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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

ADILNTM

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Words
56
Points
256
Genius
179
Pangram
1

Official answers

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  • adamant

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  • adman

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  • admin

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • admit

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • amid

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • anima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • animal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dalmatian

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  • dammit

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • damn

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  • imam

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    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • lama

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • lamina

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • laminal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • lima

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • liminal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • limit

    noun — A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

    verb — To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

    noun — The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

    noun — A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.

    noun — A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

    noun — (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • limn

    verb — To draw or paint; to delineate.

    verb — To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • llama

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • madam

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • madman

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  • maid

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mail

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mailman

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • maim

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    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • main

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mainland

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • maintain

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • mall

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • malt

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • mama

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    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • mamma

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    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • mammal

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    Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.

  • mammalian

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • mandala

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mania

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • manila

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • manna

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • manta

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mantilla

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • midi

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • midland

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mild

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • militant

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • militia

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • militiaman

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • mill

    noun — A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.

    verb — (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.

    noun — A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.

    noun — An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.

    noun — An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised

    noun — The building housing such a grinding apparatus.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • mind

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • mini

    adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.

    noun — A miniskirt.

    noun — A minicomputer.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • minim

    noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

    noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.

    noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

    noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.

    noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.

    noun — A small fish; a minnow.

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • minima

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • minimal

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • mint

    adjective — (with condition) Like new.

    noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

    noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

    noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

    noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

    noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • mitt

    noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.

    noun — A mitten

    noun — (especially in plural) A hand.

    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • tatami

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • timid

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×4
  • am×1
  • an×2
  • da×3
  • im×1
  • la×3
  • li×4
  • ll×1
  • ma×21
  • mi×14
  • ta×1
  • ti×1

Words by first letter and length

45678910Σ
a 1411··· 7
d 1·1··1· 3
i 1······ 1
l 3212··· 8
m 14645411 35
t ·11···· 2
Σ 201388421 56

The numbers

Genius today takes 179 points of 256 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 378 recorded puzzles
71st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
73rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers

420 today34.5% all-time513 today22.8% all-time68 today20.0% all-time78 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time92 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
a Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Wednesday, June 3, 2026
d Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Friday, April 24, 2026
i Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Monday, June 1, 2026
l Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
m ● Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Friday, May 15, 2026
n Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Thursday, May 7, 2026
t Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Monday, May 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.