The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ANORTUG

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Words
55
Points
250
Genius
175
Pangrams
3

Official answers

Show the 55 answersHide answers

Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ag×3
  • an×1
  • ar×4
  • au×1
  • ga×5
  • gn×1
  • go×7
  • gr×9
  • gu×4
  • no×2
  • or×3
  • ou×2
  • ra×5
  • ro×1
  • ru×1
  • ta×3
  • to×2
  • un×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 241·2·· 9
g 111021·11 26
n ··11··· 2
o ·31··1· 5
r 4·3···· 7
t 31··1·· 5
u ·1····· 1
Σ 201982321 55

The numbers

Genius today takes 175 points of 250 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
69th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
71st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

420 today34.5% all-time519 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time72 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time92 today2.5% 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 Monday, September 1, 2025 Saturday, August 30, 2025
g ● Saturday, August 30, 2025 Sunday, August 10, 2025
n Monday, September 1, 2025 Friday, August 15, 2025
o Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Tuesday, August 19, 2025
r Sunday, August 31, 2025 Saturday, August 16, 2025
t Monday, September 1, 2025 Monday, August 25, 2025
u Sunday, August 31, 2025 Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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.