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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CGILTXO

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Words
26
Points
83
Genius
58
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • clog

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • clot

    noun — A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.

    verb — To form a clot or mass.

    noun — A solidified mass of any liquid.

    noun — A silly person.

    verb — To cause to clot or form into a mass.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • cocci

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • coil

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • colic

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • colt

    noun — A young male horse.

    verb — To horse; to get with young.

    noun — A young crane (bird).

    noun — A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

    noun — A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.

    noun — A young camel or donkey.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • cool

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • coot

    noun — Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

    noun — A foolish or eccentric fellow

    noun — (with the) A success; something excellent.

    noun — Body louse (Pediculus humanus).

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • gigolo

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • googol

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • igloo

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • illogic

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • loci

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    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • loco

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • logic

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • logo

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • loll

    verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.

    verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.

    verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

    Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.

  • loot

    noun — A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

    noun — The act of plundering.

    verb — To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.

    noun — Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.

    noun — Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents

    noun — Items dropped by defeated enemies.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • lotto

    noun — A game of chance similar to bingo

    noun — A lottery

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • olio

    noun — A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.

    noun — A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.

    noun — A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.

    noun — (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • toil

    noun — Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.

    verb — To labour; work.

    noun — Trouble, strife.

    noun — (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.

    verb — To struggle.

    verb — To work (something); often with out.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • toll

    noun — Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

    verb — To impose a fee for the use of.

    noun — The act or sound of tolling

    verb — To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

    verb — To draw; pull; tug; drag.

    verb — To take away; to vacate; to annul.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • tool

    noun — A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

    verb — To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

    noun — Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

    noun — Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

    noun — A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

    noun — A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • toot

    noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.

    verb — To stand out, or be prominent.

    noun — A toilet.

    noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.

    noun — Cocaine.

    noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.

    Appeared in 28 recorded puzzles.

  • toxic

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • toxicologic

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • cl×2
  • co×6
  • gi×1
  • go×1
  • ig×1
  • il×1
  • lo×7
  • ol×1
  • to×6

Words by first letter and length

456711Σ
c 62··· 8
g ··2·· 2
i ·1·1· 2
l 52··· 7
o 1···· 1
t 41··1 6
Σ 166211 26

The numbers

Genius today takes 58 points of 83 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 380 recorded puzzles
2nd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
6th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers

416 today34.6% all-time56 today22.8% all-time62 today19.9% all-time71 today12.1% all-time86.3% all-time92.6% all-time101.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
c Saturday, October 18, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
g Monday, October 20, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Monday, October 20, 2025 Tuesday, September 30, 2025
l Saturday, October 18, 2025 Friday, October 17, 2025
o ● Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Saturday, October 18, 2025
t Sunday, October 19, 2025 Sunday, October 19, 2025
x Thursday, October 16, 2025 first recorded time

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.