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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 283

Number of Answers: 58

Points Needed for Genius: 198

Genius requires between 27 and 49 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 283 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 15, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 58 possible answers rank it in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on October 2, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 182
  • loll 173
  • toot 164
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 122
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 110
  • anal 107
  • onto 107
  • toon 107
  • onion 106
  • boob 105
  • booboo 105
  • anon 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 101
  • baba 99
  • dodo 97
  • papa 97
  • poop 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • ratatat 95
  • tart 95
  • tartar 95
  • tatty 95
  • attar 94
  • cocci 94
  • tact 92
  • mono 91
  • moon 91
  • nanny 90
  • tattoo 90
  • tutu 90
  • epee 89
  • loon 89
  • nada 89
  • peep 89
  • radar 89


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 91,329 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,272 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • dido
  • dingdong
  • dingdonging
  • diuron
  • doggoning
  • donging
  • doodoo
  • dorr
  • drongo
  • durion
  • duro
  • giro
  • giron
  • godding
  • godroon
  • gogo
  • gonion
  • gridironing
  • gringo
  • groining
  • grunion
  • guidon
  • guiro
  • gundog
  • indigoid
  • ingoing
  • inground
  • inion
  • inro
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • ninon
  • nodi
  • nogg
  • nogging
  • nondrug
  • noniron
  • nonrigid
  • noodging
  • nooning
  • odour
  • oidioid
  • ordo
  • rigour
  • rodding
  • roguing
  • ronin
  • ronion
  • runround
  • unround
  • unrounding

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

dingo

noun
  1. Canis lupus dingo, a wild dog native to Australia.

dino

noun
  1. Dinosaur.

dodging

verb
  1. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  2. To avoid; to sidestep.
  3. To go hither and thither.
  4. (videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
  5. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
  6. To trick somebody.
noun
  1. The act of dodging; a dodge.

dodo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fried plantain.

dogging

verb
  1. To pursue with the intent to catch.
  2. To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
  3. To fasten a hatch securely.
  4. To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
  5. To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
  6. To criticize.
  7. To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
noun
  1. The act of one who dogs or harasses.
  2. The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched.

doggo

noun
  1. A dog.

doing

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
  2. To perform; to execute.
  3. To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  4. To suffice.
  5. To be reasonable or acceptable.
  6. (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
  7. To fare, perform (well or poorly).
  8. (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  9. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  10. To cook.
  11. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  12. To treat in a certain way.
  13. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
  14. To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  15. To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
  16. To impersonate or depict.
  17. (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  18. To kill.
  19. To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  20. To punish for a misdemeanor.
  21. To have sex with. (See also do it)
  22. To cheat or swindle.
  23. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  24. To finish.
  25. To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  26. (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  27. To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  28. (ditransitive) To make or provide.
  29. To injure (one's own body part).
  30. To take drugs.
  31. (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
noun
  1. A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

Etymology 2

interjection
  1. The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

dong

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A penis.
  2. (by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch.
verb
  1. Of a bell: to make a low-pitched ringing sound.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

donning

verb
  1. (clothing) To put on, to dress in.

donor

noun
  1. One who makes a donation.
  2. A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

door

noun
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. A means of approach or access.
  5. A barrier.
  6. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
verb
  1. To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

dour

adjective
  1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  2. Unyielding and obstinate.
  3. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

droid

noun
  1. A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.

droning

verb
  1. To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.
verb
  1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. To speak in a monotone way.
noun
  1. A dull humming.

dugong

noun
  1. A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the genus Dugong, found in tropical regions.

dunno

noun
  1. An utterance of the word dunno.

going

verb
  1. To move:
  2. (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  3. To start; to begin (an action or process).
  4. To take a turn, especially in a game.
  5. To attend.
  6. To proceed:
  7. To follow or travel along (a path):
  8. To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  9. To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  10. To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
  11. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  12. To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  13. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  14. To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  15. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  16. To tend (toward a result).
  17. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  18. To pass, to be used up:
  19. To die.
  20. To be discarded.
  21. To be lost or out:
  22. To break down or apart:
  23. To be sold.
  24. To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  25. To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  26. To have a certain record.
  27. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
  28. To say (something), to make a sound:
  29. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  30. To resort (to).
  31. To apply or subject oneself to:
  32. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
  33. To date.
  34. To attack:
  35. To be in general; to be usually.
  36. To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  37. To yield or weigh.
  38. To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  39. To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
  40. To urinate or defecate.
noun
  1. A departure.
  2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
  3. Progress.
  4. Conditions for advancing in any way.
  5. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  6. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  7. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
adjective
  1. Likely to continue; viable.
  2. Current, prevailing.
  3. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.

