Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — August 27, 2025

ADINVYL
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
50
words
238
total points
166
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 238 pts
Genius 166 pts
Amazing 119 pts
Great 95 pts
Nice 59 pts
Solid 35 pts
Good 19 pts
Moving Up 11 pts
Good Start 4 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1INVALIDLY
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Words by length
15
4-letter
15
5-letter
7
6-letter
8
7-letter
3
8-letter
1
9-letter
1
10-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
8 words
D
9 words
I
9 words
L
10 words
N
2 words
V
12 words
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All 50 words
ALLAY5pt
ALLY1pt
ANAL1pt
ANALLY6pt
ANNAL5pt
ANVIL5pt
AVAIL5pt
AVIDLY6pt
DAILY5pt
DALLY5pt
DANDILY7pt
DAYLILY7pt
DIAL1pt
DIDDLY6pt
DILL1pt
DILLY5pt
DILLYDALLY10pt
IDLY1pt
IDYL1pt
IDYLL5pt
ILLY1pt
INLAID6pt
INLAND6pt
INLAY5pt
INVALID7pt
INVALIDLY16pt
LADY1pt
LAID1pt
LAIN1pt
LANAI5pt
LAND1pt
LANDLADY8pt
LAVA1pt
LILY1pt
LIVID5pt
LIVIDLY7pt
NAIL1pt
NAVAL5pt
VAINLY6pt
VALID5pt
VALIDLY7pt
VANDAL6pt
VANILLA7pt
VANILLIN8pt
VIAL1pt
VILLA5pt
VILLAIN7pt
VILLAINY8pt
VINYL5pt
VIVIDLY7pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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