU4 | A plaintive melancholy whine. |
| pu... | PU5 | simple past tense and past participle of pule |
| pu.. | PU4 | To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force. |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past tense and past participle of pull |
| pu.. | PU4 | A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. The soft center of a fruit. |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past tense and past participle of pulp |
| pu.... | PU6 | To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly. |
| pu...... | PU8 | simple past and past participle of pummel |
| pu.. | PU4 | A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past and past participle of pump |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past tense and past participle of pun |
| um... | UM5 | simple past and past participle of ump |
| un...... | UN8 | simple past and past participle of unpeel |
| un... | UN5 | To release from a pen. |
| un...... | UN8 | simple past tense and past participle of unpen |
| up... | UP5 | To end up; to set on end. |
| up..... | UP7 | simple past tense and past participle of upend |
| up... | UP5 | simple past tense and past participle of up |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- pendulum† (PE8)
- deep (DE4)
- deepen (DE6)
- deepened (DE8)
- depend (DE6)
- depended (DE8)
- dump (DU4)
- dumped (DU6)
- dupe (DU4)
- duped (DU5)
- duple (DU5)
- epee (EP4)
- lump (LU4)
- lumped (LU6)
- peddle (PE6)
- peddled (PE7)
- peed (PE4)
- peel (PE4)
- peeled (PE6)
- peen (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- peeped (PE6)
- pend (PE4)
- pended (PE6)
- penmen (PE6)
- penne (PE5)
- penned (PE6)
- peplum (PE6)
- pepped (PE6)
- pled (PL4)
- plenum (PL6)
- plum (PL4)
- plume (PL5)
- plumed (PL6)
- plump (PL5)
- plumped (PL7)
- puddle (PU6)
- puddled (PU7)
- pule (PU4)
- puled (PU5)
- pull (PU4)
- pulled (PU6)
- pulp (PU4)
- pulped (PU6)
- pummel (PU6)
- pummeled (PU8)
- pump (PU4)
- pumped (PU6)
- punned (PU6)
- umped (UM5)
- unpeeled (UN8)
- unpen (UN5)
- unpenned (UN8)
- upend (UP5)
- upended (UP7)
- upped (UP5)
Answer Definitions
- pendulum† (noun): A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. Used to refer to the tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
- deep (adjective): Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- deepen (verb): To make deep or deeper
- deepened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deepen
- depend (verb): To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
- depended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of depend
- dump (noun): A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- dumped (verb): simple past and past participle of dump
- dupe (noun): A person who has been deceived.
- duped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dupe
- duple (adjective): Double.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- lump (noun): Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- lumped (verb): simple past and past participle of lump
- peddle (verb): To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
- peddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peddle
- peed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pee
- peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- peeled (adjective): With the outermost layer or skin removed.
- peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peep
- pend (verb): To hang down; to cause something to hang down
- pended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pend
- penmen (noun): plural of penman
- penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
- penned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pen
- peplum (noun): A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla.
- pepped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pep
- pled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of plead
- plenum (noun): A space that is completely filled with matter.
- plum (noun): The fruit and its tree. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow. Prunus sect. Prunus Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan Prunus salicina the Chinese plum or Japanese plum Prunus spinosa, the sloe Prunus ursina the bear's plum Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums Prunus americana, the American plum Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum or sand plum Prunus hortulana, the hortulan plum Prunus nigra, the Canadian plum or black plum Prunus rivularis, the creek plum or hog plum Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots) Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume. A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.
- plume (noun): A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
- plumed (adjective): Having or decorated with a plume or plumes.
- plump (adjective): Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
- plumped (verb): simple past and past participle of plump
- puddle (noun): A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road.
- puddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of puddle
- pule (noun): A plaintive melancholy whine.
- puled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pule
- pull (verb): To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
- pulled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pull
- pulp (noun): A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. The soft center of a fruit.
- pulped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pulp
- pummel (verb): To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
- pummeled (verb): simple past and past participle of pummel
- pump (noun): A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
- pumped (verb): simple past and past participle of pump
- punned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pun
- umped (verb): simple past and past participle of ump
- unpeeled (verb): simple past and past participle of unpeel
- unpen (verb): To release from a pen.
- unpenned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of unpen
- upend (verb): To end up; to set on end.
- upended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of upend
- upped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of up