The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AEGILNZ

Monday, April 27, 2026

Words
23
Points
132
Genius
92
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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Words by first two letters

  • ag×1
  • az×1
  • el×2
  • ga×3
  • ge×1
  • gl×2
  • la×2
  • le×2
  • za×1
  • ze×1
  • zi×7

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a ·11···· 2
e ···1·1· 2
g 2112··· 6
l 1·1·1·1 4
z 3·23··1 9
Σ 6256112 23

The numbers

Genius today takes 92 points of 132 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 391 recorded puzzles
17th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
3rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17669 recorded answers

46 today34.6% all-time52 today22.8% all-time65 today19.9% all-time76 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time102 today1.3% 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, April 26, 2026 Thursday, April 23, 2026
e Saturday, April 25, 2026 Saturday, March 21, 2026
g Friday, April 24, 2026 Monday, April 13, 2026
i Sunday, April 26, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026
l Saturday, April 25, 2026 Monday, April 20, 2026
n Sunday, April 26, 2026 Wednesday, April 22, 2026
z ● Friday, April 10, 2026 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 31
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. imam 21
  23. maim 21
  24. onto 21
  25. toon 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.