The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ACIORTP

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Words
69
Points
345
Genius
241
Pangrams
3

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ai×1
  • ap×3
  • at×1
  • ca×8
  • co×3
  • cr×2
  • oc×1
  • op×1
  • pa×10
  • pi×7
  • po×7
  • pr×7
  • ra×4
  • ta×5
  • ti×2
  • to×3
  • tr×4

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 11·3··· 5
c 5312·2· 13
o ·11···· 2
p 11528221 31
r 1·12··· 4
t 5333··· 14
Σ 2313818241 69

The numbers

Genius today takes 241 points of 345 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 384 recorded puzzles
94th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
96th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17432 recorded answers

423 today34.6% all-time513 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time718 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time94 today2.6% all-time101 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 Thursday, January 22, 2026 Tuesday, January 20, 2026
c Saturday, January 24, 2026 Sunday, January 18, 2026
i Saturday, January 24, 2026 Thursday, January 15, 2026
o Friday, January 23, 2026 Wednesday, January 21, 2026
p ● Saturday, January 17, 2026 Sunday, January 11, 2026
r Monday, January 19, 2026 Saturday, January 10, 2026
t Saturday, January 24, 2026 Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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. acacia 23
  11. acai 23
  12. loon 23
  13. nene 23
  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. lull 20
  24. lulu 20
  25. lilt 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.