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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CEGINWH

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Words
37
Points
180
Genius
125
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ch×6
  • ci×2
  • gh×1
  • he×5
  • hi×3
  • in×2
  • ne×2
  • ni×2
  • we×3
  • wh×10
  • wi×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
c 31112· 8
g 1····· 1
h 2321·· 8
i 1··1·· 2
n 12··1· 4
w 352121 14
Σ 11115451 37

The numbers

Genius today takes 125 points of 180 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 464 recorded puzzles
38th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
30th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 20967 recorded answers

411 today34.3% all-time511 today22.8% all-time65 today20.2% all-time74 today12.2% all-time85 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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
c Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Saturday, July 12, 2025
e Tuesday, July 15, 2025 first recorded time
g Monday, July 14, 2025 first recorded time
h ● Tuesday, July 15, 2025 first recorded time
i Sunday, July 13, 2025 Sunday, July 6, 2025
n Sunday, July 13, 2025 first recorded time
w Friday, July 11, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 47
  2. naan 38
  3. nana 38
  4. onion 33
  5. toot 33
  6. loll 30
  7. acacia 29
  8. acai 29
  9. mama 29
  10. mamma 29
  11. nene 28
  12. imam 26
  13. maim 26
  14. onto 26
  15. toon 26
  16. mini 26
  17. minim 26
  18. cocoon 25
  19. lilt 25
  20. till 25
  21. tilt 25
  22. mitt 25
  23. natant 25
  24. cancan 25
  25. canna 25

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.