The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Words
57
Points
297
Genius
207
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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Words by first two letters

  • ag×7
  • al×4
  • ea×2
  • eg×1
  • el×1
  • ga×14
  • ge×3
  • gi×4
  • gl×2
  • il×3
  • la×2
  • le×7
  • li×3
  • ta×3
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

4567891011Σ
a 1613···· 11
e 121····· 4
g 12371···· 23
i ···1·11· 3
l ·5223··· 12
t ·1·11··1 4
Σ 14171184111 57

The numbers

Genius today takes 207 points of 297 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 408 recorded puzzles
84th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
77th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers

414 today34.5% all-time517 today22.9% all-time611 today19.9% all-time78 today12.0% all-time84 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101 today1.3% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Monday, December 8, 2025
e Monday, December 8, 2025 Friday, December 5, 2025
g ● Sunday, December 7, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Monday, December 8, 2025 Monday, December 1, 2025
l Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Tuesday, December 9, 2025
t Monday, December 8, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025
y Saturday, December 6, 2025 Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 43
  2. naan 32
  3. nana 32
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. nene 25
  10. acacia 24
  11. acai 24
  12. olio 24
  13. cocoon 23
  14. loon 23
  15. neon 23
  16. none 23
  17. aria 22
  18. imam 22
  19. maim 22
  20. cancan 22
  21. canna 22
  22. bill 22
  23. mini 22
  24. minim 22
  25. lilt 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.