The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

AGINRWP

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Words
45
Points
244
Genius
170
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

warping is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ap×2
  • ga×3
  • gr×4
  • na×1
  • ni×1
  • pa×16
  • pi×7
  • pr×2
  • ra×2
  • ri×2
  • wa×2
  • wi×1
  • wr×2

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
a ·2··· 2
g 2·221 7
n ···2· 2
p 7387· 25
r ··121 4
w 2·111 5
Σ 11512143 45

The numbers

Genius today takes 170 points of 244 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
67th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
47th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

411 today34.5% all-time55 today22.8% all-time612 today20.0% all-time714 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time92.5% 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
a Sunday, December 21, 2025 Friday, December 12, 2025
g Saturday, December 20, 2025 Saturday, December 20, 2025
i Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Tuesday, December 23, 2025
n Monday, December 22, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025
p ● Friday, December 19, 2025 Wednesday, December 17, 2025
r Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Sunday, November 16, 2025
w Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Friday, October 31, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 41
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 28
  5. toot 27
  6. loll 27
  7. mama 24
  8. mamma 24
  9. cocoon 23
  10. nene 23
  11. acacia 22
  12. acai 22
  13. bill 22
  14. loon 22
  15. aria 21
  16. onto 21
  17. toon 21
  18. cancan 21
  19. canna 21
  20. neon 21
  21. none 21
  22. olio 21
  23. anon 20
  24. lull 19
  25. lulu 19

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.