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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEIMTYA

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Words
64
Points
299
Genius
209
Pangram
1

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  • added

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • admit

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • admitted

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  • aide

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • aided

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • aimed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • amid

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • amity

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • dame

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dammed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dammit

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    Appeared in 2 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.

  • daytime

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  • dead

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • deadeye

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • diadem

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • edamame

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • edema

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • idea

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • ideate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ideated

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • imam

    noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.

    noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • imitate

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • imitated

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  • immediate

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  • madam

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • madame

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • made

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • maid

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • maim

    noun — A serious wound

    verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • maimed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mama

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mamma

    noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mated

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • matey

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • matte

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • matted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mayday

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mead

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • meat

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • meaty

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • media

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mediate

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  • mediated

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  • meditate

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  • meditated

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  • meta

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • metadata

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • midday

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tame

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tamed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tatami

    noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tatted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tatty

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • team

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teamed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • teammate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teat

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • teatime

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×3
  • ai×3
  • am×2
  • da×8
  • de×2
  • di×1
  • dy×1
  • ed×2
  • id×3
  • im×4
  • ma×14
  • me×10
  • mi×1
  • ta×5
  • te×5

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 25··1· 8
d 5232·· 12
e ·1·1·· 2
i 2·1211 7
m 875131 25
t 32311· 10
Σ 201712762 64

The numbers

Genius today takes 209 points of 299 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 382 recorded puzzles
85th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
91st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers

420 today34.6% all-time517 today22.8% all-time612 today19.9% all-time77 today12.1% all-time86 today6.3% all-time92 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 ● Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Monday, January 5, 2026
d Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Thursday, December 4, 2025
e Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Friday, December 5, 2025
i Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Tuesday, December 30, 2025
m Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Tuesday, November 18, 2025
t Tuesday, January 6, 2026 Tuesday, January 6, 2026
y Monday, January 5, 2026 Thursday, December 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.