The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

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Friday, October 10, 2025

Words
31
Points
84
Genius
58
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ee×1
  • il×1
  • ke×3
  • ki×1
  • le×1
  • li×5
  • lu×2
  • pe×1
  • pi×3
  • pl×1
  • pu×8
  • uk×1
  • ye×2
  • yu×1

Words by first letter and length

45679Σ
e 1···· 1
i 1···· 1
k 3·1·· 4
l 611·· 8
p 822·1 13
u ···1· 1
y 3···· 3
Σ 223411 31

The numbers

Genius today takes 58 points of 84 available. The average answer runs 4.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 383 recorded puzzles
3rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
17th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17359 recorded answers

422 today34.7% all-time53 today22.8% all-time64 today19.9% all-time71 today12.1% all-time86.3% 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
e Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
i Thursday, October 9, 2025 Tuesday, September 30, 2025
k Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Friday, August 29, 2025
l ● Thursday, October 9, 2025 Monday, October 6, 2025
p Thursday, October 9, 2025 Monday, September 29, 2025
u Thursday, October 9, 2025 Thursday, September 25, 2025
y Tuesday, October 7, 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. lull 20
  24. lulu 20
  25. lilt 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.