The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Monday, September 15, 2025

Words
31
Points
130
Genius
91
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

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Words by first two letters

  • aw×1
  • ca×1
  • ch×3
  • ha×1
  • he×3
  • th×2
  • tw×4
  • wa×6
  • we×4
  • wh×6

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a 1···· 1
c 211·· 4
h ·21·1 4
t 2211· 6
w 7342· 16
Σ 128731 31

The numbers

Genius today takes 91 points of 130 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 424 recorded puzzles
16th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
17th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19153 recorded answers

412 today34.4% all-time58 today22.9% all-time67 today20.0% all-time73 today12.0% all-time81 today6.2% all-time92.6% 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 Sunday, September 14, 2025 Monday, September 8, 2025
c Saturday, September 13, 2025 Thursday, September 11, 2025
d Sunday, September 14, 2025 Sunday, September 7, 2025
e Sunday, September 14, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
h Sunday, September 14, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
t Sunday, September 14, 2025 Monday, August 25, 2025
w ● Wednesday, August 20, 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.