The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GHINOTD

Monday, September 22, 2025

Words
33
Points
175
Genius
122
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • dh×1
  • di×9
  • do×10
  • go×2
  • hi×2
  • ho×5
  • id×1
  • in×1
  • no×1
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

4567910Σ
d 6626·· 20
g 1···1· 2
h 2·31·1 7
i ·11··· 2
n ···1·· 1
t ··1··· 1
Σ 977811 33

The numbers

Genius today takes 122 points of 175 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
36th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
22nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

49 today34.5% all-time57 today22.8% all-time67 today20.0% all-time78 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time91 today2.5% all-time101 today1.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
d ● Saturday, September 20, 2025 Sunday, September 7, 2025
g Friday, September 19, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Friday, September 19, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
i Sunday, September 21, 2025 Friday, September 12, 2025
n Sunday, September 21, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
o Friday, September 19, 2025 Sunday, September 14, 2025
t Sunday, September 21, 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 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.