Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, October 02, 2025
Oct 02, 2025, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, G, I, L, N, T, Z honeycomb (center letter T) feature 61 words, a 364-point total, 2 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 12-letter longest word: INITIALIZING.
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Thursday, October 2, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
10/10
Very Hard95th percentile
Avg Word Length
6.48
Long wordsAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
93/100
Very RareRarer than 93% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
67 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
16
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
30
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 255 ptsVowel Split
36%
Consonant-heavy puzzle144 vowels · 251 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start18 PTS
- 15%Moving Up55 PTS
- 25%Good91 PTS
- 40%Solid146 PTS
- 50%Nice182 PTS
- 60%Great218 PTS
- 65%Amazing237 PTS
- 70%Genius255 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee364 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 61 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, October 2, 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.
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12-Letter Words 1 word
11-Letter Words 2 words
10-Letter Words 4 words
9-Letter Words 2 words
8-Letter Words 8 words
7-Letter Words 14 words
6-Letter Words 6 words
5-Letter Words 9 words
4-Letter Words 15 words
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Word Length Distribution
Share of 61 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage
Share of 61 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution
Share of 61 words starting with each letter.
How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 364 ranks in the 98th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-10-01.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 61 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 91st percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-10-01.
- 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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-09-28.
- The estimated solve time of 57–77 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*:
- agatizing
- agitant
- aglint
- aillt
- aint
- alant
- alantin
- alliant
- alligating
- altaian
- altin
- ananta
- anat
- anatta
- anita
- annat
- anta
- antiaging
- antilia
- anting
- antlia
- antling
- atalanta
- atinga
- atlanta
- atlantal
- atlatl
- atli
- atta
- attagal
- attaint
- attainting
- attal
- attila
- attn
- gaiting
- galant
- galatian
- gallanting
- galt
- gant
- ganta
- gantang
- gata
- gatling
- giggit
- gitalin
- gitana
- gittin
- gnatling
- ignatia
- ignatian
- init
- initialling
- intagli
- intail
- inti
- intitling
- intnl
- ital
- itala
- itali
- italian
- italianating
- italianizing
- itll
- itza
- izzat
- lagting
- lait
- lanital
- lant
- lata
- latian
- latin
- latinizing
- latitant
- latitat
- lattin
- litai
- littling
- litz
- naiant
- nalita
- nantz
- natalia
- natalian
- natalitial
- natt
- nitta
- taal
- tagal
- tagala
- taglia
- tagtail
- taig
- tain
- tainan
- tait
- tala
- talaing
- talalgia
- tallaging
- talliating
- tana
- tanala
- tanga
- tangi
- tanging
- tania
- tanling
- tanna
- tantalian
- tanzania
- tanzanian
- tatta
- tazia
- tazza
- tiang
- tilia
- tina
- ting
- tingi
- tining
- tinta
- titania
- titanian
- titi
- titian
- titillant
- tiza
- tlingit
- tzitzit
- zati
- zizit
*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.