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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEINTVO

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Words
71
Points
339
Genius
237
Pangram
1

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  • denote

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • denoted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dentition

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  • detention

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  • devoid

    adjective — Empty; having none of; completely without

    verb — To empty out; to remove.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • devote

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  • devoted

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  • devotee

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  • devotion

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  • dino

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • diode

    noun — An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ditto

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • divot

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  • dodo

    noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

    noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

    noun — Fried plantain.

    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • done

    verb — (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

    adjective — (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

    noun — A synthetic opioid analgesic, used to wean addicts off heroin or other opiate based narcotics, and in chronic pain management.

    verb — To perform; to execute.

    verb — To cause, make (someone) (do something).

    verb — To suffice.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • donee

    noun — Someone who receives a gift from a donor.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • donned

    verb — (clothing) To put on, to dress in.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • dote

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • doted

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dotted

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dove

    noun — A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

    verb — To jump into water head-first.

    verb — To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

    verb — (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

    verb — To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

    noun — A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • edition

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  • endnote

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • idiot

    noun — A person of low general intelligence.

    adjective — Idiotic, stupid

    noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

    noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • intention

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • intentioned

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  • into

    preposition — To or towards the inside of.

    preposition — To or towards the region of.

    preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.

    preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.

    preposition — After the start of.

    preposition — Interested in or attracted to.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • intone

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • intoned

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  • invention

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  • iodide

    noun — A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • iodine

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  • neon

    noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.

    adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

    noun — A form or sample of the element.

    noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.

    noun — A neon tetra fish.

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • nodded

    verb — To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

    verb — To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

    verb — To sway, move up and down.

    verb — To gradually fall asleep.

    verb — To signify by a nod.

    verb — To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • node

    noun — A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

    noun — The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.

    noun — A leaf node.

    noun — A computer or other device attached to a network.

    noun — The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.

    noun — The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • none

    noun — A person without religious affiliation.

    adverb — To no extent, in no way.

    pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.

    noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.

    noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

    noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • nonet

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • nonevent

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • noon

    noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

    verb — To relax or sleep around midday

    noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

    noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

    noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    noun — The highest point; culmination.

    Appeared in 45 recorded puzzles.

  • note

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • noted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • notion

    noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

    noun — A sentiment; an opinion.

    noun — Sense; mind.

    noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

    noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.

    noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • odeon

    noun — An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.

    noun — A theatre or concert hall.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • onion

    noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

    noun — The bulb of such a plant.

    noun — The genus as a whole.

    noun — A ball.

    noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

    Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.

  • onto

    adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

    preposition — Upon; on top of.

    preposition — Aware of.

    preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • oven

    noun — A chamber used for baking or heating.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • ovine

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  • ovoid

    adjective — Shaped like an oval.

    noun — Something that is oval in shape.

    adjective — Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tendon

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tenon

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tenoned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • toed

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tone

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • toned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tonne

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • toon

    noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

    noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

    noun — A town.

    noun — A melody.

    noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

    noun — The wood of this tree.

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • toonie

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • toot

    noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.

    verb — To stand out, or be prominent.

    noun — A toilet.

    noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.

    noun — Cocaine.

    noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.

    Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.

  • tooted

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tote

    noun — A tote bag.

    verb — To carry or bear.

    verb — To add up; to calculate a total.

    noun — A heavy burden.

    noun — (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.

    noun — A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • toted

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • veto

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vetoed

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  • video

    noun — Television, television show, movie.

    noun — A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

    verb — To record using a video camera, to videotape

    noun — Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.

    verb — To record a television program

    noun — VHS.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • videoed

    verb — To record using a video camera, to videotape

    verb — To record a television program

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • void

    adjective — Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

    noun — An empty space; a vacuum.

    adjective — Being without; destitute; devoid.

    verb — To make invalid or worthless.

    verb — To empty.

    adjective — Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • voided

    verb — To make invalid or worthless.

    verb — To empty.

    adjective — With the centre cut out.

    verb — To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    verb — To withdraw, depart.

    verb — To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • voodoo

    noun — Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

    noun — Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.

    noun — The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.

    noun — One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

    verb — To bewitch someone or something using voodoo

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • vote

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • voted

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  • votive

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×9
  • di×4
  • do×8
  • ed×1
  • en×1
  • id×1
  • in×6
  • io×2
  • ne×1
  • no×9
  • od×1
  • on×2
  • ov×3
  • te×3
  • to×10
  • ve×2
  • vi×2
  • vo×6

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
d 555312· 21
e ···2··· 2
i 1131·21 9
n 522·1·· 10
o 24····· 6
t 5431··· 13
v 3241··· 10
Σ 2118178241 71

The numbers

Genius today takes 237 points of 339 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 426 recorded puzzles
93rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
98th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19216 recorded answers

421 today34.4% all-time518 today22.9% all-time617 today20.0% all-time78 today12.0% all-time82 today6.3% all-time94 today2.6% all-time101.3% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
d Monday, September 22, 2025 Monday, September 22, 2025
e Saturday, September 27, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
i Saturday, September 27, 2025 Friday, September 12, 2025
n Saturday, September 27, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
o ● Friday, September 26, 2025 Sunday, September 14, 2025
t Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Tuesday, September 23, 2025
v Thursday, September 18, 2025 Thursday, September 18, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 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.