gong

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
  2. A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
  2. To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
  3. To give an award or medal to.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
  2. An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.

gonging

verb
  1. To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
  2. To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
  3. To give an award or medal to.
noun
  1. The sounding of a gong.

good

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. (of people)
  2. (of capabilities)
  3. (properties and qualities)
  4. (when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.
  5. Holy (especially when capitalized) .
  6. (of quantities)
interjection
  1. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
  2. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
  3. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
  4. (usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
  2. To make good; turn to good; improve.
  3. To make improvements or repairs.
  4. To benefit; gain.
  5. To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
  6. To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
  7. To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

goon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  2. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  3. An enforcer or fighter.
  4. (WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  5. A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A wine flagon or cask.
  2. Cheap or inferior cask wine.

gorging

noun
  1. The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.

gorgon

noun
  1. A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
  2. An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
adjective
  1. Like a gorgon; very ugly or terrifying.

goring

verb
  1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
  2. To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
verb
  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.
noun
  1. The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting
  2. A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width.
adjective
  1. Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail.

gouging

verb
  1. To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
  2. To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
  3. To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
  4. To use a gouge.
noun
  1. A mark produced by gouging.

gourd

noun
  1. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
  2. A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
  3. The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
  4. Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
  5. Loaded dice.
  6. Head.

gridiron

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
  2. An iron rack or grate used for broiling meat and fish over coals.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any object resembling the rack or grate.
  2. An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
  3. A raised framework from which lighting is suspended.
  4. The field on which American football is played.
  5. American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
verb
  1. To mark or cover with lines; to crisscross.
  2. To purchase land so that the remaining adjacent sections are smaller than the minimum area purchasable as freehold, thus excluding potential freeholders.

grog

noun
  1. (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
  2. (by extension) Any alcoholic beverage.
  3. A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
  4. An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
  5. A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.

groin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
  2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
  3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
  4. The genitals.
  5. The surface formed by two such vaults.
verb
  1. To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
  2. To build with groins.
  3. (literary) To hollow out, to excavate.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

ground

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
  2. Terrain.
  3. Soil, earth.
  4. The bottom of a body of water.
  5. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
  6. (chiefly in the plural) Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
  7. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
  8. The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
  9. (by extension) Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
  10. The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
  11. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
  12. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
  13. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
  14. (chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
  15. A soccer stadium.
  16. An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
  17. The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
  18. A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
  19. The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
  20. The pit of a theatre.
verb
  1. To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
  3. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
  4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
  5. To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
  6. To place something on the ground.
  7. To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
  8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
  9. To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
  10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
  2. To shape with the force of friction.
  3. To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
  4. To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
  5. To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
  6. To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
  7. To oppress, hold down or weaken.
  8. To rotate the hips erotically.
  9. To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
  10. To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
  11. To operate by turning a crank.
  12. To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
  13. To automatically format and indent code.
  14. To instill through repetitive teaching.
  15. To eat.
  16. To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
  17. To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
adjective
  1. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
  2. Processed by grinding.

grounding

verb
  1. To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
  3. To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
  4. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
  5. To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb(regular)) and line (verb).
  6. To place something on the ground.
  7. To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
  8. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
  9. To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
  10. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
noun
  1. Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.
  2. The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
  3. The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
  4. The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.
  5. The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
  6. The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
  7. The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
  8. The background of embroidery, etc.

ignoring

verb
  1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
  2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
  3. Fail to notice.
  4. Not to know.
noun
  1. The act by which something is ignored.

indigo

noun
  1. A purplish-blue colour
  2. An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
  3. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
adjective
  1. Having a deep purplish-blue colour

indoor

adjective
  1. Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.

iron

noun
  1. A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
  2. A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
  3. Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
  4. A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
  5. (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
  6. A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
  7. A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
  8. (shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.
  9. A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
  10. Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
  11. Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
  12. A safety curtain in a theatre.
  13. Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
verb
  1. To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
  2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
  3. To furnish or arm with iron.
adjective
  1. Made of the metal iron.
  2. Strong (as of will), inflexible.

ironing

verb
  1. To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
  2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
  3. To furnish or arm with iron.
noun
  1. The act of pressing clothes with an iron.
  2. Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.
  3. Laundry that has recently been ironed.

nodding

verb
  1. To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
  2. To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
  3. To sway, move up and down.
  4. To gradually fall asleep.
  5. To signify by a nod.
  6. To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
  7. To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
  8. To allude to something.
  9. To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
noun
  1. The act by which one nods.
adjective
  1. Having the flower facing downwards.

