The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEHMNOY

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Words
32
Points
170
Genius
118
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • de×2
  • do×3
  • dy×2
  • ed×1
  • en×1
  • ey×1
  • ho×8
  • hy×2
  • mo×7
  • ne×1
  • ye×2
  • yo×2

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
d 32·2··· 7
e 21····· 3
h 14·2111 10
m ·4·21·· 7
n ·1····· 1
y 1·3···· 4
Σ 71236211 32

The numbers

Genius today takes 118 points of 170 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
32nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
20th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

47 today34.5% all-time512 today22.8% all-time63 today20.0% all-time76 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% all-time101.2% 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, October 20, 2025 Monday, September 22, 2025
e Monday, October 20, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
h Monday, October 20, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
m Friday, October 17, 2025 Saturday, October 11, 2025
n Monday, October 20, 2025 Thursday, October 9, 2025
o Saturday, October 18, 2025 Saturday, October 18, 2025
y ● Tuesday, October 14, 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.