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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DELNPYT

Friday, August 8, 2025

Words
42
Points
216
Genius
151
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • delete

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deleted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • delt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dented

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dependent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dependently

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  • deplete

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  • depleted

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  • detente

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • entente

    noun — An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • eyelet

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lent

    noun — A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

    verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

    noun — The second term of the academic year at some British schools.

    verb — To make a loan.

    verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

    verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • netted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • nettle

    noun — Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

    verb — Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.

    noun — Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

    noun — Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:

    noun — Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

    verb — To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nettled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • netty

    adjective — Neat, well-groomed, natty.

    adjective — Netted: made of or employing a net.

    noun — An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

    adjective — Netlike.

    noun — Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • pellet

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pelleted

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  • pelt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pelted

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  • pendent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pent

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • petted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • petty

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  • plenty

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • teddy

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • teed

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • teen

    noun — A teenager.

    adjective — Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

    noun — Grief; sorrow; trouble.

    verb — To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

    verb — (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

    noun — Vexation; anger; hate.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • teeny

    adjective — Very small; tiny.

    adjective — Fretful; peevish; cross

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • teepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • teletype

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tell

    verb — To convey by speech; to say.

    verb — To narrate.

    verb — To instruct or inform.

    verb — To order; to direct, to say to someone.

    verb — To reveal.

    verb — To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • tend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tended

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tenet

    noun — An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tent

    noun — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    verb — To go camping.

    noun — Attention; regard, care.

    verb — To attend to; to heed

    noun — A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

    verb — (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tented

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • type

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  • typed

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  • yente

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×10
  • en×1
  • ey×1
  • le×1
  • ne×4
  • pe×8
  • pl×1
  • te×13
  • ty×2
  • ye×1

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
d 2·23111 10
e ··11··· 2
l 1······ 1
n ·121··· 4
p 21411·· 9
t 653·1·· 15
y ·1····· 1
Σ 118126311 42

The numbers

Genius today takes 151 points of 216 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 408 recorded puzzles
55th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
43rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers

411 today34.5% all-time58 today22.9% all-time612 today19.9% all-time76 today12.0% all-time83 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101.3% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
d Monday, August 4, 2025 first recorded time
e Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
l Monday, August 4, 2025 Saturday, July 26, 2025
n Thursday, August 7, 2025 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
p Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
t ● Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Wednesday, August 6, 2025
y Sunday, August 3, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 43
  2. naan 32
  3. nana 32
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. nene 25
  10. acacia 24
  11. acai 24
  12. olio 24
  13. cocoon 23
  14. loon 23
  15. neon 23
  16. none 23
  17. aria 22
  18. imam 22
  19. maim 22
  20. cancan 22
  21. canna 22
  22. bill 22
  23. mini 22
  24. minim 22
  25. lilt 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.