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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DELOTWN

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Words
71
Points
301
Genius
210
Pangram
1

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  • denote

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • denoted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dented

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • detente

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • done

    verb — (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.

    adjective — (of food) Ready, fully cooked.

    noun — A synthetic opioid analgesic, used to wean addicts off heroin or other opiate based narcotics, and in chronic pain management.

    verb — To perform; to execute.

    verb — To cause, make (someone) (do something).

    verb — To suffice.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • donee

    noun — Someone who receives a gift from a donor.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • donned

    verb — (clothing) To put on, to dress in.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • down

    noun — A negative aspect; a downer.

    verb — To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.

    adjective — Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

    adverb — From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

    preposition — From the higher end to the lower of.

    noun — (especially southern England) A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • downed

    verb — To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.

    verb — To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.

    adjective — That has been brought down.

    verb — To lower; to put (something) down.

    verb — To defeat; to overpower.

    verb — To disparage, to put down.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • downtown

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  • ended

    verb — To come to an end

    adjective — (in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.

    verb — To finish, terminate.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • endnote

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • endow

    verb — To provide with a dower or a dowry.

    verb — To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

    verb — Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

    verb — Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • endowed

    verb — To provide with a dower or a dowry.

    adjective — Provided or furnished with something.

    verb — To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

    verb — Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

    verb — Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).

    adjective — Founded by an endowment.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • entente

    noun — An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • lend

    noun — The lumbar region; loin.

    verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

    noun — (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

    verb — To make a loan.

    verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

    verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lent

    noun — A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

    verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

    noun — The second term of the academic year at some British schools.

    verb — To make a loan.

    verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

    verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • lento

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • letdown

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  • lone

    adjective — Solitary; having no companion.

    adjective — Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.

    adjective — Sole; being the only one of a type.

    adjective — Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.

    adjective — Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

    adjective — Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • loon

    noun — An idler, a lout.

    noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

    noun — A boy, a lad.

    noun — A harlot; mistress.

    noun — A simpleton.

    noun — A crazy or deranged person.

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • lowdown

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • need

    noun — A requirement for something; something needed.

    verb — To have an absolute requirement for.

    noun — Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

    verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

    verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

    verb — To be required; to be necessary.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • needed

    verb — To have an absolute requirement for.

    adjective — Necessary; being required.

    verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

    verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).

    verb — To be required; to be necessary.

    verb — To be necessary (to someone).

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • needle

    noun — A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

    verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

    noun — Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

    noun — A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

    noun — A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

    noun — A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • needled

    verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

    adjective — Covered or armored with needles.

    verb — To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

    verb — To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • nene

    noun — The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • neon

    noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.

    adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

    noun — A form or sample of the element.

    noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.

    noun — A neon tetra fish.

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • netted

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • nettle

    noun — Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

    verb — Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.

    noun — Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

    noun — Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:

    noun — Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

    verb — To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nettled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • newel

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • newt

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  • newton

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • nodded

    verb — To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.

    verb — To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.

    verb — To sway, move up and down.

    verb — To gradually fall asleep.

    verb — To signify by a nod.

    verb — To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • node

    noun — A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.

    noun — The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.

    noun — A leaf node.

    noun — A computer or other device attached to a network.

    noun — The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.

    noun — The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • noel

    noun — Christmas

    noun — A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • none

    noun — A person without religious affiliation.

    adverb — To no extent, in no way.

    pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.

    noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.

    noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

    noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • nonet

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • noodle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • noodled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • noon

    noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

    verb — To relax or sleep around midday

    noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

    noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

    noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    noun — The highest point; culmination.

    Appeared in 44 recorded puzzles.

  • note

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • noted

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • odeon

    noun — An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.

    noun — A theatre or concert hall.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • olden

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • onto

    adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

    preposition — Upon; on top of.

    preposition — Aware of.

    preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • owned

    verb — To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.

    verb — To grant; give.

    verb — To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.

    verb — To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.

    verb — To virtually or figuratively enslave.

    verb — To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • teen

    noun — A teenager.

    adjective — Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

    noun — Grief; sorrow; trouble.

    verb — To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

    verb — (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

    noun — Vexation; anger; hate.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tended

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tendon

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tenet

    noun — An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tenon

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tenoned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tent

    noun — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    verb — To go camping.

    noun — Attention; regard, care.

    verb — To attend to; to heed

    noun — A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

    verb — (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tented

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tone

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • toned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tonne

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • toon

    noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

    noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

    noun — A town.

    noun — A melody.

    noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

    noun — The wood of this tree.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • town

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tween

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  • wend

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wended

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • went

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  • wont

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • wonton

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • wooden

    adjective — Made of wood.

    adjective — As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • woolen

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×5
  • do×6
  • en×5
  • le×4
  • lo×3
  • ne×12
  • no×10
  • od×1
  • ol×1
  • on×1
  • ow×1
  • te×9
  • to×5
  • tw×1
  • we×3
  • wo×4

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
d 31421 11
e ·2·3· 5
l 41·2· 7
n 9373· 22
o 13··· 4
t 6531· 15
w 3·4·· 7
Σ 261518111 71

The numbers

Genius today takes 210 points of 301 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 417 recorded puzzles
86th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
98th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18854 recorded answers

426 today34.4% all-time515 today23.0% all-time618 today20.0% all-time711 today12.0% all-time81 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time101.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
d Monday, March 9, 2026 Monday, January 26, 2026
e Friday, March 6, 2026 Friday, February 6, 2026
l Monday, March 9, 2026 Sunday, February 22, 2026
n ● Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Monday, March 2, 2026
o Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Thursday, March 5, 2026
t Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Monday, February 9, 2026
w Saturday, March 7, 2026 Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 44
  2. naan 33
  3. nana 33
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 30
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 25
  10. cocoon 24
  11. acacia 24
  12. acai 24
  13. loon 24
  14. olio 24
  15. imam 23
  16. maim 23
  17. cancan 23
  18. canna 23
  19. mini 23
  20. minim 23
  21. neon 23
  22. none 23
  23. aria 22
  24. mitt 22
  25. onto 22

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.