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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AEHPUVL

Monday, June 30, 2025

Words
55
Points
195
Genius
136
Pangram
1

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  • aleph

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  • allele

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • alpha

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • appall

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • appeal

    noun — An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.

    verb — To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.

    noun — The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.

    noun — The right of appeal.

    noun — An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.

    noun — An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • appellee

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • apple

    noun — A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.

    verb — To become apple-like.

    noun — Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.

    noun — The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.

    noun — A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.

    noun — The wood of the apple tree.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • halal

    verb — To make halal.

    adjective — Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.

    adverb — In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.

    adjective — (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • hale

    noun — Health, welfare.

    adjective — Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

    verb — To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • hall

    noun — A corridor; a hallway.

    noun — A meeting room.

    noun — A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).

    noun — A building providing student accommodation at a university.

    noun — The principal room of a secular medieval building.

    noun — Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • halva

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  • halvah

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  • halve

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  • haul

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • heal

    noun — A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

    verb — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

    verb — To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).

    noun — Health

    verb — To become better or healthy again.

    verb — To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • heel

    noun — The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.

    verb — To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.

    noun — The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.

    verb — To incline to one side; to tilt.

    verb — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

    verb — To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • hell

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • helluva

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  • help

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • helve

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  • hula

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • hull

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • lapel

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • lava

    noun — The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.

    noun — Magma.

    noun — A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • lave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leap

    noun — The act of leaping or jumping.

    verb — To jump.

    adjective — (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

    noun — A basket.

    noun — The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

    noun — A group of leopards.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • levee

    noun — An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

    verb — To keep within a channel by means of levees.

    noun — The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

    verb — To attend the levee or levees of.

    noun — The steep bank of a river.

    noun — The border of an irrigated field.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • level

    noun — A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.

    verb — To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

    adjective — The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

    noun — A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

    noun — Degree or amount.

    noun — Achievement or qualification.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • luau

    noun — An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lull

    noun — A period of rest or soothing.

    verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

    noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite

    noun — A period without waves or wind.

    noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.

    verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • lulu

    noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.

    noun — A very attractive or alluring person.

    noun — A very bad mistake or error.

    noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • paella

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • palapa

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • pale

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pall

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • palp

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • papal

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • peal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • peel

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • plea

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pule

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pull

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pulp

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pupal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • upheaval

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  • uvula

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • uvulae

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  • vale

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • value

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  • valve

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vulva

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vulvae

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  • vulval

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

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 453 recorded puzzles
44th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
71st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 20458 recorded answers

426 today34.5% all-time517 today22.8% all-time69 today20.2% all-time71 today12.0% 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 47
  2. naan 38
  3. nana 38
  4. onion 33
  5. toot 32
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 29
  8. mamma 29
  9. acacia 28
  10. acai 28
  11. nene 28
  12. imam 26
  13. maim 26
  14. mini 26
  15. minim 26
  16. onto 25
  17. toon 25
  18. cancan 25
  19. canna 25
  20. cocoon 24
  21. lilt 24
  22. till 24
  23. tilt 24
  24. aria 24
  25. mitt 24

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.