Happy New Year from FandomWire! Netflix Puzzled for January 1, 2026, celebrates fresh starts with themes about beginnings, resolutions, and looking ahead. If any puzzle has you stuck as you kick off the new year, the solutions below should have you covered.
After solving today’s games, make sure to check out our top 10 daily puzzle games roundup for more ways to challenge yourself throughout 2026.
Netflix Puzzled Bonza Solution for January 1, 2026
The Bonza puzzle today. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
Today’s Bonza gives you “First Things First” as the hint, playing on the fact that it’s the first day of the year. Connect the word tiles to spell out things that come first or introduce what follows:
Across:
ALPHA
INTRODUCTION
Down:
HEADLINE
PROLOGUE
APPETIZER
PIONEER
Netflix Puzzled Jigsaw Solution for January 1, 2026
Jigsaw of the day. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
The Jigsaw theme today is “A Fresh Start” with colorful 2026-themed artwork that captures the optimism of a new year. Piece together this celebratory image and maybe think about whether you’ve made your New Year’s resolutions yet.
Netflix Puzzled Crossover Solution for January 1, 2026
Today’s Crossover solution. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
Today’s Crossover mixes straightforward clues with one emoji hint. Swap tiles to place these answers correctly in the grid:
Mushroom top: CAP
Food that comes in rolls: SUS👋 (SUSHI)
Indian wrap: SARI
Gumbo green: OKRA
Queen ___ (“Single Ladies” singer, to fans): BEY
Netflix Puzzled Starstruck Solution for January 1, 2026
Today’s Starstruck (Easy). | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
Today’s Starstruck (Hard). | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
The daily Starstruck asks you to place stars strategically on the grid. Each row, column, and colored region must contain exactly one star, and no stars can touch each other, not even diagonally.
Easy (“Combined Squares”):
Star #1: Row 1, Column 7
Star #2: Row 2, Column 2
Star #3: Row 3, Column 8
Star #4: Row 4, Column 3
Star #5: Row 5, Column 6
Star #6: Row 6, Column 4
Star #7: Row 7, Column 1
Star #8: Row 8, Column 5
Hard (“Undefined Object”):
Star #1: Row 1, Column 8
Star #2: Row 2, Column 4
Star #3: Row 3, Column 1
Star #4: Row 4, Column 3
Star #5: Row 5, Column 7
Star #6: Row 6, Column 2
Star #7: Row 7, Column 5
Star #8: Row 8, Column 9
Star #9: Row 9, Column 6
Netflix Puzzled Waywords Solution for January 1, 2026
The Waywords puzzle today. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
Today’s Waywords theme is “Full English Breakfast”. Trace the path through the grid to spell out components of this classic British meal:
BACON
BAKED🫘 (BAKED BEANS)
EGGS
SAUSAGE
TOAST
TOMA🦶 (TOMATO)
Netflix Puzzled Shapes Solution for January 1, 2026
Today’s Shapes puzzle. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
The Shapes puzzle “Look Ahead” asks you to arrange tangram pieces into a binoculars silhouette, which fits perfectly with the new year theme of looking forward. After solving, this message appears:
Here’s to a new year of puzzling things out together.
Netflix Puzzled Keysmash Solution for January 1, 2026
The Daily Keysmash today. | Image Credit: Netflix/FandomWire
Finally, for the year’s first Keysmash, you need to fill in the missing vowels to reveal the “Practice This” theme, probably meant to encourage us to pick up new skills or hobbies for the new year:
String instrument that’s nothing to fret about: VIOLIN
Sport with sticks: HOCKEY
Its keys can unlock a world of music: PIANO
Meditative martial art from China (2 words): TAI CHI
Field for the characters on “Grey’s Anatomy”: MEDICINE
Did the new year theme make today’s puzzles feel more meaningful, or were you just focused on getting them solved? Let us know in the comments below.
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