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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

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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 378 recorded puzzles
99th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
95th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

412 today34.5% all-time512 today22.8% all-time617 today20.0% all-time713 today12.1% all-time88 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% 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 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.