November 9, 2025, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, November 09, 2025

Nov 09, 2025, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, Y, R, C, I, L, N honeycomb (center letter N) feature 45 words, a 226-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: CLINICALLY.

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Spelling Bee hive for November 9, 2025 with center letter N and surrounding letters A,Y,R,C,I and L

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Sunday, November 9, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

6/10

Hard

55th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.67

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

50/100

Rare

Rarer than 50% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

43 minutes

Typical solve

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L3×9L3×8L3×7L10×6L2×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 158 pts

22 words1×10L3×9L3×8L3×7L9×6L3×5L

Vowel Split

36%

Consonant-heavy puzzle

92 vowels · 163 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start11 PTS
15%Moving Up34 PTS
25%Good57 PTS
40%Solid90 PTS
50%Nice113 PTS
60%Great136 PTS
65%Amazing147 PTS
70%Genius158 PTS
100%Queen Bee226 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 45 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, November 9, 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

49%

18%

16%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

12 words

13 words

10 words

3 words

3 words (Pangram)

1 word

10L

Share of 45 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

45 words

100%

41 words

91%

29 words

64%

24 words

53%

20 words

44%

19 words

42%

19 words

42%

Share of 45 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

12 pts

65 pts

60 pts

21 pts

24 pts

34 pts (Pangram)

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2249%

818%

716%

49%

24%

12%

Share of 45 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 226 ranks in the 64th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-11-08.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 45 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 54th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-11-08.
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 2025-11-08.
The estimated solve time of 37–49 min is comparable 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*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acarian
acinar
acinary
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
acrania
acranial
acrinyl
airan
airn
alain
alan
alani
alanin
alanyl
alcanna
allan
allicin
anan
anana
ancilia
ancilla
anicca
anil
anilic
anilin
anna
arain
arcanal
arian
ariana
aricin
arna
arni
aryan
ayin
cacana
cain
cainian
cairny
calin
callan
calycinal
cana
canaan
canarian
caninal
cann
cany
caranna
carian
carina
carinal
carinaria
carlin
carlylian
carn
carnac
carnary
carnic
cilician
cincinnal
cincinni
circinal
clarain
clarin
clinal
clinally
clinia
cnicin
crain
cran
cranially
cranic
crin
crinal
cyanic
cyanin
cyrillian
icarian
ilian
ilicin
illyrian
inca
incaic
incan
incarial
incarn
incl
incr
inia
inial
inly
inrail
inyala
iran
irani
iranian
iranic
irian
laccin
lacinia
lana
laniary
lanny
larin
larn
liana
licinian
lilacin
lilian
lina
linac
linalyl
linaria
linin
linn
liny
llyn
lycian
lynn
nacry
naily
nain
nair
naira
nancy
narial
naric
narica
narr
narra
nayar
niall
nici
nill
nina
nyala
nyaya
rainily
rana
ranarian
rann
ranny
rayan
riancy
ricinic
yana
yanan
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.