The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AGHLNUI

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Words
60
Points
383
Genius
268
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×2
  • ai×1
  • al×2
  • an×4
  • ga×8
  • gi×5
  • gl×3
  • gu×2
  • ha×6
  • hi×4
  • hu×2
  • ig×1
  • in×2
  • la×4
  • li×2
  • lu×4
  • na×3
  • ni×2
  • un×3

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a ·33111· 9
g 3·1113·· 18
h 3··72·· 12
i ··2·1·· 3
l 11242·· 10
n 2··21·· 5
u ·····21 3
Σ 948251031 60

The numbers

Genius today takes 268 points of 383 available. The average answer runs 6.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
98th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
83rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

49 today34.5% all-time54 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time725 today12.1% all-time810 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% 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, January 25, 2026 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
g Thursday, January 22, 2026 Thursday, January 22, 2026
h Thursday, January 15, 2026 Friday, January 9, 2026
i ● Sunday, January 25, 2026 Thursday, January 15, 2026
l Friday, January 23, 2026 Tuesday, December 9, 2025
n Saturday, January 24, 2026 Friday, January 2, 2026
u Saturday, January 24, 2026 Saturday, December 27, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.