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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AKMORWN

Monday, July 28, 2025

Words
35
Points
126
Genius
88
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • anon

    noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.

    adverb — Straight away; at once.

    adverb — Soon; in a little while.

    adverb — At another time; then; again.

    adjective — Anonymous

    noun — A work with an unknown author.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • anorak

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  • know

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  • known

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  • koan

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • krona

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  • kronor

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  • mammon

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • manor

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • maroon

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • moan

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • monk

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  • mono

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • moon

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • morn

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • moron

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • mown

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • naan

    noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

    Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

  • nana

    noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

    noun — A banana

    noun — A fool

    noun — A nanny

    Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

  • narrow

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • nonwork

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  • nook

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • noon

    noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

    verb — To relax or sleep around midday

    noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

    noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

    noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    noun — The highest point; culmination.

    Appeared in 42 recorded puzzles.

  • norm

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • rank

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  • roan

    noun — An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

    adjective — Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

    noun — The color of such an animal.

    noun — A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

    noun — Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

    noun — Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • rowan

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wanna

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • warn

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  • woman

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wonk

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  • workman

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  • workwoman

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  • worn

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • an×2
  • kn×2
  • ko×1
  • kr×2
  • ma×4
  • mo×7
  • na×3
  • no×4
  • ra×1
  • ro×2
  • wa×2
  • wo×5

Words by first letter and length

45679Σ
a 1·1·· 2
k 221·· 5
m 632·· 11
n 5·11· 7
r 21··· 3
w 32·11 7
Σ 198521 35

The numbers

Genius today takes 88 points of 126 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 381 recorded puzzles
14th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
25th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers

419 today34.6% all-time58 today22.8% all-time65 today19.9% all-time72 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time91 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
a Sunday, July 27, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025
k first recorded appearance first recorded time
m Friday, July 25, 2025 Friday, July 25, 2025
n ● Sunday, July 27, 2025 first recorded time
o Saturday, July 26, 2025 Friday, July 11, 2025
r Monday, July 21, 2025 Monday, July 21, 2025
w Saturday, July 26, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 21
  23. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 20

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.