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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 7 recorded puzzles.

  • appeal

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • appellee

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • apple

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    Appeared in 2 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 6 recorded puzzles.

  • hale

    noun — Health, welfare.

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

    verb — To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

    Appeared in 4 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 6 recorded puzzles.

  • halva

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  • halvah

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  • halve

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  • haul

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    Appeared in 3 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 4 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 7 recorded puzzles.

  • hell

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    Appeared in 7 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 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hull

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lapel

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    Appeared in 2 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 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leap

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    Appeared in 2 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 11 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 20 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 20 recorded puzzles.

  • paella

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • palapa

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • pale

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • pall

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • palp

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • papal

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • peal

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • peel

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • plea

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    Appeared in 2 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 416 recorded puzzles
45th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
72nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18807 recorded answers

426 today34.5% all-time517 today23.0% all-time69 today20.0% all-time71 today12.0% all-time82 today6.2% all-time92.6% all-time101.3% 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 44
  2. naan 33
  3. nana 33
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 25
  10. cocoon 24
  11. acacia 24
  12. acai 24
  13. loon 24
  14. olio 24
  15. imam 23
  16. maim 23
  17. cancan 23
  18. canna 23
  19. mini 23
  20. minim 23
  21. neon 23
  22. none 23
  23. aria 22
  24. mitt 22
  25. bill 22

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.