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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

EFGIOPT

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Words
29
Points
120
Genius
84
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • effete

    adjective — Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.

    adjective — (of a person) Affected, overrefined

    adjective — Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.

    adjective — Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • feet

    noun — Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.

    noun — A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

    noun — A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.

    noun — The base or bottom of anything.

    noun — A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.

    noun — (often used attributively) Travel by walking.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • fete

    noun — A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

    noun — A feast, celebration or carnival.

    verb — (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • foot

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • footie

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gift

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • petit

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • petite

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pettifog

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  • pfft

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • pipet

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pipette

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pipit

    noun — Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • poet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • poppet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • potpie

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  • teepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • teff

    noun — The fine grain of this plant.

    noun — A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tiff

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • tipi

    noun — Alternative form of teepee

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tipoff

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  • tippet

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tiptoe

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  • tiptop

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • toffee

    noun — A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard

    noun — A small, individual piece of toffee

    noun — Any kind of sweets; candy

    verb — To coat in toffee.

    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 28 recorded puzzles.

  • tope

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    Appeared in 2 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.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ef×1
  • fe×2
  • fo×2
  • gi×1
  • pe×3
  • pf×1
  • pi×3
  • po×3
  • te×3
  • ti×6
  • to×4

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
e ··1·· 1
f 3·1·· 4
g 1···· 1
p 23311 10
t 616·· 13
Σ 1241111 29

The numbers

Genius today takes 84 points of 120 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
11th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
12th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

412 today34.6% all-time54 today22.8% all-time611 today19.9% all-time71 today12.1% all-time81 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
e Saturday, November 1, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
f Thursday, October 30, 2025 Saturday, October 25, 2025
g Friday, October 31, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Friday, October 31, 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025
o Thursday, October 30, 2025 Wednesday, October 22, 2025
p Friday, October 24, 2025 Friday, October 24, 2025
t ● Friday, October 31, 2025 Sunday, October 19, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  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. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 20

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.