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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 269

Number of Answers: 56

Points Needed for Genius: 188

Genius requires between 27 and 48 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% 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 269 was in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 24, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 56 possible answers rank it in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 31, 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 June 1, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 200
  • loll 197
  • toot 187
  • naan 172
  • nana 172
  • lilt 139
  • till 139
  • tilt 139
  • tint 136
  • nene 133
  • mama 132
  • mamma 132
  • acacia 124
  • acai 124
  • onto 123
  • toon 123
  • onion 120
  • anal 117
  • olio 116
  • anon 113
  • boob 112
  • booboo 112
  • dodo 109
  • baba 108
  • papa 108
  • poop 108
  • tact 108
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • mitt 104
  • ratatat 104
  • tart 104
  • tartar 104
  • attar 103
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • tatty 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • ammo 101
  • cocci 101
  • momma 101
  • tattoo 101
  • tutu 101
  • epee 99
  • peep 99
  • loon 98
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 102,099 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,605 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*:

  • achene
  • acini
  • acinic
  • acmic
  • aecia
  • amice
  • amici
  • aminic
  • amnic
  • anaemic
  • caca
  • cachaca
  • caeca
  • cain
  • cammie
  • cancha
  • cannie
  • ceca
  • chacma
  • chaine
  • chainman
  • chainmen
  • cham
  • chana
  • chem
  • chemic
  • chicane
  • chimenea
  • chiminea
  • chinch
  • chine
  • cine
  • cinnamic
  • eche
  • echini
  • emic
  • encaenia
  • encina
  • haemic
  • hance
  • hemic
  • immanence
  • macchia
  • macchie
  • mach
  • machaca
  • mache
  • manche
  • mech
  • mechanician
  • miche
  • nance

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

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

ache

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
verb
  1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Parsley

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

acme

noun
  1. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
  2. The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. Mature age; full bloom of life.

acne

noun
  1. A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
  2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

anemic

noun
  1. An individual who has anemia.
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
  2. (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.

cache

noun
  1. A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  2. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  3. (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb
  1. To place in a cache.

caiman

noun
  1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
  2. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.

came

Etymology 1

preposition
  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
verb
  1. To move from further away to nearer to.
  2. To arrive.
  3. To appear, to manifest itself.
  4. (with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
  5. (with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.
  6. To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
  7. To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
  8. (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
  9. (with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
  10. (fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.
  11. To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
  12. To carry through; to succeed in.
  13. Happen.
  14. (with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
  15. (of grain) To germinate.
  16. To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.
verb
  1. To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
  2. To ejaculate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

cami

noun
  1. A camisole.

cancan

noun
  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
  2. (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
  1. To dance the cancan.

cane

noun
  1. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
  2. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
  3. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
  4. Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
  5. A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
  2. To destroy; to comprehensively defeat
  3. To do something well, in a competent fashion
  4. To produce extreme pain
  5. To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

canine

noun
  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  2. Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  4. A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
adjective
  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  2. Dog-like.
  3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  4. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

canna

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

chai

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A female gypsy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Short for masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.

chain

noun
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
  4. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
  5. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
  8. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  9. A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
  10. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
  11. (in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  12. The warp threads of a web.
verb
  1. To fasten something with a chain.
  2. To link multiple items together.
  3. To secure someone with fetters.
  4. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  5. To obligate.
  6. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  7. To be chained to another data item.
  8. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  9. (associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).

chance

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opportunity or possibility.
  2. Random occurrence; luck.
  3. The probability of something happening.
  4. What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
adjective
  1. Happening by chance, casual.
adverb
  1. Perchance; perhaps.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To happen by chance, to occur.
  2. To befall; to happen to.
  3. To try or risk.
  4. To discover something by chance.
  5. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

chia

noun
  1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
  2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

chic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Good form; style.
  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.
adjective
  1. Elegant, stylish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

chica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

chichi

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

chime

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
  2. An individual ringing component of such a set.
  3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
  4. The sound of such an instrument or device.
  5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a chime.
  2. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
  3. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
  4. To agree; to correspond.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The top of a ridge.
  2. The spine of an animal.
  3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  4. A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
  5. A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
  6. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
  7. The back of the blade on a scythe.

chin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  2. Talk.
  3. A lie, a falsehood.
  4. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
  5. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
  6. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
verb
  1. To talk.
  2. To talk to or with (someone).
  3. To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
  4. To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
  5. To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
  6. To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
  7. To put one's chin on (something).
  8. To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A chinchilla.

