The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

HORTUWG

Monday, April 13, 2026

Words
24
Points
140
Genius
98
Pangrams
2

Official answers

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Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • go×2
  • gr×5
  • gu×1
  • ou×5
  • ro×2
  • th×6
  • to×1
  • tr×1
  • wr×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
g 512···· 8
o ·2·1·11 5
r ·11···· 2
t 11221·1 8
w ···1··· 1
Σ 6554112 24

The numbers

Genius today takes 98 points of 140 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
20th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
5th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

46 today34.5% all-time55 today22.8% all-time65 today20.0% all-time74 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% all-time102 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
g ● Saturday, April 11, 2026 Tuesday, April 7, 2026
h Sunday, April 12, 2026 Monday, April 6, 2026
o Sunday, April 12, 2026 Thursday, April 2, 2026
r Saturday, April 4, 2026 Wednesday, March 18, 2026
t Saturday, April 11, 2026 Wednesday, April 8, 2026
u Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Monday, March 23, 2026
w Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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.