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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ADFPRUT

Monday, July 7, 2025

Words
29
Points
81
Genius
56
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • adapt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • apart

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • apparat

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • attar

    noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.

    noun — A perfume made from this oil.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • daft

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  • dart

    noun — A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand, for example a short lance or javelin

    verb — To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.

    noun — Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.

    noun — (sometimes figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.

    noun — A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.

    noun — A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • data

    noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

    noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.

    noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

    noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • draft

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  • drat

    verb — To damn or curse.

    interjection — Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • fart

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • frat

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • part

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • pfft

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • prat

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • putt

    noun — The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.

    verb — To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.

    noun — A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.

    verb — To make a putting sound.

    verb — To move along slowly.

    noun — A motorcycle.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • raft

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • rapt

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ratatat

    noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • rattrap

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tapa

    noun — Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

    noun — Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

    noun — A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tarp

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tart

    adjective — Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

    noun — A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

    noun — A prostitute.

    verb — To practice prostitution

    adjective — (of wine) high or too high in acidity.

    adjective — Sharp; keen; severe.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • tartar

    noun — A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.

    noun — A fearsome or angrily violent person.

    noun — A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • taut

    adjective — Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.

    adjective — (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.

    adjective — (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.

    adjective — (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.

    adjective — Experiencing anxiety or stress.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • trap

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tuft

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • turf

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  • tutu

    noun — A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

    noun — Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • updraft

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×1
  • ap×2
  • at×1
  • da×3
  • dr×2
  • fa×1
  • fr×1
  • pa×1
  • pf×1
  • pr×1
  • pu×1
  • ra×4
  • ta×5
  • tr×1
  • tu×3
  • up×1

Words by first letter and length

4567Σ
a ·3·1 4
d 41·· 5
f 2··· 2
p 4··· 4
r 2··2 4
t 8·1· 9
u ···1 1
Σ 20414 29

The numbers

Genius today takes 56 points of 81 available. The average answer runs 4.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 388 recorded puzzles
2nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
12th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers

420 today34.6% all-time54 today22.8% all-time61 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time86.3% 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 Sunday, July 6, 2025 first recorded time
d first recorded appearance first recorded time
f Friday, July 4, 2025 first recorded time
p Monday, June 30, 2025 first recorded time
r Sunday, July 6, 2025 Saturday, July 5, 2025
t ● Sunday, July 6, 2025 first recorded time
u Thursday, July 3, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  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. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.