The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GILNOTP

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Words
72
Points
418
Genius
292
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • gl×3
  • go×1
  • li×2
  • lo×7
  • ni×1
  • op×5
  • pi×23
  • pl×4
  • po×19
  • ti×4
  • to×3

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
g 21··1·· 4
l 2·2311· 9
n ···1··· 1
o ··22·1· 5
p 117813511 46
t 1·222·· 7
Σ 1681421931 72

The numbers

Genius today takes 292 points of 418 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
100th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
99th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

416 today34.5% all-time58 today22.8% all-time614 today20.0% all-time721 today12.1% all-time89 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% all-time101.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
g Wednesday, July 16, 2025 first recorded time
i Saturday, July 19, 2025 Friday, July 18, 2025
l Saturday, July 19, 2025 Thursday, July 10, 2025
n Friday, July 18, 2025 first recorded time
o Saturday, July 19, 2025 Friday, July 11, 2025
p ● Friday, July 18, 2025 first recorded time
t Thursday, July 17, 2025 Thursday, July 17, 2025

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.