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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AGILNYR

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Words
69
Points
367
Genius
256
Pangrams
3

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  • agar

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • agrarian

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • airily

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • airing

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • airy

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • angrily

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  • angry

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  • aria

    noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • aril

    noun — A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • arraign

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • arraigning

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • arranging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • array

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • arraying

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  • garaging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gargling

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  • girl

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • girly

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • glaring

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  • glaringly

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  • gnarl

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  • gnarling

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  • gnarly

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  • grail

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grain

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • graining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grainy

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  • gran

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • granary

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  • granny

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  • gray

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • graying

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  • grill

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • grilling

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • grin

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • grinning

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • grinningly

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  • ingrain

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ingraining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • lair

    noun — A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

    noun — A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.

    noun — A shed or shelter for domestic animals.

    noun — A bed or resting place.

    noun — A grave; a cemetery plot.

    verb — To rest; to dwell.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • liar

    noun — One who tells lies.

    noun — A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lira

    noun — The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

    noun — The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

    noun — The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

    noun — The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)

    noun — A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

    noun — Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • nary

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • nigiri

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • raga

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • ragging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • raging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • raglan

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  • rail

    noun — The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.

    noun — A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

    noun — A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.

    noun — A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

    verb — To criticize severely.

    noun — Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • railing

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  • rain

    noun — Condensed water falling from a cloud.

    verb — To have rain fall from the sky.

    noun — Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

    verb — To fall as or like rain.

    verb — To issue (something) in large quantities.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • raining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • rainy

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • rally

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • rallying

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  • rang

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • ranging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • rangy

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  • rani

    noun — A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

    noun — The wife of a rajah.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • raring

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • raying

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  • rial

    noun — The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.

    noun — An old gold coin of England.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • rigging

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • riling

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • rill

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • ring

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • ringing

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • riyal

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • yarn

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

angrily is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×2
  • ai×3
  • an×2
  • ar×7
  • ga×2
  • gi×2
  • gl×2
  • gn×3
  • gr×14
  • in×2
  • la×1
  • li×2
  • na×1
  • ni×1
  • ra×17
  • ri×7
  • ya×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 4222211 14
g 4533611 23
i ···1··1 2
l 3······ 3
n 1·1···· 2
r 84561·· 24
y 1······ 1
Σ 21111112923 69

The numbers

Genius today takes 256 points of 367 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
97th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
96th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

421 today34.5% all-time511 today22.8% all-time611 today20.0% all-time712 today12.1% all-time89 today6.3% all-time92 today2.5% all-time103 today1.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Monday, June 30, 2025 first recorded time
g Wednesday, July 2, 2025 first recorded time
i Friday, July 4, 2025 first recorded time
l Thursday, July 3, 2025 Thursday, July 3, 2025
n Friday, July 4, 2025 first recorded time
r ● first recorded appearance first recorded time
y Tuesday, July 1, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.