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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CDEINUL

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Words
59
Points
278
Genius
194
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • cell

    noun — The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.

    noun — A cellular phone.

    noun — A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.

    noun — The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.

    noun — A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.

    noun — Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • celled

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • celli

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • cellule

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • clinic

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • clue

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • clued

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cuddle

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cuddled

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cull

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • culled

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • decline

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • declined

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deli

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • dell

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • delude

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • deluded

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • diddle

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • diddled

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • dill

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • duel

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • dueled

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • dull

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • dulled

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • elide

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • elided

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • elude

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • eluded

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • icicle

    noun — A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • idle

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • idled

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • incline

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • inclined

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • include

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  • included

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  • lede

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lend

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • lenience

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • leucine

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  • lice

    noun — A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

    noun — (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • lidded

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lied

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lien

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lieu

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • line

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lined

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • linen

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lucid

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • lull

    noun — A period of rest or soothing.

    verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

    noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite

    noun — A period without waves or wind.

    noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.

    verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • lulled

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • lulu

    noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.

    noun — A very attractive or alluring person.

    noun — A very bad mistake or error.

    noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • lune

    noun — A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

    noun — A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.

    noun — (hawking) A leash for a hawk.

    noun — Anything crescent-shaped.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • needle

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • needled

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • nuclei

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  • nucleic

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  • null

    noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

    verb — To nullify; to annul.

    adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"

    noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.

    noun — Something that has no force or meaning.

    noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • uncle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • unlined

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ce×4
  • cl×3
  • cu×4
  • de×6
  • di×3
  • du×4
  • el×4
  • ic×1
  • id×2
  • in×4
  • le×4
  • li×8
  • lu×5
  • ne×2
  • nu×3
  • un×2

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
c 3242· 11
d 5·431 13
e ·22·· 4
i 11122 7
l 103211 17
n 1·22· 5
u ·1·1· 2
Σ 20915114 59

The numbers

Genius today takes 194 points of 278 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 384 recorded puzzles
79th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
81st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17432 recorded answers

420 today34.6% all-time59 today22.8% all-time615 today20.0% all-time711 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92.6% 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
c Thursday, October 23, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
d Monday, October 27, 2025 Monday, October 27, 2025
e Sunday, October 26, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
i Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025
l ● Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Friday, October 17, 2025
n Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Thursday, October 9, 2025
u Monday, October 27, 2025 Thursday, September 25, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 21
  23. lull 20
  24. lulu 20
  25. lilt 20

Valid words the Bee rejected

Accepted on other days, not today

These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.

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.