The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AEFLPWO

Friday, July 11, 2025

Words
42
Points
129
Genius
90
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • al×3
  • el×1
  • fa×2
  • fe×1
  • fl×3
  • fo×4
  • lo×6
  • of×1
  • ol×1
  • op×1
  • pa×1
  • pe×2
  • pl×2
  • po×9
  • wa×2
  • wo×3

Words by first letter and length

4567Σ
a 12·· 3
e ·1·· 1
f 6·31 10
l 411· 6
o 21·· 3
p 9221 14
w 3·2· 5
Σ 25782 42

The numbers

Genius today takes 90 points of 129 available. The average answer runs 4.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
15th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
42nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

425 today34.5% all-time57 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time72 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time92.5% 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 Wednesday, July 9, 2025 first recorded time
e Thursday, July 10, 2025 first recorded time
f Monday, July 7, 2025 first recorded time
l Thursday, July 10, 2025 Thursday, July 10, 2025
o ● Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Tuesday, July 8, 2025
p Thursday, July 10, 2025 first recorded time
w first recorded appearance 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.