Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 259

Number of Answers: 54

Points Needed for Genius: 181

Genius requires between 27 and 45 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 259 was in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 19, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 54 possible answers rank it in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 19, 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on April 22, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.5.
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 196
  • loll 191
  • toot 185
  • naan 170
  • nana 170
  • lilt 137
  • till 137
  • tilt 137
  • tint 134
  • nene 131
  • mama 128
  • mamma 128
  • acacia 122
  • acai 122
  • onto 121
  • toon 121
  • onion 116
  • anal 114
  • anon 111
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • olio 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 107
  • papa 106
  • dodo 105
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • poop 104
  • ratatat 103
  • tart 103
  • tartar 103
  • attar 102
  • mitt 102
  • tattoo 101
  • tatty 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • mono 100
  • moon 100
  • tutu 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 95
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 100,251 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,568 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*:

  • cuddie
  • cuittle
  • cuittled
  • culet
  • culicid
  • cullet
  • cullied
  • culti
  • cutlette
  • cuttled
  • deuced
  • duce
  • duci
  • ductule
  • duddie
  • duded
  • dudette
  • duelled
  • duelli
  • dueted
  • duit
  • dulce
  • educt
  • elute
  • eluted
  • etui
  • eutectic
  • illude
  • illuded
  • leucite
  • leucitic
  • leud
  • litu
  • luce
  • lucite
  • lude
  • ludic
  • luetic
  • luted
  • teledu
  • tuile
  • tuille
  • tule
  • tutued

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

cellule

No Definition Found.

cellulite

noun
  1. The dimpled appearance of skin caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous adipose tissue.

clue

noun
  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb
  1. To provide with a clue.
  2. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

clued

verb
  1. To provide with a clue.
  2. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

cuddle

noun
  1. A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
verb
  1. To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
  2. To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
  3. To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

cuddled

verb
  1. To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
  2. To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
  3. To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

cued

No Definition Found.

cull

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A selection.
  2. An organised killing of selected animals.
  3. (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
  4. (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
  5. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
verb
  1. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
  2. To gather, collect.
  3. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
  4. To kill (animals etc).
  5. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

culled

verb
  1. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
  2. To gather, collect.
  3. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
  4. To kill (animals etc).
  5. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

cult

noun
  1. A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
  2. Devotion to a saint.
  3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
  4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
  5. A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a cult.
  2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
adjective
  1. True to the ideology of black metal or a stereotypical manifestation of that subculture.

cultic

No Definition Found.

cute

adjective
  1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
  2. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
  3. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
  4. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

cuticle

noun
  1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
  2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
  4. A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
  5. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

cutie

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cute person or animal.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
  2. (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.

cutlet

noun
  1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
  2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
  3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
  4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

cuttle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A knife.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A foul-mouthed fellow.

deduce

verb
  1. To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  3. (Latinism) To lead forth.

deduced

verb
  1. To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  3. (Latinism) To lead forth.

deduct

verb
  1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

deducted

verb
  1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

delude

verb
  1. To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. To frustrate or disappoint.

deluded

verb
  1. To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. To frustrate or disappoint.
adjective
  1. Being affected by delusions.

deuce

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. A side of a die with two spots.
  3. A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. The number two.
  5. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  6. A curveball.
  7. A '32 Ford.
  8. (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
  9. (restaurants) A table seating two diners.
  10. A piece of excrement.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

dilute

noun
  1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
verb
  1. To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  4. To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
adjective
  1. Having a low concentration.
  2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
  3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

diluted

verb
  1. To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  4. To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
adjective
  1. That has had something added in order to dilute it.

duct

noun
  1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  2. An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
  3. Guidance; direction.
verb
  1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).

ducted

verb
  1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).
adjective
  1. Fitted with a duct

ductile

adjective
  1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
  2. Molded easily into a new form.
  3. Led easily; prone to follow.

dude

noun
  1. A man, generally a younger man.
  2. (used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.
  3. An inexperienced cowboy.
  4. A tourist.
  5. A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
verb
  1. To address someone as dude.
  2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
  3. Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
interjection
  1. A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.

duel

noun
  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
  3. Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
verb
  1. To engage in a battle.

dueled

verb
  1. To engage in a battle.

duet

noun
  1. A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
  2. A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
  3. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
verb
  1. To perform a duet.
  2. (of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
  3. To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
  4. (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.

duetted

No Definition Found.

dulcet

adjective
  1. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  2. Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  3. Sweet to the taste.

dull

verb
  1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  3. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adjective
  1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
  5. Sluggish, listless.
  6. Cloudy, overcast.
  7. Insensible; unfeeling.
  8. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  9. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  10. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.

dulled

verb
  1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  3. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

educe

noun
  1. An inference.
verb
  1. To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
  2. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
  3. To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
  4. To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
  5. To cause or generate; to bring about.

educed

verb
  1. To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
  2. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
  3. To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
  4. To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
  5. To cause or generate; to bring about.
adjective
  1. Evoked
  2. Deduced

elude

verb
  1. To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
  2. To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
  3. To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to

eluded

verb
  1. To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
  2. To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
  3. To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to

etude

noun
  1. A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

lettuce

noun
  1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  2. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
  3. United States paper currency; dollars.
  4. A strong yellow-green colour, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

lieu

noun
  1. Place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

lucid

noun
  1. A lucid dream.
adjective
  1. Clear; easily understood
  2. Mentally rational; sane
  3. Bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

lull

noun
  1. A period of rest or soothing.
  2. A period of reduced activity; a respite
  3. A period without waves or wind.
  4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lulled

verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lulu

noun
  1. A remarkable person, object or idea.
  2. A very attractive or alluring person.
  3. A very bad mistake or error.
  4. A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

lute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb
  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
  2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
verb
  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

tulle

noun
  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tutee

noun
  1. A student of a tutor.

tutted

verb
  1. To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
verb
  1. To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.

tutti

noun
  1. A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing
adjective
  1. All together; with all playing at once.
adverb
  1. All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

utile

noun
  1. A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.
adjective
  1. Useful.