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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Words
33
Points
136
Genius
95
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • agave

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  • eave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • elevate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • evolve

    verb — To change; transform.

    verb — Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

    verb — To come into being; develop.

    verb — To cause something to change or transform.

    verb — To move in regular procession through a system.

    verb — To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • gavage

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  • gave

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  • gavel

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  • gavotte

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  • glove

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  • lava

    noun — The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.

    noun — Magma.

    noun — A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lavage

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  • lave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leave

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • levee

    noun — An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

    verb — To keep within a channel by means of levees.

    noun — The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

    verb — To attend the levee or levees of.

    noun — The steep bank of a river.

    noun — The border of an irrigated field.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • level

    noun — A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.

    verb — To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

    adjective — The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

    noun — A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

    noun — Degree or amount.

    noun — Achievement or qualification.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • lovage

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  • love

    noun — Strong affection.

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

    noun — A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

    noun — A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.

    verb — To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

    verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • oval

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ovate

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  • vagal

    adjective — Of or relating to the vagus nerve.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vale

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • valet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • valve

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vegetal

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  • vegetate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • velvet

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • veto

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vlog

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vole

    noun — Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.

    noun — A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.

    verb — To win all the tricks by a vole.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • volt

    noun — In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

    noun — A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.

    noun — A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • voltage

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  • vote

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×1
  • ea×1
  • el×1
  • ev×1
  • ga×4
  • gl×1
  • la×3
  • le×3
  • lo×2
  • ov×2
  • va×4
  • ve×5
  • vl×1
  • vo×4

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a ·1··· 1
e 1·11· 3
g 1211· 5
l 332·· 8
o 11··· 2
v 73121 14
Σ 1310541 33

The numbers

Genius today takes 95 points of 136 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 416 recorded puzzles
19th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
22nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18807 recorded answers

413 today34.5% all-time510 today23.0% all-time65 today20.0% all-time74 today12.0% all-time81 today6.2% 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
a Monday, April 27, 2026 Thursday, April 23, 2026
e Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Saturday, March 21, 2026
g Monday, April 27, 2026 Monday, April 13, 2026
l Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Monday, April 20, 2026
o Saturday, April 25, 2026 Saturday, April 25, 2026
t Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Wednesday, April 8, 2026
v ● Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 44
  2. naan 33
  3. nana 33
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 29
  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. bill 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.