noggin

noun
  1. A small mug, cup or ladle.
  2. (obsolete outside dialectal) A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.
  3. The head.
  4. A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.
noun
  1. A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts.
  2. Rough brick masonry used to fill open spaces.

noir

noun
  1. Film noir.
  2. A production in the style of film noir.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre

nonunion

noun
  1. Lack of union; failure to become united.
  2. The failure of a broken bone to heal
adjective
  1. Not part of a labor union; not unionized.

noon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  2. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  3. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  4. The highest point; culmination.
verb
  1. To relax or sleep around midday

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

nori

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
  2. The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia; a bamboo train.

noun

noun
  1. (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
  2. (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
verb
  1. To convert a word to a noun.

odor

noun
  1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
  2. A strong, pervasive quality.
  3. Esteem.
  4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

ongoing

verb
  1. To be ongoing (occurring, happening); to last, proceed or continue.
noun
  1. Something that is going on; a happening.
adjective
  1. Continuing, permanent, lasting.
  2. Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

onion

noun
  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. The genus as a whole.
  4. A ball.
  5. A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

origin

noun
  1. The beginning of something.
  2. The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
  3. The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
  4. The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
  5. An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
  6. (in the plural) Ancestry.

rigor

noun
  1. Short for rigor mortis.
noun
  1. Severity or strictness.
  2. Harshness, as of climate.
  3. A trembling or shivering response.
  4. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  5. Shrewd questioning.
  6. Higher level of difficulty.

rondo

noun
  1. A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
  2. A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
  3. A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
  4. A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.
  5. A gambling game played with small balls on a table.

rood

noun
  1. A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. A measure of five and a half yards in length.

rouging

verb
  1. To apply rouge (makeup).

round

Etymology 1

adverb
  1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
  2. So as to surround or be near.
  3. Nearly; approximately; about.
  4. From place to place.
  5. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
  6. (with turn, spin etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.
  7. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.
  8. Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.
preposition
  1. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
  2. (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
  3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
  4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
  5. Near; in the vicinity of.
  6. At or to various places within.
noun
  1. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  2. A circular or repetitious route.
  3. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  4. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  5. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  6. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  7. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  8. A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  9. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
  10. One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
  11. A stage, level, set of events in a game
  12. (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
  13. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
  14. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  15. A rung, as of a ladder.
  16. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  17. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
  18. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
  19. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  20. A circular dance.
  21. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  22. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  23. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  24. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  25. A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  26. A round-top.
  27. A round of beef.
verb
  1. To shape something into a curve.
  2. To become shaped into a curve.
  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  4. To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  5. To turn past a boundary.
  6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  7. To advance to home plate.
  8. To go round, pass, go past.
  9. To encircle; to encompass.
  10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  11. To do ward rounds.
  12. To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  13. To go or turn round; to wheel about.
adjective
  1. (physical) Shape.
  2. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  3. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  4. Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
  5. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  6. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  7. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  8. Large in magnitude.
  9. (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
  10. Vaulted.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A whisper; whispering.
  2. Discourse; song.

rounding

verb
  1. To shape something into a curve.
  2. To become shaped into a curve.
  3. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  4. To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  5. To turn past a boundary.
  6. To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  7. To advance to home plate.
  8. To go round, pass, go past.
  9. To encircle; to encompass.
  10. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  11. To do ward rounds.
  12. To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  13. To go or turn round; to wheel about.
verb
  1. To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
  2. To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
noun
  1. The act by which a numerical value is rounded.
  2. The numerical value obtained by this process.
  3. The act of making anything round, as the lips in pronouncing some vowels.
  4. A rounded surface; a curve.
  5. In bookbinding, the shaping of the folded and sewed sheets into a convex form at the back.
adjective
  1. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

udon

noun
  1. A Japanese wheat noodle

undo

noun
  1. An operation that reverses a previous action.
verb
  1. To reverse the effects of an action.
  2. To unfasten.
  3. To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.

undoing

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of loosening or unfastening
  2. Ruin; defeat, that which causes defeat or ruin.
  3. Annulment; reversal

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To reverse the effects of an action.
  2. To unfasten.
  3. To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.

unground

verb
  1. To remove a connection to ground potential.
  2. To free from the punishment of being grounded (restricted to home).
adjective
  1. Not having been ground; unpulverized.

union

noun
  1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
  2. The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
  3. That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
  4. A trade union; a workers' union.
  5. An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
  6. A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
  7. The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
  8. The act or state of marriage.
  9. Sexual intercourse.
  10. A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
  11. A large, high-quality pearl.
  12. An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
verb
  1. To combine sets using the union operation.