June 16, 2025, Monday

Spelling Bee Answers for Monday, June 16, 2025

Jun 16, 2025, Monday Spelling Bee Answers for the X, A, T, I, F, O, N honeycomb (center letter N) feature 40 words, a 197-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ANNOTATION, INITIATION, INTONATION.

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Spelling Bee hive for June 16, 2025 with center letter N and surrounding letters X,A,T,I,F and O

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Monday, June 16, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

3/10

Medium

25th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.72

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

12/100

Common

Rarer than 12% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

33 minutes

Quicker than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: X

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

3×10L1×9L3×8L2×7L9×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 138 pts

18 words3×10L1×9L3×8L2×7L9×6L

Vowel Split

46%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

106 vowels · 123 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start10 PTS
15%Moving Up30 PTS
25%Good49 PTS
40%Solid79 PTS
50%Nice99 PTS
60%Great118 PTS
65%Amazing128 PTS
70%Genius138 PTS
100%Queen Bee197 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 40 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Monday, June 16, 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

25%

23%

20%

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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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Word Length Distribution

13 words

8 words

10 words

2 words

3 words (Pangram)

1 word

3 words

10L

Share of 40 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

40 words

100%

30 words

75%

28 words

70%

28 words

70%

26 words

65%

11 words

28%

7 words

18%

Share of 40 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

13 pts

40 pts

60 pts

14 pts

31 pts (Pangram)

9 pts

30 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1025%

923%

820%

615%

513%

25%

Share of 40 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 197 ranks in the 51st percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-06-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 40 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 41st percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-06-10.
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 Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-06-11.
The estimated solve time of 28–38 min is faster than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

afaint
affiant
affination
affinition
affixation
affixion
aftonian
ainoi
aint
aion
aition
anan
anana
ananta
anat
anatoxin
anatta
anatto
anax
anita
anna
annat
annona
annotto
anoa
anoia
anotia
anotta
anoxia
anta
antiantitoxin
antifat
antitax
antitaxation
anton
antonia
antonina
antoniniani
antonio
aonian
atonia
attaint
attn
axiation
axin
axion
axonia
fain
fana
fanfoot
fanion
fannon
fano
fanon
fant
fanti
fianna
finfoot
fini
finn
finnan
fino
fittonia
foin
inanition
infanta
infin
infinitant
infit
infixation
infixion
inia
inion
init
inition
inti
ioni
ionian
itonia
ixion
ixionian
naiant
nain
naio
naoi
natation
nato
natt
niff
nina
ninon
niton
nitta
nixon
noint
nona
nonfan
nonfixation
nonion
nonnat
nontan
nontannin
nontax
nontaxation
nota
notitia
noxa
oint
onan
oont
otiant
oxonian
tain
tainan
taino
tana
tania
tanna
tano
tanoa
tanoan
tanto
taxin
tiffin
tina
tinta
tionontati
titania
titanian
titian
tonation
tonn
tonto
toona
xoana
xoanon

*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.