The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Words
42
Points
173
Genius
121
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ai×1
  • ap×3
  • ar×3
  • at×2
  • au×1
  • ir×1
  • pa×7
  • pi×1
  • pr×2
  • pu×2
  • ra×6
  • ru×1
  • ta×5
  • ti×1
  • tr×5
  • yu×1

Words by first letter and length

45679Σ
a 4411· 10
i ··1·· 1
p 52311 12
r 1312· 7
t 542·· 11
y 1···· 1
Σ 1613841 42

The numbers

Genius today takes 121 points of 173 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 388 recorded puzzles
35th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
42nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers

416 today34.6% all-time513 today22.8% all-time68 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Monday, September 8, 2025 Monday, September 8, 2025
i Sunday, September 7, 2025 Monday, August 18, 2025
p Monday, September 8, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
r ● Sunday, September 7, 2025 Saturday, August 16, 2025
t Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Monday, August 25, 2025
u Monday, September 8, 2025 Tuesday, August 12, 2025
y Friday, September 5, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.