Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, July 05, 2025

Jul 05, 2025, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, N, I, G, L, Y, R honeycomb (center letter R) feature 69 words, a 367-point total, 3 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ARRAIGNING, GRINNINGLY, INGRAINING.

Spelling Bee hive for July 5, 2025 with center letter R and surrounding letters A,N,I,G,L and Y

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Saturday, July 5, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

10/10

Very Hard

100th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.93

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

100/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 100% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

76 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

17

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

32

words to Genius
3×10L2×9L9×8L12×7L6×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 257 pts
32 words3×10L2×9L9×8L12×7L2×6L4×5L

Vowel Split

34%

Consonant-heavy puzzle

139 vowels · 270 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start18 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up55 PTS
  • 25%Good92 PTS
  • 40%Solid147 PTS
  • 50%Nice184 PTS
  • 60%Great220 PTS
  • 65%Amazing239 PTS
  • 70%Genius257 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee367 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 69 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, July 5, 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

R
35%
G
33%
A
20%

Try starting with these letters when you're stuck.

Puzzle Letters

Previous2025-07-04
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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Complete Answers

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10-Letter Words 3 words

9-Letter Words 2 words

8-Letter Words 9 words

6-Letter Words 11 words

5-Letter Words 11 words

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Word Length Distribution

21 words
4L
21
11 words
5L
11
11 words
6L
11
12 words (Pangram)
7L
12
9 words (Pangram)
8L
9
2 words (Pangram)
9L
2
3 words
10L
3

Share of 69 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

R
69 words
100%
A
56 words
81%
I
53 words
77%
G
51 words
74%
N
49 words
71%
L
27 words
39%
Y
23 words
33%

Share of 69 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

21 pts
21
4L
55 pts
55
5L
66 pts
66
6L
91 pts (Pangram)
91
7L
79 pts (Pangram)
79
8L
25 pts (Pangram)
25
9L
30 pts
30
10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

R
2435%
G
2333%
A
1420%
L
34%
I
23%
N
23%
Y
11%

Share of 69 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 367 ranks in the 98th percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-07-03.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 69 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 98th percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-07-04.
  • 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 Very 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 2025-07-04.
  • The estimated solve time of 65–87 min is slower than typical puzzles.
  • Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

  • aggry
  • agra
  • agrarianly
  • agria
  • agrin
  • agynary
  • agyria
  • airan
  • airling
  • airn
  • alar
  • alary
  • angara
  • angaria
  • angary
  • arain
  • aralia
  • aranga
  • arara
  • argal
  • argala
  • argali
  • argan
  • argil
  • argyll
  • argyria
  • arian
  • ariana
  • arillary
  • arilli
  • arna
  • arni
  • arrayal
  • arya
  • aryan
  • aryl
  • gair
  • gangliar
  • gara
  • garg
  • garial
  • garn
  • garran
  • garring
  • garrya
  • gary
  • girling
  • girn
  • girning
  • glair
  • glairin
  • glairing
  • glairy
  • glary
  • gnar
  • gnarr
  • gnarring
  • graal
  • grana
  • granilla
  • graylag
  • grayling
  • grayly
  • grig
  • grigri
  • grinny
  • grylli
  • gyral
  • gyrally
  • gyri
  • gyring
  • igara
  • illyrian
  • inrail
  • iran
  • irani
  • iranian
  • irian
  • iring
  • iyar
  • laari
  • laggar
  • lagrangian
  • lairing
  • lairy
  • langarai
  • laniary
  • laralia
  • lararia
  • lari
  • larin
  • larn
  • larrigan
  • larry
  • laryngal
  • laryngalgia
  • linaria
  • liri
  • lyra
  • nagara
  • nagari
  • nair
  • naira
  • nargil
  • narial
  • naringin
  • narr
  • narra
  • nayar
  • niagara
  • niagaran
  • niagra
  • nigranilin
  • raggy
  • ragi
  • ragingly
  • raglin
  • raia
  • railingly
  • railly
  • rainily
  • rall
  • rana
  • ranarian
  • rann
  • rannigal
  • ranny
  • raya
  • rayan
  • riga
  • rigling
  • rilling
  • rilly
  • ringingly
  • ringy
  • rinning
  • ryal
  • yair
  • yaray
  • yarl
  • yarning
  • yarr
  • yarran

*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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