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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 154

Number of Answers: 36

Points Needed for Genius: 108

Genius requires between 17 and 31 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 154 was in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 26, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 36 possible answers rank it in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 26, 2025.
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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on March 24, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 192
  • loll 186
  • toot 182
  • naan 169
  • nana 169
  • lilt 136
  • till 136
  • tilt 136
  • tint 134
  • nene 129
  • mama 127
  • mamma 127
  • acacia 121
  • acai 121
  • onto 118
  • toon 118
  • anal 113
  • onion 113
  • anon 110
  • boob 110
  • booboo 110
  • baba 107
  • olio 107
  • tact 105
  • dodo 104
  • papa 104
  • call 103
  • calla 103
  • lull 103
  • lulu 103
  • mitt 102
  • poop 102
  • ratatat 102
  • tart 102
  • tartar 102
  • attar 101
  • tattoo 100
  • tatty 100
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • tutu 99
  • mono 98
  • moon 98
  • ammo 97
  • cocci 97
  • epee 97
  • momma 97
  • peep 97
  • nada 94
  • roar 94


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 99,163 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,543 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*:

  • chegoe
  • chigoe
  • chine
  • chinone
  • ciggie
  • cinchonine
  • cine
  • cohoe
  • coigne
  • conchie
  • conge
  • congeeing
  • coniine
  • conine
  • cooee
  • cooeeing
  • eche
  • eching
  • echini
  • echinococci
  • engining
  • eocene
  • geeing
  • genic
  • genning
  • gieing
  • gien
  • gighe
  • goonie
  • heigh
  • hieing
  • hinnie
  • hoochie
  • ionogen
  • ionogenic
  • ionone
  • neogene
  • nonego
  • oche
  • ochone
  • oncogene
  • oncogenic

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

choice

noun
  1. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
  2. The power to choose.
  3. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
  4. Anything that can be chosen.
  5. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
  6. Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
  7. A sufficient number to choose among.
adjective
  1. Especially good or preferred.
  2. Careful in choosing; discriminating.

cone

noun
  1. A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
  2. A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
  3. A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
  4. Anything shaped like a cone.
  5. The fruit of a conifer.
  6. A cone-shaped flower head of various plants, such as banksias and proteas.
  7. An ice cream cone.
  8. A traffic cone
  9. A unit of volume, applied solely to marijuana and only while it is in a smokable state; roughly 1.5 cubic centimetres, depending on use.
  10. Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.
  11. The bowl piece on a bong.
  12. The process of smoking cannabis in a bong.
  13. A cone-shaped cannabis joint.
  14. A passenger on a cruise ship (so-called by employees after traffic cones, from the need to navigate around them)
  15. An object V together with an arrow going from V to each object of a diagram such that for any arrow A in the diagram, the pair of arrows from V which subtend A also commute with it. (Then V can be said to be the cone’s vertex and the diagram which the cone subtends can be said to be its base.)
  16. A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
  17. A set of formal languages with certain desirable closure properties, in particular those of the regular languages, the context-free languages and the recursively enumerable languages.
verb
  1. To fashion into the shape of a cone.
  2. To form a cone shape.
  3. (frequently followed by "off") To segregate or delineate an area using traffic cones

congee

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Leave, formal permission for some action, :
  2. Formal dismissal; any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.
  3. Formal leavetaking; any farewell.
  4. A fee paid to make another go away, alms to a persistent beggar.
  5. A bow, curtsey, or other gesture made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.
verb
  1. To give congee, (particularly)
  2. To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.
  3. To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

echo

noun
  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
  3. A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
  4. Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
  5. The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  6. The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  7. (whist) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
  8. (whist) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
verb
  1. (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
  2. To reflect back (a sound).
  3. (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
  4. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  5. (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
noun
  1. The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
noun
  1. The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

echoic

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to an echo
  2. Imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic.

echoing

verb
  1. (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
  2. To reflect back (a sound).
  3. (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
  4. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  5. (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
noun
  1. The act of something that echoes.

