The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DGINOWR

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Words
55
Points
297
Genius
207
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • do×2
  • dr×4
  • gi×2
  • go×3
  • gr×11
  • ig×1
  • in×2
  • ir×3
  • ni×1
  • no×3
  • od×1
  • or×1
  • ri×9
  • ro×3
  • wi×1
  • wo×3
  • wr×5

Words by first letter and length

4567810Σ
d 13·11· 6
g 53233· 16
i 1·122· 6
n 2·11·· 4
o 1·1··· 2
r 3324·· 12
w 221121 9
Σ 151181281 55

The numbers

Genius today takes 207 points of 297 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
84th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
71st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

415 today34.5% all-time511 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time712 today12.1% all-time88 today6.3% all-time92.5% 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
d Friday, June 19, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
g Thursday, June 11, 2026 Thursday, May 21, 2026
i Friday, June 19, 2026 Saturday, June 13, 2026
n Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Friday, June 12, 2026
o Thursday, June 18, 2026 Tuesday, June 9, 2026
r ● Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Wednesday, June 17, 2026
w Saturday, June 6, 2026 Wednesday, February 25, 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.