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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GINTUYE

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Words
47
Points
236
Genius
165
Pangram
1

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  • egging

    verb — To throw eggs at.

    verb — To encourage, incite.

    noun — The act of pelting with eggs.

    verb — To dip in or coat with beaten egg.

    verb — To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • eggy

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • engine

    noun — A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

    verb — To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

    noun — A tool; a utensil or implement.

    noun — A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

    noun — A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.

    noun — The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • ennui

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • entente

    noun — An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • entity

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  • eyeing

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  • eying

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  • gene

    noun — A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

    noun — A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • genie

    noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

    noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • genii

    noun — Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

    noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.

    noun — Extraordinary mental capacity.

    noun — Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.

    noun — The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

    noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • gent

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • genuine

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  • getting

    verb — (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

    noun — The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

    verb — To receive.

    verb — (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

    verb — To fetch, bring, take.

    verb — To become, or cause oneself to become.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • gigue

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ignite

    verb — To set fire to (something), to light (something)

    verb — To spark off (something), to trigger

    verb — To commence burning.

    verb — To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • ingenue

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  • ingenuity

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  • innie

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • intent

    noun — A purpose; something that is intended.

    adjective — Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.

    noun — The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.

    adjective — Engrossed.

    adjective — Unwavering from a course of action.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • nene

    noun — The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

    Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.

  • netting

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • netty

    adjective — Neat, well-groomed, natty.

    adjective — Netted: made of or employing a net.

    noun — An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

    adjective — Netlike.

    noun — Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • nine

    noun — The digit or figure 9.

    numeral — A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

    noun — A playing card with nine pips.

    noun — A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.

    noun — (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).

    noun — A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • nineteen

    numeral — The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • ninety

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  • nite

    noun — The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

    noun — (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

    noun — (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.

    noun — An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

    noun — A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

    noun — Nightfall.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • nugget

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • teeing

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • teen

    noun — A teenager.

    adjective — Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

    noun — Grief; sorrow; trouble.

    verb — To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

    verb — (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

    noun — Vexation; anger; hate.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • teeny

    adjective — Very small; tiny.

    adjective — Fretful; peevish; cross

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tenet

    noun — An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • tent

    noun — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    verb — To go camping.

    noun — Attention; regard, care.

    verb — To attend to; to heed

    noun — A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

    verb — (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • tenting

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tenuity

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  • tine

    noun — A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

    adjective — Small, diminutive

    noun — Trouble; distress; teen.

    verb — To kindle; to set on fire.

    verb — To shut in, or enclose.

    noun — A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • tinge

    noun — A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

    verb — To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

    noun — The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

    verb — To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.

    verb — To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tingeing

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tune

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tutee

    noun — A student of a tutor.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • unguent

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • unite

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • untie

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • untune

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • yenning

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  • yente

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • yeti

    noun — An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • eg×2
  • en×4
  • ey×2
  • ge×6
  • gi×1
  • ig×1
  • in×4
  • ne×3
  • ni×4
  • nu×1
  • te×7
  • ti×3
  • tu×2
  • un×4
  • ye×3

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
e 1241·· 8
g 23·2·· 7
i ·121·1 5
n 31211· 8
t 44121· 12
u ·211·· 4
y 11·1·· 3
Σ 111410921 47

The numbers

Genius today takes 165 points of 236 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 429 recorded puzzles
65th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
53rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19363 recorded answers

411 today34.5% all-time514 today23.0% all-time610 today20.0% all-time79 today12.0% 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
e ● Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Friday, September 19, 2025
g Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Wednesday, November 12, 2025
n Monday, November 17, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
t Sunday, November 16, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025
u Monday, November 17, 2025 Tuesday, November 4, 2025
y Tuesday, November 11, 2025 Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 35
  3. nana 35
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 26
  10. acacia 25
  11. acai 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 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.