egging

verb
  1. To throw eggs at.
  2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
  3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
verb
  1. To encourage, incite.
noun
  1. The act of pelting with eggs.

eggnog

noun
  1. A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.

engine

noun
  1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
  2. A tool; a utensil or implement.
  3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
  4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
  5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
  6. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
  7. A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
  8. Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
  9. The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
  10. Natural talent; genius.
  11. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
verb
  1. To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
  2. To assault with an engine.
  3. To contrive; to put into action.
  4. To rack; to torture.

gene

noun
  1. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
  2. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

genie

noun
  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

genii

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
  2. Extraordinary mental capacity.
  3. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
  4. The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
  2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.

ghee

noun
  1. A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
  2. Vegetable oil for cooking.

gone

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.
adjective
  1. Away, having left.
  2. No longer part of the present situation.
  3. No longer existing, having passed.
  4. Used up.
  5. Dead.
  6. Intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings.
  7. Entirely given up to; infatuated with; used with on.
  8. Excellent; wonderful.
  9. Ago (used post-positionally).
  10. Weak; faint; feeling a sense of goneness.
  11. Of an arrow: wide of the mark.
preposition
  1. Past, after, later than (a time).

heinie

noun
  1. The buttocks.

hence

adverb
  1. From here, from this place, away
  2. From the living or from this world
  3. (of a length of time) in the future from now
  4. As a result; therefore, for this reason

henge

noun
  1. A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.

hinge

noun
  1. A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
  2. A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
  3. A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
  4. A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
  5. The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.
  6. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
verb
  1. To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
  2. (with on or upon) To depend on something.
  3. The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
  4. To bend.

hoeing

verb
  1. To care, be anxious, long.
verb
  1. To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
  2. To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
noun
  1. The act of digging, weeding, etc. with a hoe.

hone

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
  2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
verb
  1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
  2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  3. To refine or master (a skill).
  4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To grumble.
  2. To pine, lament, or long.

innocence

noun
  1. Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
  2. Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
  3. Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
  4. Imbecility; mental deficiency.

neigh

noun
  1. The cry of a horse.
verb
  1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
  2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
  3. To scoff or sneer.

neighing

verb
  1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
  2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
  3. To scoff or sneer.
noun
  1. The sound made by a horse; an act or instance of the verb neigh.

nene

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

neocon

noun
  1. A neoconservative.

neon

noun
  1. The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
  2. A form or sample of the element.
  3. Neon signs or lights, collectively.
  4. A neon tetra fish.
adjective
  1. (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

nice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Niceness.
adjective
  1. Pleasant, satisfactory.
  2. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  3. Respectable; virtuous.
  4. (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
  5. Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  6. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
  7. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  8. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  9. Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
  10. Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
adverb
  1. Nicely.
interjection
  1. Used to signify a job well done.
  2. Used to signify approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

niche

noun
  1. A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
  2. A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
  3. (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
  4. An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
verb
  1. To place in a niche.
  2. To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.

niece

noun
  1. A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

nine

noun
  1. The digit or figure 9.
  2. A playing card with nine pips.
  3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  4. (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

nonce

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
  2. A nonce word.
  3. A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
adjective
  1. One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (prisons) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.
  2. (prisons) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise
  3. A stupid or worthless person.

none

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person without religious affiliation.
adverb
  1. To no extent, in no way.
  2. Not at all, not very.
  3. No, not.
pronoun
  1. Not any of a given number or group.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
noun
  1. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
  2. A break in play between the first and second sessions.
  3. (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
noun
  1. The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
noun
  1. (often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
  2. (sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
  3. The divine office appointed to the hour.
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.
noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

noogie

noun
  1. An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.
verb
  1. To perform a noogie on.

ogee

noun
  1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape
  2. A pointed arch made from two ogees
  3. An inflection point.
  4. (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
  5. (distillation) The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.

once

adverb
  1. (frequency) One and only one time.
  2. (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
  3. Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
  4. As soon as.
  5. At a future time.
conjunction
  1. As soon as; when; after.

innie

noun
  1. A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
  2. A vagina with inner labia minora