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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

BCEIOTH

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Words
31
Points
125
Genius
87
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • be×1
  • bi×1
  • bo×5
  • ch×4
  • co×1
  • ec×2
  • et×2
  • he×1
  • hi×1
  • ho×5
  • it×1
  • te×4
  • th×1
  • ti×1
  • to×1

Words by first letter and length

4567Σ
b 2311 7
c 3·2· 5
e 211· 4
h 223· 7
i 1··· 1
t 232· 7
Σ 12991 31

The numbers

Genius today takes 87 points of 125 available. The average answer runs 5.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
13th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
17th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

412 today34.5% all-time59 today22.8% all-time69 today20.0% all-time71 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
b Saturday, July 19, 2025 Tuesday, July 1, 2025
c Saturday, July 19, 2025 Saturday, July 12, 2025
e Friday, July 18, 2025 first recorded time
h ● Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Wednesday, July 16, 2025
i Monday, July 21, 2025 Friday, July 18, 2025
o Monday, July 21, 2025 Friday, July 11, 2025
t Sunday, July 20, 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.