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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AGHILTR

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Words
44
Points
189
Genius
132
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • aargh

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • agar

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • airtight

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • alright

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  • altar

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • arhat

    noun — One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.

    noun — One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • aria

    noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • aril

    noun — A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • arthralgia

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  • atria

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • atrial

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • attagirl

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  • attar

    noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.

    noun — A perfume made from this oil.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • girl

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • girt

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • girth

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  • grail

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grill

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • grit

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • hair

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • hart

    noun — A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.

    noun — A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

    noun — A red deer or one of related species.

    noun — Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.

    noun — The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

    noun — Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lair

    noun — A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

    noun — A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.

    noun — A shed or shelter for domestic animals.

    noun — A bed or resting place.

    noun — A grave; a cemetery plot.

    verb — To rest; to dwell.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lariat

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • liar

    noun — One who tells lies.

    noun — A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lira

    noun — The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

    noun — The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

    noun — The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

    noun — The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)

    noun — A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

    noun — Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • raga

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • ragtag

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • rail

    noun — The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.

    noun — A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

    noun — A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.

    noun — A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

    verb — To criticize severely.

    noun — Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • raita

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • ratatat

    noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • rattail

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • rial

    noun — The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.

    noun — An old gold coin of England.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • right

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  • rill

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tart

    adjective — Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

    noun — A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

    noun — A prostitute.

    verb — To practice prostitution

    adjective — (of wine) high or too high in acidity.

    adjective — Sharp; keen; severe.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • tartar

    noun — A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.

    noun — A fearsome or angrily violent person.

    noun — A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • thrall

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  • thrill

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tiara

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • trail

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • trait

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • trial

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • trig

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • trill

    noun — A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.

    verb — To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

    verb — To trickle.

    verb — To twirl.

    noun — A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr.

    noun — A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • aa×1
  • ag×1
  • ai×1
  • al×2
  • ar×4
  • at×4
  • gi×3
  • gr×3
  • ha×2
  • la×2
  • li×2
  • ra×6
  • ri×3
  • ta×2
  • th×2
  • ti×1
  • tr×5

Words by first letter and length

4567810Σ
a 351121 13
g 33···· 6
h 2····· 2
l 3·1··· 4
r 4212·· 9
t 253··· 10
Σ 17156321 44

The numbers

Genius today takes 132 points of 189 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 388 recorded puzzles
43rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
46th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers

417 today34.6% all-time515 today22.8% all-time66 today19.9% all-time73 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time92.6% 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
a Friday, November 14, 2025 Monday, November 10, 2025
g Saturday, November 15, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Saturday, November 8, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
i Saturday, November 15, 2025 Wednesday, November 12, 2025
l Friday, November 14, 2025 Saturday, November 1, 2025
r ● Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Thursday, October 30, 2025
t Saturday, November 15, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  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. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.