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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CIMNOTU

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Words
29
Points
164
Genius
114
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • coconut

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • communion

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • continuum

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  • count

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • cumin

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cutout

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • intuit

    verb — To know intuitively or by immediate perception.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • intuition

    noun — Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

    noun — A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • minimum

    noun — The lowest limit.

    adjective — To the lowest degree.

    noun — The smallest amount.

    noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

    noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

    noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mount

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • munition

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  • mutt

    noun — A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.

    noun — A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.

    noun — (sometimes derogatory) A person of diverse ancestry.

    noun — An idiot, a stupid person.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • mutton

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • muumuu

    noun — A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nonunion

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • noun

    noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

    verb — To convert a word to a noun.

    noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • nuncio

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • tout

    noun — Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

    verb — To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.

    noun — In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

    noun — A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

    noun — A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.

    noun — An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • tuition

    noun — A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).

    noun — The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

    noun — Care, guardianship.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tunic

    noun — A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

    noun — Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tutti

    noun — A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing

    adjective — All together; with all playing at once.

    adverb — All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • tutu

    noun — A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

    noun — Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • uncommon

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • unction

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • uncut

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • union

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • unit

    noun — An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.

    noun — A measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household; an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a group of dwellings is in one or more single storey buildings, usually arranged around a driveway.

    noun — A standard measure of a quantity.

    noun — An item which may be sold singly.

    noun — A unit of alcohol.

    noun — The number one.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • unmount

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • unto

    preposition — Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

    conjunction — Up to the time or degree that; until.

    preposition — To, indicating an indirect object.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • co×4
  • cu×2
  • in×2
  • mi×1
  • mo×1
  • mu×4
  • no×2
  • nu×1
  • to×1
  • tu×4
  • un×7

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
c ·211·2 6
i ··1··1 2
m 11211· 6
n 1·1·1· 3
t 22·1·· 5
u 22·21· 7
Σ 675533 29

The numbers

Genius today takes 114 points of 164 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 420 recorded puzzles
31st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
12th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18971 recorded answers

46 today34.4% all-time57 today23.0% all-time65 today20.0% all-time75 today12.0% all-time83 today6.3% all-time93 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
c Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Tuesday, April 28, 2026
i Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026
m Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Sunday, April 19, 2026
n Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Wednesday, April 22, 2026
o Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Saturday, April 25, 2026
t Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Wednesday, April 8, 2026
u ● Thursday, April 23, 2026 Monday, March 23, 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. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. mini 24
  14. minim 24
  15. loon 24
  16. olio 24
  17. aria 23
  18. imam 23
  19. maim 23
  20. mitt 23
  21. cancan 23
  22. canna 23
  23. neon 23
  24. none 23
  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.