The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ADEHPTO

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Words
58
Points
252
Genius
176
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

pothead is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×3
  • at×1
  • de×1
  • do×9
  • ep×1
  • ho×14
  • oa×1
  • op×1
  • pe×1
  • ph×1
  • po×11
  • ta×2
  • te×1
  • to×11

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 11·2·· 4
d 442··· 10
e ·1···· 1
h 5161·1 14
o 11···· 2
p 4261·· 13
t 53411· 14
Σ 201318511 58

The numbers

Genius today takes 176 points of 252 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
69th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
80th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

420 today34.6% all-time513 today22.8% all-time618 today19.9% all-time75 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% 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 Saturday, September 13, 2025 Monday, September 8, 2025
d Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Sunday, September 7, 2025
e Tuesday, September 9, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
h Friday, September 12, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
o ● Saturday, September 13, 2025 Thursday, September 4, 2025
p Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
t Saturday, September 13, 2025 Monday, August 25, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  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. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 20

Valid words the Bee rejected

Accepted on other days, not today

These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.

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.