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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AEGHIMT

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Words
53
Points
205
Genius
143
Pangram
1

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  • agate

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • agita

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • agitate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • eight

    noun — The digit/figure 8.

    numeral — A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

    adjective — The ordinal form of the number eight.

    noun — An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

    noun — Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

    noun — A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • eighth

    noun — The person or thing in the eighth position.

    verb — To divide by eight

    adjective — The ordinal form of the number eight.

    noun — One of eight equal parts of a whole.

    noun — An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • eightieth

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • emit

    verb — To send out or give off

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • gait

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • gamete

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • gate

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • hamate

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hate

    noun — An object of hatred.

    verb — To dislike intensely or greatly.

    noun — Hatred.

    noun — Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

    verb — To experience hatred.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • hath

    verb — To possess, own.

    verb — To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

    verb — Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

    verb — To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

    verb — To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

    verb — To experience, go through, undergo.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • hatha

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • heat

    noun — Thermal energy.

    verb — To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

    noun — The condition or quality of being hot.

    noun — An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

    noun — A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

    noun — An undesirable amount of attention.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • heath

    noun — A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

    noun — Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.

    noun — Certain butterflies and moths

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • height

    noun — The distance from the base of something to the top.

    noun — The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

    noun — The highest point or maximum degree.

    noun — A high point.

    noun — An area of land at the top of a cliff.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hematite

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • imitate

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • item

    noun — A distinct physical object.

    noun — A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

    noun — Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

    noun — A matter for discussion in an agenda.

    noun — (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

    noun — A short article in a newspaper.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mahatma

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • math

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • matte

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • meat

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • meet

    verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.

    verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.

    verb — To satisfy; to comply with.

    noun — A meeting.

    noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

    verb — (Of groups) To come together.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • megahit

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  • meta

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mete

    verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

    verb — To measure.

    adjective — Suitable; right; proper.

    noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • meth

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • might

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  • mite

    noun — Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

    noun — (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle

    noun — (often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal

    noun — A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

    noun — A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.

    noun — A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mitigate

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  • mitt

    noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

    noun — A mitten

    noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • taiga

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tame

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tatami

    noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • team

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teammate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teat

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • teatime

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • teem

    verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    verb — To be stocked to overflowing.

    verb — To pour (especially with rain)

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • teeth

    noun — The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    verb — To grow teeth.

    noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.

    verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

    noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.

    noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • teethe

    verb — To grow teeth.

    verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • that

    noun — Something being indicated that is there; one of those.

    adverb — (degree) To a given extent or degree.

    pronoun — (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

    conjunction — Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.

    adverb — (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).

    adverb — To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • thee

    verb — To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.

    pronoun — Objective and reflexive case of thou.

    verb — To thrive; prosper.

    noun — The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

    verb — To use the word thee.

    pronoun — Thou.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • them

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • theme

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • theta

    noun — The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.

    noun — The measure of an angle.

    noun — The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".

    noun — Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).

    noun — The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • thigh

    noun — The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

    noun — That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tight

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • time

    noun — The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

    noun — A duration of time.

    noun — The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

    noun — An instant of time.

    verb — To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

    verb — To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tithe

    noun — A tenth.

    verb — To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

    adjective — Tenth.

    noun — A boon (a grant or concession).

    verb — To grant, concede.

    adjective — Receiving a concession or grant; successful in prayer or request.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×3
  • ei×3
  • em×1
  • ga×3
  • ha×4
  • he×4
  • im×1
  • it×1
  • ma×4
  • me×6
  • mi×4
  • ta×3
  • te×7
  • th×6
  • ti×3

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a ·2·1·· 3
e 111··1 4
g 2·1··· 3
h 322·1· 8
i 1··1·· 2
m 92·21· 14
t 87211· 19
Σ 24146531 53

The numbers

Genius today takes 143 points of 205 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 410 recorded puzzles
49th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
68th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18521 recorded answers

424 today34.5% all-time514 today23.0% all-time66 today20.0% all-time75 today12.0% all-time83 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
a Friday, May 8, 2026 Wednesday, May 6, 2026
e Thursday, May 7, 2026 Saturday, March 21, 2026
g Friday, May 8, 2026 Saturday, May 2, 2026
h Monday, May 4, 2026 Monday, April 6, 2026
i Friday, May 8, 2026 Thursday, March 26, 2026
m Thursday, May 7, 2026 Sunday, April 19, 2026
t ● Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Wednesday, April 8, 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 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. nene 25
  10. cocoon 24
  11. acacia 24
  12. acai 24
  13. loon 24
  14. olio 24
  15. cancan 23
  16. canna 23
  17. neon 23
  18. none 23
  19. aria 22
  20. imam 22
  21. maim 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.