china

noun
  1. The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.
noun
  1. A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
  2. A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
  3. Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.
noun
  1. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.
noun
  1. Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
  2. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
  3. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
  4. Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
  5. (games) A glazed china marble.
  6. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
noun
  1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
  2. (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
  3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
noun
  1. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
  2. An associate who provides assistance.
  3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
  4. A person who backs or supports something.
  5. An object or idea that can be used for good.
  6. (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
  7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
  8. A spring-loaded camming device.
  9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
  10. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
noun
  1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
noun
  1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
  2. (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
  3. (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
noun
  1. Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
  2. A string of such beads.
  3. Money.

cinch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  2. Something that is very easy to do.
  3. A firm hold.
verb
  1. To bring to certain conclusion.
  2. To tighten down.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
verb
  1. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

cinema

noun
  1. A movie theatre, a movie house
  2. Films collectively.
  3. The film and movie industry.
  4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography

each

noun
  1. (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
adverb
  1. For one; apiece; per.
pronoun
  1. Every one; every thing.

echinacea

noun
  1. Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers.
  2. A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants.

emcee

noun
  1. A rapper.
  2. Initialism of main colour.
  3. Initialism of matching colour.
  4. Initialism of movie clip.
  5. Initialism of mail code.
  6. Initialism of main character.
  7. Initialism of military cross.
  8. Initialism of Member of Congress.
  9. Initialism of medical college.
  10. Initialism of Mars-crosser.
  11. Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.
noun
  1. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  2. (by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
  3. A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
  4. A group practice of several physicians.
  5. A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
  6. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
  7. A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
  8. One confined to bed by sickness.
  9. One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
verb
  1. To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
  2. To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
noun
  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
  2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  3. A place of lodging.
noun
  1. Someone who acts as a host at a formal event.
  2. Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.
  3. A rapper.
noun
  1. Dichloromethane
noun
  1. A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.
noun
  1. A group of individuals whose primary interests and activities involve motorcycles.
noun
  1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, on a spaceship (in science fiction).
  2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.

eminence

noun
  1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
  2. The quality or state of being eminent.
  3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
  4. An elevated land area or a hill.
  5. A protuberance.
  6. A dark purple color.

enchain

verb
  1. To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
  2. To link together.

enhance

verb
  1. To lift, raise up.
  2. To augment or make something greater.
  3. To improve something by adding features.
  4. To be raised up; to grow larger.
  5. (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).

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

henchman

noun
  1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
  4. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

henchmen

noun
  1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
  4. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

iceman

noun
  1. A person who trades in ice.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. An assassin.
  4. One who is cool under pressure.
  5. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

icemen

noun
  1. A person who trades in ice.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. An assassin.
  4. One who is cool under pressure.
  5. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

imminence

noun
  1. The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.

inch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
  4. A very short distance.
verb
  1. (followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
  2. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
  3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small island

mace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy fighting club.
  2. A ceremonial form of this weapon.
  3. A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
  4. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
  5. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
  6. A billiard cue.
verb
  1. To hit someone or something with a mace.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
  2. An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
verb
  1. To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
  2. To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

machine

noun
  1. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
  2. A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
  3. (abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
  4. A computer.
  5. A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
  6. Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
  7. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
  8. The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
  9. Penis.
  10. A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
  11. A bathing machine.
verb
  1. To make by machinery.
  2. To shape or finish by machinery.

maniac

noun
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

manic

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
  2. Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

mecca

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mechanic

noun
  1. A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.
  2. Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
  3. A device, command, or feature which allows someone to achieve a specific task.
  4. A hit man.
adjective
  1. Mechanical; relating to the laws of motion in the art of constructing things
  2. Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base.

menace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A perceived threat or danger.
  2. The act of threatening.
  3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
  2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

mica

noun
  1. Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

mice

noun
  1. Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
  2. A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  3. A quiet or shy person.
  4. (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
  5. Hematoma.
  6. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
  7. A familiar term of endearment.
  8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  9. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
  10. A small cushion for a woman's hair.

mimic

noun
  1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  2. An imitation.
verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

mince

noun
  1. Finely chopped meat.
  2. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
  3. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
  4. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
  5. (chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
verb
  1. To make less; make small.
  2. To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
  3. To effect mincingly.
  4. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
  5. To suppress or weaken the force of
  6. To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly
  7. To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
  8. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
  9. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

minicam

noun
  1. A small movie camera.

niacin

noun
  1. A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

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").

hamachi

noun
  1. Japanese amberjack, Pacific yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata)