The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

CGHINUO

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Words
40
Points
234
Genius
163
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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Words by first two letters

  • ch×2
  • co×14
  • gn×1
  • go×5
  • hi×2
  • ho×4
  • ic×2
  • io×1
  • no×4
  • nu×1
  • on×2
  • ou×1
  • un×1

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
c 262321· 16
g 21·3··· 6
h ·1211·1 6
i 111···· 3
n 2·2·1·· 5
o 11·1··· 3
u ·1····· 1
Σ 81178411 40

The numbers

Genius today takes 163 points of 234 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 381 recorded puzzles
63rd percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
38th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers

48 today34.6% all-time511 today22.8% all-time67 today19.9% all-time78 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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 Thursday, November 27, 2025 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
g Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
h Saturday, November 29, 2025 Monday, October 20, 2025
i Saturday, November 29, 2025 Saturday, November 29, 2025
n Saturday, November 29, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
o ● Friday, November 28, 2025 Monday, November 24, 2025
u Saturday, November 22, 2025 Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 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.