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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Words
50
Points
216
Genius
151
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • added

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • addle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • addled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • allayed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • axed

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  • axled

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  • daddy

    noun — (usually childish) Father.

    verb — To father; to sire.

    noun — A male lover.

    noun — An informal term of address for a man.

    noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • dale

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dally

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • data

    noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

    noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.

    noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

    noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • date

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dated

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dead

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • deadeye

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deadly

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deal

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dealt

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  • deed

    noun — An action or act; something that is done.

    noun — A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.

    noun — A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.

    noun — Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.

    verb — To transfer real property by deed.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deeded

    verb — To transfer real property by deed.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • delay

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • delayed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • delete

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deleted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dell

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • delt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • delta

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  • dyad

    noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

    noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.

    noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.

    noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

    noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

    noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • dyed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • eddy

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • elated

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  • elatedly

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  • exalted

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  • exaltedly

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  • eyed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • lade

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • laded

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ladle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ladled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lady

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • lead

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • leaded

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lede

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tatted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tattled

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  • taxed

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  • teddy

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • teed

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • telexed

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  • texted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • yelled

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×3
  • al×1
  • ax×2
  • da×6
  • de×14
  • dy×2
  • ed×1
  • el×2
  • ex×2
  • ey×1
  • la×5
  • le×3
  • ta×3
  • te×4
  • ye×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 1311·· 6
d 10633·· 22
e 2·1111 6
l 422··· 8
t 1222·· 7
y ··1··· 1
Σ 181310711 50

The numbers

Genius today takes 151 points of 216 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 382 recorded puzzles
55th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
58th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers

418 today34.6% all-time513 today22.8% all-time610 today19.9% all-time77 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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 Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Friday, November 28, 2025
d ● Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Wednesday, November 19, 2025
e Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Tuesday, November 25, 2025
l Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Sunday, November 23, 2025
t Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025
x Wednesday, November 26, 2025 first recorded time
y Friday, November 28, 2025 Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 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.