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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Words
35
Points
215
Genius
150
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • again

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • aging

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • angina

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • awing

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  • awning

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  • fanning

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • fawning

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  • fifing

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • fining

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • fungi

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  • gagging

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • gain

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • gaining

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • ganging

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • gauging

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gigging

    verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.

    verb — To engender.

    verb — To engage in musical performances.

    verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.

    verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • ginning

    verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

    verb — To begin.

    noun — The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

    verb — To trap something in a gin.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • gnawing

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  • guffawing

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  • gunning

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • iguana

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • inning

    noun — A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.

    verb — To house; to lodge.

    noun — A similar period of play.

    noun — A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.

    noun — A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.

    noun — The gathering of a crop; harvesting.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • nagging

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • naif

    noun — One who is naive.

    adjective — Naive.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • wagging

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  • waging

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  • waif

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  • waning

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  • wigging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wigwag

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  • wigwagging

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  • wing

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • winging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • winning

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

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 404 recorded puzzles
54th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
26th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18238 recorded answers

44 today34.5% all-time54 today22.9% all-time610 today20.0% all-time715 today12.0% all-time86.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101 today1.3% 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 43
  2. onion 31
  3. naan 31
  4. nana 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. acacia 24
  10. acai 24
  11. nene 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.