The Unofficial Hive

NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DGHILOC

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Words
25
Points
113
Genius
79
Pangram
1

Official answers

Show the 25 answersHide answers

Pangram highlighted. Click a word for its definition.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ch×7
  • ci×1
  • cl×2
  • co×8
  • go×1
  • ho×1
  • il×1
  • lo×4

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
c 7513·11 18
g ····1·· 1
h ·1····· 1
i ···1··· 1
l 31····· 4
Σ 10714111 25

The numbers

Genius today takes 79 points of 113 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
9th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
6th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

410 today34.5% all-time57 today22.8% all-time61 today20.0% all-time74 today12.1% all-time81 today6.3% all-time91 today2.5% 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
c ● Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Tuesday, May 12, 2026
d Saturday, May 23, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
g Thursday, May 28, 2026 Thursday, May 21, 2026
h Friday, May 22, 2026 Monday, April 6, 2026
i Saturday, May 30, 2026 Thursday, May 14, 2026
l Saturday, May 30, 2026 Sunday, May 17, 2026
o Saturday, May 30, 2026 Saturday, May 30, 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.