The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Words
42
Points
170
Genius
118
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ar×2
  • ba×5
  • bo×3
  • br×1
  • ca×3
  • co×7
  • cr×6
  • la×2
  • oa×1
  • ok×1
  • or×2
  • ra×1
  • ro×8

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a 11··· 2
b 41·22 9
c 4921· 16
l 11··· 2
o 3··1· 4
r 5·112 9
Σ 1812354 42

The numbers

Genius today takes 118 points of 170 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
32nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
42nd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

418 today34.5% all-time512 today22.8% all-time63 today20.0% all-time75 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92.5% 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 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Wednesday, June 3, 2026
b Monday, June 8, 2026 Tuesday, April 21, 2026
c Monday, June 15, 2026 Sunday, June 7, 2026
k Saturday, June 13, 2026 Sunday, May 24, 2026
l Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
o Thursday, June 11, 2026 Tuesday, June 9, 2026
r ● Friday, June 5, 2026 Sunday, April 26, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.