NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 11, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, i, m, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 31 words |
| Total Points | 153 points |
| Genius Level | 107 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 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| C | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| O | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 18 | Σ | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AP×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×5 CI×1 CO×3 |
| I | |
| M | MI×1 |
| N | NI×1 |
| O | OP×1 |
| P | PA×6 PI×6 PO×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | API×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAM×2 CAN×1 CAP×2 CIO×1 COM×2 COO×1 |
| I | |
| M | MIN×1 |
| N | NIN×1 |
| O | OPI×1 |
| P | PAI×1 PAM×1 PAN×3 PAP×1 PIA×1 PIC×2 PIM×1 PIN×1 PIP×1 POI×1 POM×3 POO×1 POP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| co....... † | CO9 | A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies |
| ap... | AP5 | Relating to bees. |
| ca.. | CA4 | An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures. |
| ca... | CA5 | A police officer assigned to a university campus. |
| ca..... | CA7 | Relating to a forest canopy. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. |
| ca... | CA5 | A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. |
| ci...... | CI8 | An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew. |
| co.. | CO4 | Clipping of complimentary. |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| mi...... | MI8 | A short training session for members of a professional sports team, held before the main preseason training |
| ni........ | NI10 | A foolish or silly person. |
| op..... | OP7 | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| pa.. | PA4 | An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt. |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
| pa.... | PA6 | a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa |
| pa... | PA5 | Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”) |
| pa.... | PA6 | A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pi... | PI5 | a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings |
| pi.. | PI4 | A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand. |
| pi.... | PI6 | An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. |
| pi.. | PI4 | Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. |
| pi.... | PI6 | A wing. |
| pi.... | PI6 | A seed |
| po....... | PO9 | A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant. |
| po.. | PO4 | Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. |
| po..... | PO7 | Any of various carangid fish, of the genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic. |
| po.... | PO6 | A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
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.
- companion† (CO9)
- apian (AP5)
- camp (CA4)
- campo (CA5)
- canopic (CA7)
- capo (CA4)
- capon (CA5)
- cioppino (CI8)
- comp (CO4)
- coop (CO4)
- minicamp (MI8)
- nincompoop (NI10)
- opinion (OP7)
- pain (PA4)
- pampa (PA5)
- panama (PA6)
- panic (PA5)
- panini (PA6)
- papa (PA4)
- piano (PI5)
- pica (PI4)
- picnic (PI6)
- pimp (PI4)
- pinion (PI6)
- pippin (PI6)
- poinciana (PO9)
- pomp (PO4)
- pompano (PO7)
- pompom (PO6)
- poop (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
Answer Definitions
- companion† (noun): A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
- apian (adjective): Relating to bees.
- camp (noun): An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
- campo (noun): A police officer assigned to a university campus.
- canopic (adjective): Relating to a forest canopy.
- capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- capon (noun): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- cioppino (noun): An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew.
- comp (adjective): Clipping of complimentary.
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- minicamp (noun): A short training session for members of a professional sports team, held before the main preseason training
- nincompoop (noun): A foolish or silly person.
- opinion (noun): A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- pain (noun): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas
- panama (noun): a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa
- panic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
- panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- piano (noun): a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings
- pica (noun): A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- picnic (noun): An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
- pimp (noun): Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
- pinion (noun): A wing.
- pippin (noun): A seed
- poinciana (noun): A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
- pomp (noun): Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
- pompano (noun): Any of various carangid fish, of the genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
- pompom (noun): A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.