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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CHKLOSB

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Words
40
Points
174
Genius
121
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • blob

    noun — A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.

    verb — To drop in the form of a blob or blobs

    noun — Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).

    noun — In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.

    noun — A bubble; a bleb.

    noun — A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • blobs

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  • bloc

    noun — A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

    noun — A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • block

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • blocks

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  • blocs

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  • bobs

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  • bock

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • bocks

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  • boho

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • boll

    noun — The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

    verb — To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

    noun — An old dry measure equal to six bushels.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • bolls

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  • bolo

    noun — A long, heavy, single-edged machete.

    verb — To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

    noun — A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.

    verb — To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

    noun — A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.

    verb — To dress (somebody) in a bolo.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • bolos

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  • boob

    noun — Idiot, fool.

    verb — To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.

    adjective — Idiotic, foolish.

    noun — A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.

    noun — A prison; jail.

    verb — To make a mistake

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • booboo

    noun — A mistake or error.

    noun — (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.

    noun — (by or to young children) Feces.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • booboos

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  • boobs

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  • boohoo

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • boohoos

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  • book

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • books

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  • boos

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  • bosh

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  • boss

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  • cobs

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  • cookbook

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • cookbooks

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  • hobo

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hobos

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  • lobo

    noun — A wolf.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lobos

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  • lobs

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  • lookbook

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • lookbooks

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  • schoolbook

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  • schoolbooks

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  • slob

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  • slobs

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  • sobs

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • bl×6
  • bo×19
  • co×3
  • ho×2
  • lo×5
  • sc×2
  • sl×2
  • so×1

Words by first letter and length

4567891011Σ
b 12832···· 25
c 1···11·· 3
h 11······ 2
l 21··11·· 5
s 21····11 5
Σ 1811322211 40

The numbers

Genius today takes 121 points of 174 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 413 recorded puzzles
36th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
38th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18686 recorded answers

418 today34.5% all-time511 today23.0% all-time63 today20.0% all-time72 today12.0% all-time82 today6.2% all-time92 today2.6% all-time101 today1.3% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
b ● Sunday, August 24, 2025 Sunday, August 24, 2025
c Monday, September 1, 2025 Monday, September 1, 2025
h Sunday, August 31, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
k Friday, August 29, 2025 Friday, August 29, 2025
l Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Wednesday, August 27, 2025
o Sunday, August 31, 2025 Tuesday, August 19, 2025
s first recorded appearance first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 44
  2. naan 33
  3. nana 33
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 29
  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. bill 22

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.