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 378 recorded puzzles
16th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
17th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

412 today34.5% all-time58 today22.8% all-time67 today20.0% all-time73 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time92.5% 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 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.