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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GHLMORA

Friday, September 26, 2025

Words
53
Points
196
Genius
137
Pangram
1

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  • aargh

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • agar

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • agog

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • agora

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • alarm

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • alga

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • algal

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • aloha

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • amalgam

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ammo

    noun — Ammunition.

    verb — To load up on ammunition.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • amoral

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • armor

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • aroma

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • gaga

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • gala

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • gall

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • gamma

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • glam

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • glamor

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  • goal

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gram

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • gramma

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • grammar

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • halal

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • hall

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • halo

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • haram

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  • harm

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  • hoar

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  • hologram

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  • hoorah

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  • hora

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  • lama

    noun — A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

    noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • largo

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  • llama

    noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • loam

    noun — A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

    verb — To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

    adjective — Made of loam; consisting of loam.

    noun — A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • logogram

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  • magma

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • mall

    noun — A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

    verb — To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise

    noun — An enclosed shopping centre.

    noun — An alley where the game of pall mall was played.

    noun — A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.

    noun — A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mama

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mamma

    noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)

    noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

    noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

    Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.

  • mammal

    noun — An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.

    noun — A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • mammogram

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  • marm

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • molar

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • momma

    noun — Mother

    noun — A voluptuous woman.

    noun — One's wife or girlfriend.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • moola

    noun — Money, cash.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • moolah

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  • moral

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • oral

    adjective — Spoken rather than written.

    adjective — Relating to the mouth.

    noun — Oral sex.

    noun — A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

    noun — A physical examination of the mouth.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • raga

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • roam

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • roar

    noun — A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

    verb — To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

    verb — To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

    noun — A loud resounding noise.

    verb — Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

    verb — Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • aa×1
  • ag×3
  • al×4
  • am×3
  • ar×2
  • ga×4
  • gl×2
  • go×1
  • gr×3
  • ha×5
  • ho×4
  • la×2
  • ll×1
  • lo×2
  • ma×7
  • mo×5
  • or×1
  • ra×1
  • ro×2

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 4711·· 13
g 6121·· 10
h 521·1· 9
l 22··1· 5
m 362··1 12
o 1····· 1
r 3····· 3
Σ 24186221 53

The numbers

Genius today takes 137 points of 196 available. The average answer runs 4.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
45th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
67th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

424 today34.6% all-time518 today22.8% all-time66 today19.9% all-time72 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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 ● Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Saturday, September 20, 2025
g Thursday, September 25, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Monday, September 22, 2025 Tuesday, July 22, 2025
l Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Wednesday, August 27, 2025
m Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Wednesday, September 24, 2025
o Thursday, September 25, 2025 Sunday, September 14, 2025
r Thursday, September 25, 2025 Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  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. 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.