The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Monday, June 30, 2025

Words
55
Points
195
Genius
136
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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Words by first two letters

  • al×3
  • ap×4
  • ha×7
  • he×6
  • hu×2
  • la×3
  • le×4
  • lu×3
  • pa×6
  • pe×2
  • pl×1
  • pu×4
  • up×1
  • uv×2
  • va×3
  • ve×1
  • vu×3

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a ·33·1 7
h 9411· 15
l 64··· 10
p 922·· 13
u ·11·1 3
v 232·· 7
Σ 2617912 55

The numbers

Genius today takes 136 points of 195 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 385 recorded puzzles
44th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
71st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17461 recorded answers

426 today34.6% all-time517 today22.8% all-time69 today19.9% all-time71 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a first recorded appearance first recorded time
e first recorded appearance first recorded time
h first recorded appearance first recorded time
l ● first recorded appearance first recorded time
p first recorded appearance first recorded time
u first recorded appearance first recorded time
v first recorded appearance first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 21
  23. lull 20
  24. lulu 20
  25. lilt 20

Valid words the Bee rejected

Dictionary words the Bee never takes

Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.