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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Words
41
Points
223
Genius
156
Pangram
1

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  • cede

    verb — To give up; yield to another.

    verb — To give way.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • ceded

    verb — To give up; yield to another.

    verb — To give way.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • cite

    verb — To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

    noun — A citation

    verb — To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.

    verb — To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • cited

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • civet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • civic

    adjective — Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

    adjective — Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • cued

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • cute

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cutie

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deceit

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deceive

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deceived

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • decide

    verb — To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle

    verb — To make a judgment, especially after deliberation

    verb — To cause someone to come to a decision

    verb — To cut off; to separate

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • decided

    verb — To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle

    verb — To make a judgment, especially after deliberation

    adjective — Clear; unmistakable

    adjective — Determined; resolute

    verb — To cause someone to come to a decision

    verb — To cut off; to separate

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deduce

    verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

    verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.

    verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • deduced

    verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.

    verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.

    verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • deduct

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  • deducted

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  • deductive

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  • deice

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deiced

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deicide

    noun — The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.

    noun — The killer of a god or goddess.

    noun — The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • detect

    verb — To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    adjective — Detected.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • detected

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • detective

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  • deuce

    noun — A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

    noun — A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.

    noun — The number two.

    noun — A side of a die with two spots.

    noun — A cast of dice totalling two.

    noun — (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • device

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dice

    verb — To cut into small cubes.

    noun — A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

    verb — To play dice.

    noun — That which has been diced.

    noun — (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

    noun — Gaming with one or more dice.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • diced

    verb — To cut into small cubes.

    verb — To play dice.

    verb — To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dietetic

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • duct

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • ducted

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  • edict

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • educe

    verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

    verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

    verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.

    verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

    verb — To cause or generate; to bring about.

    noun — An inference.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • educed

    verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.

    verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.

    adjective — Evoked

    adjective — Deduced

    verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.

    verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • eidetic

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • evict

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • evicted

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  • evictee

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • iced

    adjective — With ice added.

    adjective — Covered with icing.

    adjective — Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.

    verb — To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.

    verb — To cool with ice, as a beverage.

    verb — To murder.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • vice

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ce×2
  • ci×4
  • cu×3
  • de×18
  • di×3
  • du×2
  • ed×3
  • ei×1
  • ev×3
  • ic×1
  • vi×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
c 45···· 9
d 238442 23
e ·313·· 7
i 1····· 1
v 1····· 1
Σ 8119742 41

The numbers

Genius today takes 156 points of 223 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 464 recorded puzzles
57th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
40th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 20967 recorded answers

48 today34.3% all-time511 today22.8% all-time69 today20.2% all-time77 today12.2% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92 today2.6% 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
c ● Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Saturday, July 12, 2025
d Saturday, July 19, 2025 first recorded time
e Tuesday, July 22, 2025 first recorded time
i Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Friday, July 18, 2025
t Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Thursday, July 17, 2025
u Monday, July 14, 2025 first recorded time
v Wednesday, July 9, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 47
  2. naan 38
  3. nana 38
  4. onion 33
  5. toot 33
  6. loll 30
  7. acacia 29
  8. acai 29
  9. mama 29
  10. mamma 29
  11. nene 28
  12. imam 26
  13. maim 26
  14. onto 26
  15. toon 26
  16. mini 26
  17. minim 26
  18. cocoon 25
  19. lilt 25
  20. till 25
  21. tilt 25
  22. mitt 25
  23. natant 25
  24. cancan 25
  25. canna 25

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.