The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACINRTF

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Words
34
Points
193
Genius
135
Pangrams
4

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

frantic, infarct, infract are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • af×3
  • ai×1
  • an×2
  • ar×1
  • ca×1
  • cr×1
  • fa×7
  • fi×1
  • fr×5
  • in×3
  • na×1
  • ra×2
  • ri×3
  • ta×1
  • ti×1
  • tr×1

Words by first letter and length

4567812Σ
a 1·2121 7
c ·11··· 2
f 53221· 13
i ··12·· 3
n 1····· 1
r 3·1·1· 5
t 1·11·· 3
Σ 1148641 34

The numbers

Genius today takes 135 points of 193 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 431 recorded puzzles
44th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
23rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19454 recorded answers

411 today34.5% all-time54 today22.9% all-time68 today20.0% all-time76 today12.0% all-time84 today6.2% all-time92.6% all-time101.2% all-time110.3% all-time121 today0.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Saturday, September 20, 2025 Saturday, September 20, 2025
c Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
f ● Tuesday, September 16, 2025 first recorded time
i Friday, September 19, 2025 Friday, September 12, 2025
n Saturday, September 20, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
r Thursday, September 18, 2025 Wednesday, September 10, 2025
t Thursday, September 18, 2025 Monday, August 25, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 35
  3. nana 35
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 26
  10. acacia 25
  11. acai 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.