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NYT Spelling Bee answers & analysis

DEJNOTI

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Edited by Sam Ezersky

Words
59
Points
300
Genius
210
Pangram
1

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  • denied

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dentin

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  • dentition

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • detention

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • died

    verb — To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

    verb — To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

    verb — To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

    verb — (of a machine) To stop working, to break down.

    verb — To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

    verb — To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • diet

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dieted

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • dine

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dined

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dinette

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  • dino

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    Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.

  • dint

    noun — A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.

    verb — To dent.

    noun — Force, power; especially in by dint of.

    noun — The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • diode

    noun — An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • ditto

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • djinn

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  • djinni

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  • eddied

    verb — To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • edit

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • edited

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • edition

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • enjoin

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • enjoined

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  • idiot

    noun — A person of low general intelligence.

    adjective — Idiotic, stupid

    noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

    noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • indeed

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • indent

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  • indented

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  • indie

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • innie

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    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • intend

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  • intended

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  • intent

    noun — A purpose; something that is intended.

    adjective — Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.

    noun — The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.

    adjective — Engrossed.

    adjective — Unwavering from a course of action.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • intention

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • intentioned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • into

    preposition — To or towards the inside of.

    preposition — To or towards the region of.

    preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.

    preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.

    preposition — After the start of.

    preposition — Interested in or attracted to.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • intone

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • intoned

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • iodide

    noun — A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • iodine

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • jinn

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  • jinni

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  • join

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • joined

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  • joint

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • jointed

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  • nine

    noun — The digit or figure 9.

    numeral — A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

    noun — A playing card with nine pips.

    noun — A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.

    noun — (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).

    noun — A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

    Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.

  • nineteen

    numeral — The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nite

    noun — The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

    noun — (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

    noun — (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.

    noun — An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

    noun — A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

    noun — Nightfall.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • notion

    noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

    noun — A sentiment; an opinion.

    noun — Sense; mind.

    noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

    noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.

    noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • onion

    noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

    noun — The bulb of such a plant.

    noun — The genus as a whole.

    noun — A ball.

    noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

    Appeared in 34 recorded puzzles.

  • tide

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tided

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tidied

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tied

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • tine

    noun — A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

    adjective — Small, diminutive

    noun — Trouble; distress; teen.

    verb — To kindle; to set on fire.

    verb — To shut in, or enclose.

    noun — A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.

    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tined

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  • tinned

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  • tint

    verb — To shade, to color.

    noun — A slight coloring.

    noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

    noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

    noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

    Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.

  • tinted

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  • toonie

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

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

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • de×4
  • di×10
  • dj×2
  • ed×4
  • en×2
  • id×1
  • in×13
  • io×2
  • ji×2
  • jo×4
  • ni×3
  • no×1
  • on×1
  • ti×9
  • to×1

Words by first letter and length

45678911Σ
d 5441·2· 16
e 1·311·· 6
i 1371211 16
j 2211··· 6
n 2·1·1·· 4
o ·1····· 1
t 424···· 10
Σ 1512204431 59

The numbers

Genius today takes 210 points of 300 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.

Total points vs. all 476 recorded puzzles
85th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
81st percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 21568 recorded answers

415 today34.3% all-time512 today22.8% all-time620 today20.3% all-time74 today12.1% all-time84 today6.3% all-time93 today2.6% all-time101.2% all-time111 today0.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
d Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Tuesday, October 13, 2026
e Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Wednesday, October 14, 2026
i ● Friday, October 16, 2026 Saturday, October 3, 2026
j Monday, September 21, 2026 first recorded time
n Saturday, October 17, 2026 Thursday, October 15, 2026
o Wednesday, October 14, 2026 Saturday, September 26, 2026
t Saturday, October 17, 2026 Friday, October 2, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 47
  2. naan 40
  3. nana 40
  4. onion 34
  5. toot 33
  6. acacia 30
  7. acai 30
  8. loll 30
  9. mama 30
  10. mamma 30
  11. nene 29
  12. mini 28
  13. minim 28
  14. cancan 27
  15. canna 27
  16. imam 26
  17. maim 26
  18. onto 26
  19. toon 26
  20. tint 26
  21. cocoon 25
  22. lilt 25
  23. till 25
  24. tilt 25
  25. mitt 25

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.