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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEGILNV

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Edited by Sam Ezersky

Words
67
Points
397
Genius
277
Pangrams
3

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  • delve

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • delved

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • delving

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  • devein

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deveined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deveining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • devil

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deviled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deviling

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  • dive

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dived

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • divide

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • divided

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dividend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dividing

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • divine

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • divined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • diving

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • divining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • divvied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • eleven

    noun — A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

    numeral — The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

    noun — A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

    noun — Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.

    noun — A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • endive

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • enliven

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • enlivened

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • enlivening

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  • envied

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • even

    noun — (diminutive) An even number.

    verb — To make flat and level.

    adjective — Flat and level.

    adverb — Exactly, just, fully.

    noun — Evening.

    verb — To equal.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • evened

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • evening

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • evil

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • give

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • given

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • giving

    verb — (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

    noun — The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

    adjective — Having the tendency to give; generous

    verb — (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

    verb — To yield slightly when a force is applied.

    verb — To collapse under pressure or force.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • inveigle

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  • inveigled

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  • inveigling

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  • ivied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • levee

    noun — An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

    verb — To keep within a channel by means of levees.

    noun — The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

    verb — To attend the levee or levees of.

    noun — The steep bank of a river.

    noun — The border of an irrigated field.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • level

    noun — A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.

    verb — To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

    adjective — The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

    noun — A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

    noun — Degree or amount.

    noun — Achievement or qualification.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • leveled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • leveling

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  • levied

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • live

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lived

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • liven

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • livened

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • livening

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  • livid

    adjective — Having a dark, bluish appearance.

    adjective — Pale, pallid.

    adjective — So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • living

    verb — To be alive; to have life.

    noun — The state of being alive.

    adjective — Having life.

    verb — To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

    verb — To survive; to persevere; to continue.

    verb — To cope.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vegged

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • veggie

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vegging

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • veil

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • veiled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • veiling

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  • vein

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • veined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veining

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • veld

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • vend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vended

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vending

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • vigil

    noun — An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

    noun — A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.

    noun — The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

    noun — A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vile

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • vine

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • vivid

    noun — A felt-tipped permanent marker.

    adjective — (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

    adjective — (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

    adjective — Full of life, strikingly alive.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×9
  • di×11
  • el×1
  • en×5
  • ev×4
  • gi×3
  • in×3
  • iv×1
  • le×5
  • li×7
  • ve×13
  • vi×5

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
d 135551· 20
e 2·42·11 10
g 111···· 3
i ·1··111 4
l 15222·· 12
v 7254··· 18
Σ 12121713832 67

The numbers

Genius today takes 277 points of 397 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.

Total points vs. all 425 recorded puzzles
99th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
94th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers

412 today34.4% all-time512 today23.0% all-time617 today20.0% all-time713 today12.1% all-time88 today6.3% all-time93 today2.6% all-time102 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 Thursday, June 25, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
e Saturday, June 27, 2026 Thursday, June 11, 2026
g Friday, June 26, 2026 Sunday, June 21, 2026
i Saturday, June 27, 2026 Thursday, June 25, 2026
l Saturday, June 27, 2026 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
n Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Friday, June 12, 2026
v ● Sunday, June 21, 2026 Wednesday, April 29, 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.