The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DELNQUA

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Words
61
Points
278
Genius
194
Pangram
1

Official answers

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Words by first two letters

  • ad×5
  • al×3
  • an×7
  • aq×1
  • da×3
  • de×5
  • du×1
  • el×2
  • en×1
  • eq×2
  • la×10
  • le×5
  • lu×4
  • na×3
  • qu×2
  • ul×2
  • un×5

Words by first letter and length

456789Σ
a 24622· 16
d 5·211· 9
e 1211·· 5
l 8371·· 19
n 3····· 3
q 1···1· 2
u 111211 7
Σ 211017751 61

The numbers

Genius today takes 194 points of 278 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
79th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
85th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

421 today34.5% all-time510 today22.8% all-time617 today20.0% all-time77 today12.1% all-time85 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% 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 ● Monday, April 20, 2026 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
d Monday, April 20, 2026 Monday, January 26, 2026
e Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Saturday, March 21, 2026
l Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Monday, April 20, 2026
n Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Wednesday, April 22, 2026
q first recorded appearance first recorded time
u Sunday, April 19, 2026 Monday, March 23, 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.