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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DGIOXZN

Friday, April 10, 2026

Words
38
Points
215
Genius
150
Pangram
1

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  • digging

    verb — To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.

    verb — To understand or show interest in.

    noun — The action performed by a person or thing that digs.

    verb — To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.

    verb — To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

    verb — To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ding

    noun — Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.

    verb — To hit or strike.

    noun — The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.

    verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.

    noun — An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

    noun — A rejection.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dinging

    verb — To hit or strike.

    verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.

    verb — To dash; to throw violently.

    verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.

    verb — To fire or reject.

    verb — To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dingo

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dining

    verb — To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

    noun — Eating dinner as a social function.

    verb — To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

    verb — To dine upon; to have to eat.

    noun — Entertaining someone to dinner.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dino

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • dioxin

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dodging

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dogging

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • doing

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dong

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • donning

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • doxing

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  • doxxing

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  • dozing

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  • 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.

  • going

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gong

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • gonging

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gonzo

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  • goon

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • indigo

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    Appeared in 4 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.

  • iodizing

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  • ionizing

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  • nixing

    verb — To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.

    verb — To destroy or eradicate.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • nodding

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • noggin

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    Appeared in 5 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 43 recorded puzzles.

  • ongoing

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • onion

    noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

    noun — The bulb of such a plant.

    noun — The genus as a whole.

    noun — A ball.

    noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

    Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.

  • oozing

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  • oxidizing

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  • zigging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • zing

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • zinging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • zoning

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • di×7
  • do×8
  • gi×2
  • go×5
  • in×2
  • io×2
  • ni×1
  • no×3
  • on×2
  • oo×1
  • ox×1
  • zi×3
  • zo×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
d 3246·· 15
g 22·3·· 7
i ··2·2· 4
n 1·21·· 4
o ·111·1 4
z 1·12·· 4
Σ 75101321 38

The numbers

Genius today takes 150 points of 215 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 404 recorded puzzles
54th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
33rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18238 recorded answers

47 today34.5% all-time55 today22.9% all-time610 today20.0% all-time713 today12.0% all-time82 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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 Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Monday, January 26, 2026
g Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Tuesday, April 7, 2026
i Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026
n ● Thursday, April 9, 2026 Saturday, March 28, 2026
o Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Thursday, April 2, 2026
x Monday, March 16, 2026 first recorded time
z Monday, January 12, 2026 first recorded time

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.