The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ADEGNVT

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Words
61
Points
337
Genius
235
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ad×3
  • ag×2
  • an×7
  • at×4
  • da×3
  • de×3
  • ea×1
  • en×1
  • ev×1
  • ga×4
  • ge×1
  • gn×1
  • na×1
  • ne×6
  • ta×5
  • te×11
  • va×1
  • ve×6

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 1322431 16
d 3111··· 6
e ·2·1··· 3
g 312···· 6
n 1·411·· 7
t 61621·· 16
v 1·2121· 7
Σ 158178841 61

The numbers

Genius today takes 235 points of 337 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 382 recorded puzzles
93rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
85th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers

415 today34.6% all-time58 today22.8% all-time617 today19.9% all-time78 today12.1% all-time88 today6.3% all-time94 today2.6% all-time101 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 Tuesday, July 8, 2025 first recorded time
d Tuesday, July 8, 2025 first recorded time
e Friday, July 4, 2025 first recorded time
g Saturday, July 5, 2025 first recorded time
n Tuesday, July 8, 2025 first recorded time
t ● Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Monday, July 7, 2025
v Thursday, July 3, 2025 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. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  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. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 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.