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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DELNYZA

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Words
69
Points
308
Genius
215
Pangram
1

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  • added

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • addend

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • addenda

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • addle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • addled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • adze

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  • allay

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • allayed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • allele

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • alley

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ally

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • anal

    adjective — Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

    adjective — Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.

    adjective — Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

    noun — Anal sex.

    noun — Any of the anal scales of a reptile.

    adjective — (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • anally

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • analyze

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  • analyzed

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  • annal

    noun — The record of a single event or item.

    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • anneal

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • annealed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • azalea

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • daddy

    noun — (usually childish) Father.

    verb — To father; to sire.

    noun — A male lover.

    noun — An informal term of address for a man.

    noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • dale

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dally

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • dandle

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dandled

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dandy

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • daze

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  • dazed

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  • dazedly

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  • dazzle

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  • dazzled

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  • dead

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • deaden

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deadened

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deadeye

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • deadly

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deal

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dean

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • delay

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • delayed

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dyad

    noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

    noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.

    noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.

    noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

    noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.

    noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • elan

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • eland

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • ennead

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • lade

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • laded

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • laden

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • ladle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ladled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lady

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • land

    noun — The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.

    noun — Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.

    noun — A country or region.

    verb — To descend to a surface, especially from the air.

    verb — To acquire; to secure.

    adjective — Of or relating to land.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • landed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • landlady

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lane

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • laze

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • lazed

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  • lazy

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  • lead

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • leaded

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • leaden

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leadenly

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  • lean

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • leaned

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • leanly

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • naan

    noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

    Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

  • nada

    pronoun — Nothing.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • nana

    noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

    noun — A banana

    noun — A fool

    noun — A nanny

    Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

  • nanny

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • zany

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  • zeal

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×6
  • al×5
  • an×7
  • az×1
  • da×11
  • de×9
  • dy×1
  • el×2
  • en×1
  • la×13
  • le×7
  • na×4
  • za×1
  • ze×1

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a 35632 19
d 65451 21
e 111·· 3
l 846·2 20
n 31··· 4
z 2···· 2
Σ 23161785 69

The numbers

Genius today takes 215 points of 308 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 382 recorded puzzles
89th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
96th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers

423 today34.6% all-time516 today22.8% all-time617 today19.9% all-time78 today12.1% all-time85 today6.3% all-time92.6% 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
a ● Thursday, September 18, 2025 Monday, September 8, 2025
d Monday, September 15, 2025 Sunday, September 7, 2025
e Friday, September 19, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
l Friday, September 19, 2025 Wednesday, August 27, 2025
n Thursday, September 18, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
y Wednesday, September 10, 2025 first recorded time
z Saturday, August 30, 2025 first recorded time

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.