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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Words
22
Points
106
Genius
74
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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  • adapt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • adaptivity

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  • avid

    adjective — Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • avidity

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • daddy

    noun — (usually childish) Father.

    verb — To father; to sire.

    noun — A male lover.

    noun — An informal term of address for a man.

    noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • data

    noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

    noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.

    noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

    noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • diva

    noun — Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.

    noun — A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dyad

    noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

    noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.

    noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.

    noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

    noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

    noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • paddy

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • paid

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • papa

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • papaya

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pappy

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • patty

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • payday

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • pita

    noun — A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pitapat

    noun — A series of quick tapping sounds

    verb — To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate

    adverb — With a quick tapping sound

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tapa

    noun — Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

    noun — Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

    noun — A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tatty

    noun — Potato

    adjective — Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn

    noun — A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • vapid

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  • vapidity

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  • yappy

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×2
  • av×2
  • da×2
  • di×1
  • dy×1
  • pa×7
  • pi×2
  • ta×2
  • va×2
  • ya×1

Words by first letter and length

4567810Σ
a 11·1·1 4
d 31···· 4
p 3321·· 9
t 11···· 2
v ·1··1· 2
y ·1···· 1
Σ 882211 22

The numbers

Genius today takes 74 points of 106 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 425 recorded puzzles
7th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
3rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers

48 today34.4% all-time58 today23.0% all-time62 today20.0% all-time72 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time101 today1.2% 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, June 1, 2026 Friday, May 29, 2026
d Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
i Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Monday, June 1, 2026
p Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Monday, May 18, 2026
t Monday, June 1, 2026 Monday, May 25, 2026
v Saturday, May 30, 2026 Wednesday, April 29, 2026
y Friday, May 29, 2026 Saturday, February 7, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 31
  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. onto 23
  22. toon 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.