The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEGINUH

Monday, October 20, 2025

Words
33
Points
183
Genius
128
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • gh×1
  • he×8
  • hi×8
  • hu×5
  • ne×3
  • ni×1
  • un×7

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
g 1····· 1
h 7374·· 21
n 11·11· 4
u ··1132 7
Σ 948642 33

The numbers

Genius today takes 128 points of 183 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
40th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
22nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

49 today34.5% all-time54 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time76 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92 today2.5% 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
d Monday, October 13, 2025 Monday, September 22, 2025
e Sunday, October 19, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
g Sunday, October 19, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h ● Saturday, October 18, 2025 Saturday, October 4, 2025
i Sunday, October 19, 2025 Tuesday, September 30, 2025
n Sunday, October 19, 2025 Thursday, October 9, 2025
u Saturday, October 18, 2025 Thursday, September 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.