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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Words
56
Points
267
Genius
186
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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  • agate

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • agent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • agog

    adjective — In eager desire, eager, astir.

    adverb — In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

    adjective — (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • among

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  • eggnog

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • engage

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • engagement

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gaga

    adjective — Mentally senile.

    noun — A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

    adjective — Crazy.

    adjective — Infatuated.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • gage

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • game

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • gamete

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • gamma

    noun — The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).

    noun — A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.

    noun — The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.

    noun — A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).

    noun — A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.

    noun — (industries) slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • gang

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • gannet

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • gate

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gene

    noun — A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

    noun — A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • genome

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • gent

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • geotag

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  • gnat

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • gnome

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • goat

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • goatee

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  • gone

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • gong

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • gonna

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • goon

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • gotta

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • gotten

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mage

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • magenta

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • maggot

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  • magma

    noun — The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.

    noun — A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.

    noun — Any soft doughy mass.

    noun — The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • magnate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • magnet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • magneto

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  • manage

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • management

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • manga

    noun — A comic originating in Japan.

    noun — A covering for a crucifix.

    noun — An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.

    noun — A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mange

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • mango

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  • mega

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • megaton

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  • montage

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  • nametag

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • negate

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • nonagon

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ogee

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • omega

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  • tang

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tangent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tango

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • teenage

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • toga

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tong

    noun — An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

    verb — To use tongs.

    noun — A Chinese secret society or gang.

    noun — The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

    verb — To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

    noun — This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tonnage

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magneto, megaton, montage are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×3
  • am×1
  • eg×1
  • en×2
  • ga×8
  • ge×4
  • gn×2
  • go×8
  • ma×12
  • me×2
  • mo×1
  • na×1
  • ne×1
  • no×1
  • og×1
  • om×1
  • ta×3
  • te×1
  • to×3

Words by first letter and length

456710Σ
a 13··· 4
e ··2·1 3
g 1246·· 22
m 24351 15
n ··12· 3
o 11··· 2
t 31·3· 7
Σ 191312102 56

The numbers

Genius today takes 186 points of 267 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 418 recorded puzzles
76th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
75th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18877 recorded answers

419 today34.5% all-time513 today23.0% all-time612 today20.0% all-time710 today12.0% all-time86.3% all-time92.6% all-time102 today1.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Saturday, August 9, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025
e Friday, August 8, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
g ● Thursday, August 7, 2025 first recorded time
m Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Friday, July 25, 2025
n Friday, August 8, 2025 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
o Thursday, August 7, 2025 Thursday, August 7, 2025
t Saturday, August 9, 2025 Friday, August 8, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 44
  2. naan 33
  3. nana 33
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 30
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 25
  10. cocoon 24
  11. acacia 24
  12. acai 24
  13. loon 24
  14. olio 24
  15. imam 23
  16. maim 23
  17. cancan 23
  18. canna 23
  19. mini 23
  20. minim 23
  21. neon 23
  22. none 23
  23. aria 22
  24. mitt 22
  25. onto 22

Valid words the Bee rejected

Accepted on other days, not today

These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.

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.