The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GINOPRD

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Words
49
Points
255
Genius
178
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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Words by first two letters

  • di×7
  • do×10
  • dr×8
  • gi×2
  • go×1
  • gr×4
  • in×2
  • no×1
  • od×1
  • op×1
  • pi×1
  • po×1
  • pr×3
  • ri×5
  • ro×2

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
d 76273 25
g 31·12 7
i ··2·· 2
n ···1· 1
o 1·1·· 2
p 2·111 5
r 2212· 7
Σ 1597126 49

The numbers

Genius today takes 178 points of 255 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
71st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
55th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

415 today34.5% all-time59 today22.8% all-time67 today20.0% all-time712 today12.1% all-time86 today6.3% all-time92.5% 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
d ● Saturday, September 6, 2025 Monday, August 11, 2025
g Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Monday, September 1, 2025 Monday, August 18, 2025
n Friday, September 5, 2025 Friday, August 15, 2025
o Saturday, September 6, 2025 Thursday, September 4, 2025
p Saturday, September 6, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
r Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Saturday, August 16, 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.