The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AGILNTF

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Words
50
Points
285
Genius
199
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • af×2
  • al×1
  • an×1
  • fa×11
  • fi×11
  • fl×13
  • ga×1
  • gi×2
  • in×4
  • li×2
  • na×1
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

4567891011Σ
a ··12···1 4
f 9666611· 35
g 2··1···· 3
i ··2··2·· 4
l 1··1···· 2
n 1······· 1
t 1······· 1
Σ 1469106311 50

The numbers

Genius today takes 199 points of 285 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
81st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
58th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

414 today34.5% all-time56 today22.8% all-time69 today20.0% all-time710 today12.1% all-time86 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% all-time101 today1.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
f ● Thursday, April 9, 2026 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
g Monday, April 13, 2026 Monday, April 13, 2026
i Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026
l Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Saturday, April 11, 2026
n Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Sunday, April 12, 2026
t Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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.