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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GINTUWO

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Words
56
Points
284
Genius
198
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • go×8
  • ig×1
  • in×4
  • no×6
  • on×3
  • ou×7
  • ow×2
  • to×13
  • tu×1
  • un×3
  • wi×3
  • wo×5

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
g 41·3··· 8
i 11··21· 5
n 2·3·1·· 6
o 13411·2 12
t 5·351·· 14
u 12····· 3
w 3·4··1· 8
Σ 177149522 56

The numbers

Genius today takes 198 points of 284 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 386 recorded puzzles
81st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
74th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17499 recorded answers

417 today34.6% all-time57 today22.8% all-time614 today19.9% all-time79 today12.1% all-time85 today6.3% all-time92 today2.6% all-time102 today1.2% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
g Friday, November 21, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
i Thursday, November 20, 2025 Wednesday, November 12, 2025
n Friday, November 21, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
o ● Friday, November 21, 2025 Thursday, November 13, 2025
t Thursday, November 20, 2025 Friday, November 7, 2025
u Thursday, November 20, 2025 Tuesday, November 4, 2025
w Thursday, November 6, 2025 Friday, October 31, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. onion 30
  3. naan 30
  4. nana 30
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  14. olio 23
  15. bill 22
  16. neon 22
  17. none 22
  18. lilt 21
  19. till 21
  20. tilt 21
  21. aria 21
  22. onto 21
  23. toon 21
  24. cancan 21
  25. canna 21

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.