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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 378 recorded puzzles
38th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
29th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

411 today34.5% all-time511 today22.8% all-time65 today20.0% all-time74 today12.1% all-time85 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% 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 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.