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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Friday, July 25, 2025

Words
44
Points
212
Genius
148
Pangram
1

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  • amino

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ammo

    noun — Ammunition.

    verb — To load up on ammunition.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • ammonia

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • amnio

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • anima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • animation

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • atom

    noun — The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

    noun — (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.

    noun — The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.

    noun — In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.

    noun — The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.

    noun — A mote of dust in a sunbeam.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • imam

    noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.

    noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • imitation

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • intimation

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • maim

    noun — A serious wound

    verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • main

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • maintain

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • mama

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mamma

    noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mammon

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mania

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mini

    adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

    noun — A miniskirt.

    noun — A minicomputer.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • minim

    noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

    noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

    noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

    noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

    noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

    noun — A small fish; a minnow.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • minima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • minion

    noun — The lowest limit.

    noun — A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

    adjective — Favoured, beloved; "pet".

    noun — The smallest amount.

    noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

    noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • minivan

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  • mint

    adjective — (with condition) Like new.

    noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

    noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

    noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

    noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

    noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • mitt

    noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

    noun — A mitten

    noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • moan

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • moat

    noun — A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

    verb — To surround with a moat.

    noun — An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.

    noun — A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.

    noun — A hill or mound.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • momma

    noun — Mother

    noun — A voluptuous woman.

    noun — One's wife or girlfriend.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • mono

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • monomania

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • moon

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • moot

    noun — A moot court.

    adjective — Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

    noun — A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.

    verb — To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

    noun — Vagina.

    noun — The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • motion

    noun — A state of progression from one place to another.

    verb — To gesture indicating a desired movement.

    noun — A change of position with respect to time.

    noun — A change from one place to another.

    noun — A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.

    noun — An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • motivation

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  • motto

    noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

    noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.

    noun — A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • nomination

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • omit

    verb — To leave out or exclude.

    verb — To fail to perform.

    verb — To neglect or take no notice of.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • ottoman

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tatami

    noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tomato

    noun — A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

    verb — To pelt with tomatoes

    noun — The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.

    noun — A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

    noun — A desirable-looking woman.

    noun — A stupid act or person.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tomtit

    noun — Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • vitamin

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vomit

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • am×4
  • an×2
  • at×1
  • im×2
  • in×1
  • ma×9
  • mi×7
  • mo×10
  • no×1
  • om×1
  • ot×1
  • ta×1
  • to×2
  • vi×1
  • vo×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 23·1·1· 7
i 1····11 3
m 11741111 26
n ······1 1
o 1··1··· 2
t ··3···· 3
v ·1·1··· 2
Σ 151174133 44

The numbers

Genius today takes 148 points of 212 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 386 recorded puzzles
51st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
45th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17499 recorded answers

415 today34.6% all-time511 today22.8% all-time67 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time93 today2.6% all-time103 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 Thursday, July 24, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025
i Thursday, July 24, 2025 Friday, July 18, 2025
m ● Monday, July 21, 2025 Tuesday, July 15, 2025
n Thursday, July 24, 2025 first recorded time
o Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Friday, July 11, 2025
t Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Thursday, July 17, 2025
v Wednesday, July 23, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.