The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACGINUR

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Words
71
Points
388
Genius
271
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ac×1
  • ag×2
  • ai×1
  • ar×9
  • au×3
  • ca×2
  • ci×3
  • cr×4
  • cu×1
  • ga×1
  • gr×6
  • gu×2
  • in×7
  • na×1
  • ni×1
  • ra×11
  • ri×5
  • ru×6
  • un×3
  • ur×2

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 3142411 16
c 14311·· 10
g 41·13·· 9
i ·2·2111 7
n 1·1···· 2
r 8347··· 22
u 111·11· 5
Σ 181213131032 71

The numbers

Genius today takes 271 points of 388 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
99th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
99th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

418 today34.5% all-time512 today22.8% all-time613 today20.0% all-time713 today12.1% all-time810 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% all-time102 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, August 14, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025
c Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Wednesday, July 30, 2025
g Sunday, August 10, 2025 Sunday, August 10, 2025
i Thursday, August 14, 2025 Thursday, August 14, 2025
n Friday, August 15, 2025 Friday, August 15, 2025
r ● Thursday, August 14, 2025 Monday, July 21, 2025
u Friday, August 15, 2025 Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.