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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AMOTUYN

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Words
46
Points
206
Genius
144
Pangram
1

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  • amount

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  • anatomy

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • annatto

    noun — A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.

    noun — The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.

    noun — An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • annoy

    noun — A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

    verb — To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

    noun — That which causes such a feeling.

    verb — To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

    verb — To molest; to harm; to injure.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • anon

    noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.

    adverb — Straight away; at once.

    adverb — Soon; in a little while.

    adverb — At another time; then; again.

    adjective — Anonymous

    noun — A work with an unknown author.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • antonym

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • antonymy

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • aunt

    noun — The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

    noun — A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

    noun — The female cousin of one’s parent.

    noun — Any elderly woman.

    noun — A procuress or bawd.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • aunty

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  • automaton

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  • autonomy

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  • autumn

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mammon

    noun — The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.

    noun — Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

    noun — Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

    noun — (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

    noun — The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

    noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

    noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • many

    noun — A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

    adjective — A large number of; numerous.

    pronoun — An indefinite large number of people or things.

    noun — A considerable number.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • moan

    noun — A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure

    verb — To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

    verb — To grieve.

    verb — To distress (someone); to sadden.

    verb — To make a moan or similar sound.

    verb — To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • mono

    noun — A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

    noun — A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

    adjective — Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.

    adjective — Monochrome.

    noun — An injective homomorphism

    noun — A monogamous person.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • mononym

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • monotony

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • moon

    proper noun — The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

    noun — (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

    verb — To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

    proper noun — The god of the Moon in Heathenry.

    proper noun — A surname.

    proper noun — The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • moony

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mount

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • mutant

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mutton

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • myna

    noun — One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • naan

    noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

    Appeared in 34 recorded puzzles.

  • nana

    noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother

    noun — A banana

    noun — A fool

    noun — A nanny

    Appeared in 34 recorded puzzles.

  • nanny

    noun — A child's nurse.

    verb — To serve as a nanny.

    noun — A grandmother.

    noun — A godmother.

    noun — A female goat.

    verb — To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • natant

    adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)

    adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • natty

    adjective — Smart and fashionable.

    adjective — Knotty.

    noun — Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.

    adjective — Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.

    noun — A national championship

    adjective — National

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • noon

    noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

    verb — To relax or sleep around midday

    noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.

    noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

    noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    noun — The highest point; culmination.

    Appeared in 45 recorded puzzles.

  • noun

    noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

    verb — To convert a word to a noun.

    noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • nutty

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • onto

    adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

    preposition — Upon; on top of.

    preposition — Aware of.

    preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • ottoman

    noun — An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc.

    noun — A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.

    noun — A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • outman

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  • tantamount

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  • taunt

    noun — A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery

    verb — To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tony

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • toon

    noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

    noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

    noun — A town.

    noun — A melody.

    noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

    noun — The wood of this tree.

    Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.

  • tuna

    noun — The edible flesh of the tuna.

    noun — Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.

    noun — The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.

    noun — The fruit of the cactus.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • unman

    verb — To castrate; to remove the manhood of.

    verb — To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

    verb — To deprive of men.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • unmount

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • unto

    preposition — Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

    conjunction — Up to the time or degree that; until.

    preposition — To, indicating an indirect object.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • yuan

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Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • am×1
  • an×6
  • au×5
  • ma×4
  • mo×7
  • mu×2
  • my×1
  • na×5
  • no×2
  • nu×1
  • on×1
  • ot×1
  • ou×1
  • ta×2
  • to×2
  • tu×1
  • un×3
  • yu×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 222321· 12
m 54311·· 14
n 431···· 8
o 1·11··· 3
t 31····1 5
u 11·1··· 3
y 1······ 1
Σ 171176311 46

The numbers

Genius today takes 144 points of 206 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 421 recorded puzzles
49th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
50th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19028 recorded answers

417 today34.4% all-time511 today23.0% all-time67 today20.0% all-time76 today12.0% all-time83 today6.2% all-time91 today2.6% all-time101 today1.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Thursday, October 23, 2025
m Saturday, November 1, 2025 Sunday, October 26, 2025
n ● Monday, November 3, 2025 Monday, November 3, 2025
o Monday, November 3, 2025 Wednesday, October 22, 2025
t Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Sunday, November 2, 2025
u Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Tuesday, November 4, 2025
y Sunday, October 26, 2025 Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 30
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. mini 24
  14. minim 24
  15. loon 24
  16. olio 24
  17. aria 23
  18. imam 23
  19. maim 23
  20. mitt 23
  21. onto 23
  22. toon 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.