Spelling Bee Answers for Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Apr 29, 2025, Tuesday Spelling Bee Answers for the E, D, T, G, F, I, Y honeycomb (center letter E) feature 48 words, a 180-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: FIDGETED.

Spelling Bee hive for April 29, 2025 with center letter E and surrounding letters D,T,G,F,I and Y

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

6/10

Hard

57th percentile

Avg Word Length

4.98

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

61/100

Rare

Rarer than 61% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

46 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

13

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

No

Missing: I

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

20

words to Genius
1×8L3×7L12×6L4×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 126 pts
20 words1×8L3×7L10×6L6×5L

Vowel Split

42%

Balanced mix

100 vowels · 139 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start9 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up27 PTS
  • 25%Good45 PTS
  • 40%Solid72 PTS
  • 50%Nice90 PTS
  • 60%Great108 PTS
  • 65%Amazing117 PTS
  • 70%Genius126 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee180 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 48 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

E
29%
D
25%
F
25%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.
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Complete Answers

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8-Letter Words 1 word

7-Letter Words 3 words

6-Letter Words 12 words

5-Letter Words 10 words

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Word Length Distribution

22 words
4L
22
10 words
5L
10
12 words
6L
12
3 words (Pangram)
7L
3
1 word
8L
1

Share of 48 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

E
48 words
100%
D
39 words
81%
I
28 words
58%
T
24 words
50%
F
23 words
48%
Y
13 words
27%
G
11 words
23%

Share of 48 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

22 pts
22
4L
50 pts
50
5L
72 pts
72
6L
28 pts (Pangram)
28
7L
8 pts
8
8L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

E
1429%
D
1225%
F
1225%
T
715%
G
24%
Y
12%

Share of 48 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 180 ranks in the 42nd percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-04-28.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 48 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 64th percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-04-28.
  • The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
  • The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
  • This puzzle ranks among the Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
  • Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
  • The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
  • Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-04-27.
  • The estimated solve time of 39–53 min is slower than typical puzzles.
  • Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

  • deedy
  • deet
  • defi
  • degged
  • dette
  • didie
  • diety
  • diffide
  • digged
  • dite
  • ditted
  • dittied
  • eddie
  • effet
  • effie
  • eide
  • fedity
  • feeded
  • fetidity
  • fidded
  • fide
  • fidge
  • fidged
  • fied
  • fifie
  • figged
  • fitified
  • fytte
  • gedd
  • geed
  • geet
  • gegg
  • geggee
  • giddied
  • gidgee
  • gied
  • gigget
  • gite
  • gittite
  • ieee
  • tedded
  • tedge
  • teet
  • teetee
  • tegg
  • teiid
  • tetty
  • tiffed
  • tige
  • tite
  • tittie
  • tydie
  • tyee
  • yede
  • yegg
  • yett
  • yite

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.

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