The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

EGIMNZA

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Words
70
Points
336
Genius
235
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ag×4
  • ai×1
  • am×3
  • an×4
  • en×4
  • ga×14
  • im×5
  • in×1
  • ma×19
  • me×5
  • mi×1
  • na×5
  • za×1
  • zi×3

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 1641··· 12
e ·12·1·· 4
g 6233··· 14
i 12·2·1· 6
m 973321· 25
n 3·11··· 5
z ··21··1 4
Σ 20181511321 70

The numbers

Genius today takes 235 points of 336 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
93rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
98th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

420 today34.6% all-time518 today22.8% all-time615 today19.9% all-time711 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time92 today2.6% all-time101 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
a ● Thursday, August 28, 2025 Saturday, July 19, 2025
e Friday, August 29, 2025 Sunday, August 3, 2025
g Monday, August 25, 2025 Sunday, August 10, 2025
i Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Monday, August 18, 2025
m Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Tuesday, August 26, 2025
n Friday, August 29, 2025 Friday, August 15, 2025
z Tuesday, August 19, 2025 first recorded time

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  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. 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.