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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACMPTUH

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Words
29
Points
121
Genius
84
Pangram
1

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  • attach

    verb — To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

    verb — To adhere; to be attached.

    verb — To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

    verb — To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

    verb — To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

    verb — To take, seize, or lay hold of.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • captcha

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • catch

    noun — The act of seizing or capturing.

    verb — (heading) To capture, overtake.

    noun — The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.

    noun — The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

    noun — The game of catching a ball.

    noun — Something which is captured or caught.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • catchup

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • champ

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  • chap

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • chat

    noun — Informal conversation.

    verb — To be engaged in informal conversation.

    noun — A small potato, such as is given to swine.

    noun — (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

    noun — A louse (small, parasitic insect).

    noun — Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • chum

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • chump

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  • chuppah

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • hatch

    noun — A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

    verb — To close with a hatch or hatches.

    noun — The act of hatching.

    verb — (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

    verb — To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).

    noun — A trapdoor.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hath

    verb — To possess, own.

    verb — To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

    verb — Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

    verb — To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

    verb — To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

    verb — To experience, go through, undergo.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • hatha

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • hump

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  • humph

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  • hutch

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • mahatma

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • match

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • matcha

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • matchup

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  • math

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • much

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • patch

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • path

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • phat

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tach

    noun — Tachometer

    noun — (costers) A hat.

    noun — Tachycardia.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • that

    noun — Something being indicated that is there; one of those.

    adverb — (degree) To a given extent or degree.

    pronoun — (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

    conjunction — Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.

    adverb — (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).

    adverb — To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • thatch

    noun — Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

    verb — To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

    noun — Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

    noun — A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

    noun — (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • thump

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • at×1
  • ca×3
  • ch×6
  • ha×3
  • hu×3
  • ma×5
  • mu×1
  • pa×2
  • ph×1
  • ta×1
  • th×3

Words by first letter and length

4567Σ
a ··1· 1
c 33·3 9
h 24·· 6
m 2112 6
p 21·· 3
t 211· 4
Σ 111035 29

The numbers

Genius today takes 84 points of 121 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 388 recorded puzzles
11th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
12th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers

411 today34.6% all-time510 today22.8% all-time63 today19.9% all-time75 today12.1% all-time86.3% 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
a Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Friday, November 28, 2025
c Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Tuesday, December 2, 2025
h ● Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
m Sunday, November 23, 2025 Tuesday, November 18, 2025
p Thursday, November 27, 2025 Thursday, November 27, 2025
t Saturday, November 29, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025
u Sunday, November 30, 2025 Tuesday, November 4, 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.