The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Words
27
Points
161
Genius
112
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ni×1
  • tw×8
  • wh×5
  • wi×13

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
n ··1··· 1
t 3·1121 8
w 34272· 18
Σ 644841 27

The numbers

Genius today takes 112 points of 161 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
28th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
8th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

46 today34.5% all-time54 today22.8% all-time64 today20.0% all-time78 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time91 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
c Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
g Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
i Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025
n Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Thursday, October 9, 2025
t Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Sunday, October 19, 2025
w ● Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Monday, September 15, 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.