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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEIMNWL

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Words
58
Points
258
Genius
180
Pangram
1

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  • deli

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • dell

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • diddle

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • diddled

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • dill

    noun — Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.

    verb — To cook or flavor with dill

    verb — To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

    noun — A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring

    noun — A fool.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • dwell

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dwelled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dwindle

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  • dwindled

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  • elide

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • elided

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • idle

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • idled

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lede

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lend

    noun — The lumbar region; loin.

    verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

    noun — (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

    verb — To make a loan.

    verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

    verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • lewd

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • lidded

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lied

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lien

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lime

    noun — Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.

    adjective — Lime-green.

    adjective — Containing lime or lime juice.

    adjective — Having the aroma or flavor of lime.

    noun — A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.

    noun — Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • limn

    verb — To draw or paint; to delineate.

    verb — To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • limned

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  • linden

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  • line

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lined

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • linemen

    noun — A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage

    noun — A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • linen

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • meddle

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • meddled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • meld

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • melded

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • melee

    noun — A noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap.

    noun — Any any confused, disorganised, disordered or chaotic situation.

    noun — A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.

    noun — Lively contention or debate, skirmish.

    verb — To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon.

    noun — A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • mewl

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  • mewled

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  • middle

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  • middlemen

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  • midline

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  • mild

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mildew

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  • mildewed

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  • mile

    noun — The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

    noun — One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.

    noun — (travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.

    noun — Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.

    noun — Any similarly large distance.

    noun — A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mill

    noun — A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

    verb — (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

    noun — A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.

    noun — An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.

    noun — An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised

    noun — The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • milled

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  • needle

    noun — A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

    verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

    noun — Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

    noun — A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

    noun — A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

    noun — A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • needled

    verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

    adjective — Covered or armored with needles.

    verb — To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

    verb — To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • newel

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • weld

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • welded

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • well

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • welled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wield

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  • wielded

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  • wild

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • wile

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • will

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • willed

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  • windmill

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  • windmilled

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×2
  • di×3
  • dw×4
  • el×2
  • id×2
  • le×3
  • li×11
  • me×7
  • mi×9
  • ne×3
  • we×4
  • wi×8

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
d 31131·· 9
e ·11···· 2
i 11····· 2
l 8231··· 14
m 516211· 16
n ·111··· 3
w 51311·1 12
Σ 228158311 58

The numbers

Genius today takes 180 points of 258 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 400 recorded puzzles
72nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
80th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 18097 recorded answers

422 today34.6% all-time58 today22.8% all-time615 today19.9% all-time78 today12.0% all-time83 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101 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
d Sunday, May 31, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
e Monday, June 1, 2026 Tuesday, May 26, 2026
i Monday, June 1, 2026 Monday, June 1, 2026
l ● Sunday, May 31, 2026 Sunday, May 17, 2026
m Thursday, May 28, 2026 Friday, May 15, 2026
n Monday, June 1, 2026 Thursday, May 7, 2026
w Monday, May 11, 2026 Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 31
  3. naan 31
  4. nana 31
  5. toot 29
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 26
  8. mamma 26
  9. acacia 24
  10. acai 24
  11. nene 24
  12. olio 24
  13. cocoon 23
  14. loon 23
  15. aria 22
  16. imam 22
  17. maim 22
  18. cancan 22
  19. canna 22
  20. bill 22
  21. mini 22
  22. minim 22
  23. neon 22
  24. none 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.