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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Words
37
Points
222
Genius
155
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • gouging

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • group

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  • grouping

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  • gunning

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • guru

    noun — A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.

    noun — (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • inuring

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • inurn

    verb — To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.

    verb — To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • inurning

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • nonunion

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • noun

    noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

    verb — To convert a word to a noun.

    noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • oppugn

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  • oppugning

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  • pinup

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • popgun

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  • pour

    noun — The act of pouring.

    verb — To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.

    noun — Something, or an amount, poured.

    noun — A downpour, or flood of precipitation.

    verb — To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

    verb — To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • pouring

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  • pronoun

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pruning

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  • punning

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  • purging

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  • purr

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • purring

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  • rouging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ruin

    noun — (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.

    verb — To cause the fiscal ruin of.

    noun — The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

    noun — Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

    noun — A fall or tumble.

    noun — A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • ruing

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ruining

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • rung

    noun — A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

    verb — Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

    adjective — Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.

    noun — A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

    noun — A position in a hierarchy.

    noun — A floor timber in a ship.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • running

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ungroup

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  • union

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • unpin

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • unpinning

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  • unrig

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • unrigging

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • upon

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • upping

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  • urging

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • go×1
  • gr×2
  • gu×2
  • in×3
  • no×2
  • op×2
  • pi×1
  • po×3
  • pr×2
  • pu×4
  • ro×1
  • ru×5
  • un×6
  • up×2
  • ur×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
g 11·21· 5
i ·1·11· 3
n 1···1· 2
o ··1··1 2
p 2116·· 10
r 21·3·· 6
u 1321·2 9
Σ 7741333 37

The numbers

Genius today takes 155 points of 222 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 437 recorded puzzles
57th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
29th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19762 recorded answers

47 today34.4% all-time57 today22.9% all-time64 today20.1% all-time713 today12.0% all-time83 today6.2% all-time93 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
g Monday, September 22, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Friday, September 12, 2025
n Monday, September 22, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
o Monday, September 22, 2025 Sunday, September 14, 2025
p Friday, September 19, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
r Sunday, September 21, 2025 Wednesday, September 10, 2025
u ● Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 35
  3. nana 35
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 28
  8. mamma 28
  9. acacia 26
  10. acai 26
  11. nene 26
  12. mini 25
  13. minim 25
  14. cocoon 24
  15. imam 24
  16. maim 24
  17. onto 24
  18. toon 24
  19. loon 24
  20. olio 24
  21. lilt 23
  22. till 23
  23. tilt 23
  24. aria 23
  25. mitt 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.