The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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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 387 recorded puzzles
44th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
24th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17524 recorded answers

411 today34.6% all-time54 today22.8% all-time68 today19.9% all-time76 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% 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 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.