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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

GHNORUL

Friday, January 30, 2026

Words
20
Points
66
Genius
46
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • ghoul

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  • glug

    noun — The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.

    verb — To flow in noisy bursts.

    noun — The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard.

    verb — To quickly swallow liquid.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • googol

    numeral — The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • gull

    noun — A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.

    noun — A cheating trick; a fraud.

    verb — To deceive or cheat.

    noun — Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.

    noun — One easily cheated; a dupe.

    noun — (Oxford University slang) A swindler or trickster.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • hourlong

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  • hull

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • hurl

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  • logo

    noun — A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.

    noun — (by extension) An audio recording for the same purpose; a jingle.

    noun — A single graphic which contains one or more separate elements.

    noun — An ensign, a badge of office, rank, or power.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • logroll

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • loll

    verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.

    verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.

    verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

    Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.

  • long

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • longhorn

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  • loon

    noun — An idler, a lout.

    noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

    noun — A boy, a lad.

    noun — A harlot; mistress.

    noun — A simpleton.

    noun — A crazy or deranged person.

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • lull

    noun — A period of rest or soothing.

    verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

    noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite

    noun — A period without waves or wind.

    noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.

    verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • lulu

    noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.

    noun — A very attractive or alluring person.

    noun — A very bad mistake or error.

    noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • lung

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • null

    noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

    verb — To nullify; to annul.

    adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"

    noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.

    noun — Something that has no force or meaning.

    noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • oolong

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • roll

    noun — The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

    verb — To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.

    noun — That which is rolled up.

    noun — A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.

    noun — Something which rolls.

    noun — A swagger or rolling gait.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • unroll

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • gh×1
  • gl×1
  • go×1
  • gu×1
  • ho×1
  • hu×2
  • lo×6
  • lu×3
  • nu×1
  • oo×1
  • ro×1
  • un×1

Words by first letter and length

45678Σ
g 211·· 4
h 2···1 3
l 7··11 9
n 1···· 1
o ··1·· 1
r 1···· 1
u ··1·· 1
Σ 131312 20

The numbers

Genius today takes 46 points of 66 available. The average answer runs 4.9 letters.

Total points vs. all 428 recorded puzzles
0th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
1st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19319 recorded answers

413 today34.4% all-time51 today22.9% all-time63 today20.0% all-time71 today12.1% all-time82 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time101.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
g Thursday, January 29, 2026 Thursday, January 22, 2026
h Thursday, January 29, 2026 Friday, January 9, 2026
l ● Thursday, January 29, 2026 Wednesday, January 28, 2026
n Tuesday, January 27, 2026 Friday, January 2, 2026
o Thursday, January 29, 2026 Wednesday, January 21, 2026
r Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Saturday, January 10, 2026
u Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Saturday, December 27, 2025

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 30
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 26
  10. acacia 25
  11. acai 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.