The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GINOPRU

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Words
37
Points
222
Genius
155
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

pouring is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • go×1
  • gr×2
  • gu×2
  • in×3
  • no×2
  • op×2
  • pi×1
  • po×3
  • pr×2
  • pu×4
  • ro×1
  • ru×5
  • un×6
  • up×2
  • ur×1

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
g 11·21· 5
i ·1·11· 3
n 1···1· 2
o ··1··1 2
p 2116·· 10
r 21·3·· 6
u 1321·2 9
Σ 7741333 37

The numbers

Genius today takes 155 points of 222 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
56th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
29th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

47 today34.5% all-time57 today22.8% all-time64 today20.0% all-time713 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time93 today2.5% 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
g Monday, September 22, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Friday, September 12, 2025
n Monday, September 22, 2025 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
o Monday, September 22, 2025 Sunday, September 14, 2025
p Friday, September 19, 2025 Saturday, August 2, 2025
r Sunday, September 21, 2025 Wednesday, September 10, 2025
u ● Wednesday, September 24, 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.