The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Words
52
Points
266
Genius
186
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

choking, hocking are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ch×5
  • co×16
  • gi×1
  • gn×1
  • go×4
  • ho×10
  • ic×2
  • io×1
  • kn×2
  • ko×1
  • no×5
  • oi×2
  • on×2

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
c 552711 21
g 2112·· 6
h 3124·· 10
i 111··· 3
k 11··1· 3
n 3·11·· 5
o 11·2·· 4
Σ 161071621 52

The numbers

Genius today takes 186 points of 266 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 381 recorded puzzles
75th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
65th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers

416 today34.6% all-time510 today22.8% all-time67 today19.9% all-time716 today12.1% all-time82 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 Friday, August 1, 2025 Wednesday, July 30, 2025
g Monday, August 4, 2025 first recorded time
h Friday, August 1, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
i Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Friday, July 18, 2025
k Tuesday, August 5, 2025 first recorded time
n Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Tuesday, August 5, 2025
o ● Sunday, August 3, 2025 Friday, July 11, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 21
  23. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. tilt 20

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.