The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEGHINV

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Words
41
Points
234
Genius
163
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • de×3
  • di×11
  • en×2
  • ev×3
  • gi×3
  • hi×3
  • in×3
  • iv×1
  • ve×9
  • vi×3

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
d 114341· 14
e 1·31··· 5
g 111···· 3
h 111···· 3
i ·1·1·11 4
v 4143··· 12
Σ 85138421 41

The numbers

Genius today takes 163 points of 234 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 425 recorded puzzles
63rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
40th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers

48 today34.4% all-time55 today23.0% all-time613 today20.0% all-time78 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92 today2.6% all-time101 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
d Thursday, August 21, 2025 Monday, August 11, 2025
e Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
g Thursday, August 21, 2025 Sunday, August 10, 2025
h Thursday, August 14, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
i Friday, August 22, 2025 Monday, August 18, 2025
n Friday, August 22, 2025 Friday, August 15, 2025
v ● Wednesday, August 13, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. mini 24
  14. minim 24
  15. loon 24
  16. olio 24
  17. aria 23
  18. imam 23
  19. maim 23
  20. mitt 23
  21. onto 23
  22. toon 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.