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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACEIPTH

Monday, June 15, 2026

Words
63
Points
288
Genius
201
Pangrams
3

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  • ache

    verb — To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

    noun — Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

    verb — To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

    noun — The name of the Latin-script letter H.

    noun — Parsley

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • apathetic

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  • attach

    verb — To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

    verb — To adhere; to be attached.

    verb — To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

    verb — To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

    verb — To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

    verb — To take, seize, or lay hold of.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • attache

    noun — A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • cache

    noun — A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

    noun — A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

    noun — (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

    verb — To place in a cache.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • cachet

    noun — A seal, as of a letter.

    verb — To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.

    noun — A special characteristic or quality; prestige.

    noun — A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.

    noun — A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.

    noun — A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • capiche

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  • captcha

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • catch

    noun — The act of seizing or capturing.

    verb — (heading) To capture, overtake.

    noun — The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.

    noun — The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

    noun — The game of catching a ball.

    noun — Something which is captured or caught.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • chai

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • chap

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • chapati

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  • chat

    noun — Informal conversation.

    verb — To be engaged in informal conversation.

    noun — A small potato, such as is given to swine.

    noun — (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

    noun — A louse (small, parasitic insect).

    noun — Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • cheap

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cheapie

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • cheat

    verb — To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

    noun — Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).

    verb — To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.

    verb — To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

    verb — To deceive; to fool; to trick.

    noun — An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • cheep

    verb — Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".

    noun — A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

    interjection — The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

    verb — To express in a chirping tone.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • cheetah

    noun — A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • chia

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • chic

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • chica

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • chichi

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • chip

    noun — A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

    verb — To chop or cut into small pieces.

    noun — A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.

    noun — (games) A token used in place of cash.

    noun — A sovereign (the coin).

    noun — A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • chit

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • chitchat

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • each

    pronoun — Every one; every thing.

    adverb — For one; apiece; per.

    noun — (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • epitaph

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  • epithet

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • etch

    verb — To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

    noun — An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.

    verb — To engrave a surface.

    verb — To make a lasting impression.

    verb — To sketch; to delineate.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ethic

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • haptic

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  • hatch

    noun — A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

    verb — To close with a hatch or hatches.

    noun — The act of hatching.

    verb — (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

    verb — To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).

    noun — A trapdoor.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • hatchet

    noun — A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.

    verb — To cut with a hatchet.

    Appeared in 2 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 11 recorded puzzles.

  • hatha

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • heap

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    Appeared in 6 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.

  • hectic

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • hepatic

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  • hepcat

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  • hippie

    noun — (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.

    noun — Someone who dresses in a hippie style.

    noun — (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.

    adjective — Of or pertaining to hippies.

    adjective — Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

    noun — (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • hitch

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • itch

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • patch

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • path

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • pathetic

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  • peach

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • phat

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • pitch

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • pith

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tach

    noun — Tachometer

    noun — (costers) A hat.

    noun — Tachycardia.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • teach

    verb — To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.

    noun — (usually as a term of address) teacher

    verb — (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.

    verb — To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.

    verb — (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.

    verb — (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tech

    noun — Technology

    noun — Technician

    noun — Technique

    noun — (used in titles) technical college

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • techie

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    Appeared in 3 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 11 recorded puzzles.

  • thatch

    noun — Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

    verb — To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

    noun — Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

    noun — A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.

    noun — (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

    Appeared in 4 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ac×1
  • ap×1
  • at×2
  • ca×5
  • ch×16
  • ea×1
  • ep×2
  • et×2
  • ha×6
  • he×6
  • hi×2
  • it×1
  • pa×3
  • pe×1
  • ph×1
  • pi×2
  • ta×1
  • te×5
  • th×4
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 1·11·1 4
c 76251· 21
e 21·2·· 5
h 4442·· 14
i 1····· 1
p 33··1· 7
t 443··· 11
Σ 2218101021 63

The numbers

Genius today takes 201 points of 288 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 436 recorded puzzles
82nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
89th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19742 recorded answers

422 today34.4% all-time518 today22.9% all-time610 today20.1% all-time710 today12.1% all-time82 today6.2% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Sunday, June 14, 2026 Wednesday, June 3, 2026
c Friday, June 12, 2026 Sunday, June 7, 2026
e Sunday, June 14, 2026 Thursday, June 11, 2026
h ● Sunday, June 14, 2026 Sunday, June 14, 2026
i Sunday, June 14, 2026 Saturday, June 13, 2026
p Sunday, June 14, 2026 Monday, May 18, 2026
t Saturday, June 13, 2026 Monday, May 25, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 35
  3. nana 35
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 28
  8. mamma 28
  9. acacia 26
  10. acai 26
  11. nene 26
  12. mini 25
  13. minim 25
  14. cocoon 24
  15. imam 24
  16. maim 24
  17. onto 24
  18. toon 24
  19. loon 24
  20. olio 24
  21. lilt 23
  22. till 23
  23. tilt 23
  24. aria 23
  25. mitt 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.