The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Words
36
Points
157
Genius
109
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ch×4
  • cl×1
  • co×8
  • cr×2
  • gi×1
  • go×1
  • gr×1
  • ho×3
  • ic×1
  • ig×1
  • il×1
  • lo×7
  • ol×1
  • ri×1
  • ro×3

Words by first letter and length

4567910Σ
c 66·111 15
g 1·2··· 3
h ·11·1· 3
i ·2·1·· 3
l 51·1·· 7
o 1····· 1
r 211··· 4
Σ 15114321 36

The numbers

Genius today takes 109 points of 157 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
26th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
27th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

415 today34.5% all-time511 today22.8% all-time64 today20.0% all-time73 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time92 today2.5% all-time101 today1.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
c Friday, November 7, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
g Sunday, November 2, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Saturday, November 1, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
i Friday, November 7, 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025
l Thursday, November 6, 2025 Saturday, November 1, 2025
o ● Thursday, November 6, 2025 Wednesday, October 22, 2025
r Thursday, October 30, 2025 Thursday, October 30, 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.