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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACEMNPT

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Edited by Sam Ezersky

Words
64
Points
292
Genius
204
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • accent

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • accept

    verb — To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.

    adjective — Accepted.

    verb — To admit to a place or a group.

    verb — To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.

    verb — To receive as adequate or satisfactory.

    verb — To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • acceptance

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  • acetate

    noun — Any salt or ester of acetic acid.

    noun — Cellulose acetate.

    noun — A transparent sheet used for overlays.

    noun — Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • ante

    noun — A price or cost, as in up the ante.

    verb — To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.

    noun — In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.

    verb — To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • antenna

    noun — A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.

    noun — An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.

    noun — The faculty of intuitive astuteness.

    noun — A fragment of an oligosaccharide

    noun — The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • antennae

    noun — A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.

    noun — An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.

    noun — The faculty of intuitive astuteness.

    noun — A fragment of an oligosaccharide

    noun — The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • attempt

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • cant

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • cantata

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • canteen

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • catnap

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cement

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cent

    noun — (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.

    noun — The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.

    noun — A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.

    noun — (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic

    noun — A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

    noun — A small sum of money.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • cetacean

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • eaten

    verb — To ingest; to be ingested.

    adjective — (especially in combination) That has been consumed by eating

    verb — To use up.

    verb — To cause (someone) to worry.

    verb — To take the loss in a transaction.

    verb — To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • emanate

    verb — To come from a source; issue from.

    verb — To send or give out; manifest.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • enact

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • enactment

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • encampment

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  • entente

    noun — An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • manatee

    noun — Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

    noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

    noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • mate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • matte

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • meant

    verb — To intend.

    verb — To convey (a meaning).

    verb — To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).

    verb — To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).

    verb — (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • meat

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • meet

    verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.

    verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.

    verb — To satisfy; to comply with.

    noun — A meeting.

    noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).

    verb — (Of groups) To come together.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • mentee

    noun — A person who is being mentored

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • meta

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • mete

    verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).

    verb — To measure.

    adjective — Suitable; right; proper.

    noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • nametape

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • natant

    adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)

    adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • neat

    noun — An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

    adjective — Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

    noun — A bull or cow.

    adjective — Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

    adjective — Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.

    adjective — With all deductions or allowances made; net.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • neaten

    verb — To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • pact

    noun — An agreement; a compact; a covenant.

    verb — To form a pact; to agree formally.

    noun — An agreement between two or more nations

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • pancetta

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  • pant

    noun — A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

    verb — To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

    noun — A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

    noun — Eager longing.

    verb — To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

    verb — To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pate

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • patent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • patentee

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • peat

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • pennant

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • pent

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • pentane

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • tacet

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tact

    noun — The sense of touch; feeling.

    verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).

    noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

    noun — The stroke in beating time.

    noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.

    noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • tame

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tamp

    verb — (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.

    verb — To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes

    verb — To reduce the intensity of.

    Appeared in 3 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.

  • tape

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • team

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teammate

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • teat

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • teem

    verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    verb — To be stocked to overflowing.

    verb — To pour (especially with rain)

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • teen

    noun — A teenager.

    adjective — Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

    noun — Grief; sorrow; trouble.

    verb — To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

    verb — (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

    noun — Vexation; anger; hate.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • teepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • temp

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tempt

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tenant

    noun — One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

    verb — To hold as, or be, a tenant.

    noun — One who has possession of any place.

    noun — One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.

    noun — Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

    verb — To inhabit.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • tenement

    noun — A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

    noun — Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

    noun — Dwelling; abode; habitation.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • tenet

    noun — An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • tent

    noun — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    verb — To go camping.

    noun — Attention; regard, care.

    verb — To attend to; to heed

    noun — A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

    verb — (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • tepee

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ac×4
  • an×3
  • at×1
  • ca×4
  • ce×3
  • ea×1
  • em×1
  • en×4
  • ma×4
  • me×6
  • na×2
  • ne×2
  • pa×6
  • pe×4
  • ta×6
  • te×13

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 1·231·1 8
c 2·221·· 7
e ·2·2·11 6
m 5311··· 10
n 1·2·1·· 4
p 5·122·· 10
t 1142·2·· 19
Σ 2591010712 64

The numbers

Genius today takes 204 points of 292 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 427 recorded puzzles
83rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
91st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19259 recorded answers

425 today34.4% all-time59 today22.9% all-time610 today20.0% all-time710 today12.1% all-time87 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% all-time102 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
a Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
c Monday, June 22, 2026 Monday, June 22, 2026
e Monday, June 22, 2026 Thursday, June 11, 2026
m Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Thursday, June 4, 2026
n Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Friday, June 12, 2026
p Monday, June 15, 2026 Monday, May 18, 2026
t ● Thursday, June 18, 2026 Thursday, June 18, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 26
  10. acacia 25
  11. acai 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 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.