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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CDELOPV

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Words
26
Points
156
Genius
109
Pangrams
2

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  • clove

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  • codevelop

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  • codeveloped

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  • coevolve

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  • coevolved

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  • cove

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • delve

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • delved

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • develop

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  • developed

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  • devolve

    verb — To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.

    verb — To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.

    verb — To degenerate; to break down.

    verb — To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.

    verb — To roll (something) down; to unroll.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • devolved

    verb — To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.

    verb — To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.

    verb — To degenerate; to break down.

    verb — To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.

    verb — To roll (something) down; to unroll.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dove

    noun — A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

    verb — To jump into water head-first.

    verb — To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

    verb — (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

    verb — To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

    noun — A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • evolve

    verb — To change; transform.

    verb — Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

    verb — To come into being; develop.

    verb — To cause something to change or transform.

    verb — To move in regular procession through a system.

    verb — To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • evolved

    verb — To change; transform.

    verb — Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

    adjective — Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.

    verb — To come into being; develop.

    verb — To cause something to change or transform.

    verb — To move in regular procession through a system.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • levee

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • level

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • leveled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • love

    noun — Strong affection.

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

    noun — A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

    noun — A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.

    verb — To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • loved

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

    adjective — Being the object of love.

    verb — To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

    verb — To derive delight from a fact or situation.

    verb — To need, thrive on.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • peeve

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • peeved

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  • veep

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veld

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • vole

    noun — Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.

    noun — A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.

    verb — To win all the tricks by a vole.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • voodoo

    noun — Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

    noun — Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

    noun — The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

    noun — One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

    verb — To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • cl×1
  • co×5
  • de×6
  • do×1
  • ev×2
  • le×3
  • lo×2
  • pe×2
  • ve×2
  • vo×2

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
c 11··121 6
d 111211· 7
e ··11··· 2
l 13·1··· 5
p ·11···· 2
v 3·1···· 4
Σ 6644231 26

The numbers

Genius today takes 109 points of 156 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
25th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
6th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

46 today34.5% all-time56 today22.8% all-time64 today20.0% all-time74 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% all-time101.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
c Thursday, September 4, 2025 Monday, September 1, 2025
d Friday, August 29, 2025 Monday, August 11, 2025
e Friday, September 5, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
l Friday, September 5, 2025 Wednesday, August 27, 2025
o Thursday, September 4, 2025 Thursday, September 4, 2025
p Thursday, August 21, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
v ● Thursday, August 28, 2025 Saturday, August 23, 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.