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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AEHLNTI

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Words
69
Points
315
Genius
220
Pangram
1

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  • alien

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  • alienate

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  • alit

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • annihilate

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  • anthill

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  • anti

    adjective — Opposed to something.

    noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.

    preposition — Alternative form of anti-

    adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • atilt

    adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.

    adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.

    preposition — Diagonally over or across.

    adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • attain

    verb — To gain (an object or desired result).

    verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

    verb — To reach in excellence or degree.

    verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

    verb — To get at the knowledge of.

    verb — To reach a person after being behind them.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • elite

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • entail

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  • entitle

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • hail

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • halite

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  • heinie

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • hiatal

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  • hill

    noun — An elevated location smaller than a mountain.

    verb — To form into a heap or mound.

    noun — A sloping road.

    noun — A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

    noun — A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.

    noun — The pitcher’s mound.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • hilt

    noun — The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

    verb — To provide with a hilt.

    noun — The base of the penis.

    verb — To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • hint

    noun — A clue.

    verb — To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

    noun — A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

    noun — A small, barely detectable amount of.

    noun — Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

    noun — An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • inane

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • inhalant

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  • inhale

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  • initial

    adjective — Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.

    noun — In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.

    noun — The first letter of a word or a name.

    verb — To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

    noun — A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

    adjective — Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.

    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • initiate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • inlet

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • innate

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • innie

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • intel

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • intent

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lain

    verb — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

    verb — To be placed or situated.

    verb — To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

    verb — Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

    verb — Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

    verb — Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • lanai

    noun — (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • lenient

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lentil

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lien

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lilt

    noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.

    noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

    noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

    verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.

    verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

    verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • line

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • lineal

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  • linen

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • linnet

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lint

    noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

    verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

    noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

    noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.

    noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • lintel

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • lite

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • lithe

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • little

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nail

    noun — The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

    noun — A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.

    verb — To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

    verb — To drive a nail.

    verb — To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.

    verb — To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • nine

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    Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.

  • nineteen

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • nineteenth

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  • ninetieth

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  • ninth

    noun — The person or thing in the ninth position.

    verb — To lose a ninth

    adjective — The ordinal form of the number nine.

    noun — One of nine equal parts of a whole.

    noun — The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).

    verb — To divide by nine

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • nite

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tahini

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • tail

    noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.

    noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.

    noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.

    noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.

    verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.

    noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • taint

    verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

    noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

    noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

    verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.

    noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation

    noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • tali

    noun — The bone of the ankle.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tallit

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    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • tannin

    noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • thin

    noun — A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

    verb — To make thin or thinner.

    adjective — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

    adverb — Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

    noun — Any food produced or served in thin slices.

    verb — To become thin or thinner.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • thine

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  • tile

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • till

    preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

    conjunction — Until, until the time that.

    noun — A cash register.

    noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

    noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

    verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • tilt

    verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.

    verb — To be at an angle.

    noun — A slope or inclination.

    noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

    verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).

    noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • tilth

    noun — Agricultural labour; husbandry.

    noun — The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.

    noun — Rich cultivated soil.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tine

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tint

    verb — To shade, to color.

    noun — A slight coloring.

    noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

    noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

    noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • titan

    noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • tithe

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • titillate

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • title

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tittle

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • al×3
  • an×3
  • at×2
  • el×1
  • en×2
  • ha×2
  • he×1
  • hi×4
  • in×10
  • la×2
  • le×2
  • li×11
  • na×1
  • ni×6
  • ta×6
  • th×2
  • ti×11

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 22111·1 8
e ·111··· 3
h 4·3···· 7
i ·4312·· 10
l 6351··· 15
n 31··111 7
t 864··1· 19
Σ 2317174422 69

The numbers

Genius today takes 220 points of 315 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 386 recorded puzzles
90th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
96th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17499 recorded answers

423 today34.6% all-time517 today22.8% all-time617 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time84 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
a Friday, November 28, 2025 Friday, November 28, 2025
e Thursday, November 27, 2025 Tuesday, November 25, 2025
h Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
i ● Friday, November 28, 2025 Wednesday, November 26, 2025
l Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Sunday, November 23, 2025
n Friday, November 28, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
t Thursday, November 27, 2025 Friday, November 7, 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.