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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEILNYV

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Words
57
Points
285
Genius
199
Pangram
1

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  • delve

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • delved

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • devein

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • deveined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • devil

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • deviled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • dive

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dived

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • divide

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • divided

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • dividend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • divine

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • divined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • divinely

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  • divvied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • divvy

    noun — A dividend; a share or portion.

    verb — To divide into portions.

    noun — A foolish person.

    adjective — Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • eleven

    noun — A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.

    numeral — The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

    noun — A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.

    noun — Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.

    noun — A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • endive

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • enliven

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • enlivened

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • envied

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • envy

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • even

    noun — (diminutive) An even number.

    verb — To make flat and level.

    adjective — Flat and level.

    adverb — Exactly, just, fully.

    noun — Evening.

    verb — To equal.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • evened

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • evenly

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • evil

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • evilly

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ivied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • levee

    noun — An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

    verb — To keep within a channel by means of levees.

    noun — The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

    verb — To attend the levee or levees of.

    noun — The steep bank of a river.

    noun — The border of an irrigated field.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • level

    noun — A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.

    verb — To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.

    adjective — The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.

    noun — A distance relative to a given reference elevation.

    noun — Degree or amount.

    noun — Achievement or qualification.

    Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.

  • leveled

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • levelly

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • levied

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • levy

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • live

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • lived

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • lively

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • liven

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • livened

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • livid

    adjective — Having a dark, bluish appearance.

    adjective — Pale, pallid.

    adjective — So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • lividly

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veil

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • veiled

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vein

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • veined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • veiny

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • veld

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • vend

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vended

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vied

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • vile

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • vilely

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • vine

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • viny

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vinyl

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • vivid

    noun — A felt-tipped permanent marker.

    adjective — (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

    adjective — (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

    adjective — Full of life, strikingly alive.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • vividly

    adverb — In a vivid manner.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×6
  • di×10
  • el×1
  • en×5
  • ev×5
  • iv×1
  • le×6
  • li×7
  • ve×8
  • vi×8

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
d 14443· 16
e 3·61·1 11
i ·1···· 1
l 2524·· 13
v 8341·· 16
Σ 1413161031 57

The numbers

Genius today takes 199 points of 285 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.

Total points vs. all 425 recorded puzzles
81st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
78th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers

414 today34.4% all-time513 today23.0% all-time616 today20.0% all-time710 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time91 today2.6% 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
d Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Monday, January 26, 2026
e Monday, February 2, 2026 Saturday, January 24, 2026
i Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Tuesday, January 27, 2026
l Sunday, February 1, 2026 Friday, January 30, 2026
n Monday, February 2, 2026 Friday, January 2, 2026
v ● Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Friday, December 19, 2025
y Monday, February 2, 2026 Saturday, January 17, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. onion 31
  5. toot 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. acacia 25
  10. acai 25
  11. nene 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. mini 24
  14. minim 24
  15. loon 24
  16. olio 24
  17. aria 23
  18. imam 23
  19. maim 23
  20. mitt 23
  21. onto 23
  22. toon 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.