The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AFGNUWI

Monday, December 15, 2025

Words
35
Points
215
Genius
150
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ag×2
  • an×1
  • aw×2
  • fa×2
  • fi×2
  • fu×1
  • ga×5
  • gi×2
  • gn×1
  • gu×2
  • ig×1
  • in×1
  • na×2
  • wa×4
  • wi×7

Words by first letter and length

4567910Σ
a ·32··· 5
f ·122·· 5
g 1··81· 10
i ··2··· 2
n 1··1·· 2
w 2·44·1 11
Σ 44101511 35

The numbers

Genius today takes 150 points of 215 available. The average answer runs 6.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 387 recorded puzzles
53rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
25th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17524 recorded answers

44 today34.6% all-time54 today22.8% all-time610 today19.9% all-time715 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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 Sunday, December 14, 2025 Friday, December 12, 2025
f Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Thursday, November 6, 2025
g Saturday, December 13, 2025 Wednesday, December 10, 2025
i ● Sunday, December 14, 2025 Monday, December 1, 2025
n Sunday, December 14, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
u Saturday, December 13, 2025 Saturday, December 13, 2025
w Monday, December 1, 2025 Friday, October 31, 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.