Friday, November 13, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 160

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 112

Genius requires between 19 and 29 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% 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 160 was in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 11, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 11, 2026.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 08, 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 November 12, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 251
  • loll 231
  • toot 227
  • nana 216
  • naan 216
  • tilt 167
  • till 167
  • lilt 167
  • nene 164
  • mamma 164
  • mama 164
  • tint 163
  • acai 157
  • acacia 157
  • onion 156
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • olio 144
  • anon 142
  • anal 142
  • papa 134
  • tact 133
  • baba 132
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 131
  • lulu 128
  • lull 128
  • poop 126
  • booboo 126
  • boob 126
  • loon 125
  • calla 124
  • call 124
  • cocci 123
  • tattoo 122
  • tartar 121
  • tart 121
  • ratatat 121
  • moon 121
  • mono 121
  • cancan 121
  • attar 120
  • natant 119
  • tutu 118
  • momma 116
  • aria 116
  • ammo 116
  • ally 116
  • allay 116
  • roar 115


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 126,031 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,175 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*:

  • ahchoo
  • ancon
  • caca
  • cachaca
  • cancha
  • caph
  • chana
  • chao
  • chay
  • choana
  • choc
  • chon
  • coco
  • concha
  • concho
  • conchy
  • conn
  • cony
  • cooch
  • coocoo
  • coon
  • cooncan
  • cyano
  • nancy
  • paca
  • pacha
  • pacy
  • panocha
  • poachy
  • poco
  • poncy

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

achoo

No Definition Found.

achy

adjective
  1. Suffering from aches, sore.

ancho

noun
  1. A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.

cacao

noun
  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

cacophony

noun
  1. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

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.

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.

cannon

noun
  1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
  3. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  4. A cannon bit.
  5. A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
  6. A carom.
  7. The arm of a player that can throw well.
  8. A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
  9. (Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
verb
  1. To bombard with cannons.
  2. To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball
  3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
  4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
noun
  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. A carom.
noun
  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
noun
  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

canny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Careful, prudent, cautious.
  2. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
  3. Frugal, thrifty.
  4. Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.
  5. Gentle, quiet, steady.
adverb
  1. Very, considerably; quite, rather.
  2. Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.

canon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. A carom.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

canopy

noun
  1. A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
  2. Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
  3. The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
  4. In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
  5. In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
verb
  1. To cover with or as if with a canopy.
  2. To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.

canyon

noun
  1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

capo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.

capon

noun
  1. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
verb
  1. To castrate; to make a capon of.

chancy

adjective
  1. Uncertain, risky, hazardous
  2. Subject to chance; random
  3. Lucky; bringing good luck

chap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
  2. A customer, a buyer.
  3. A child.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. A blow; a rap.
verb
  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. To strike, knock.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (often in the plural) The jaw.
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
  2. A section of a social or religious body.
  3. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
  4. A decretal epistle.
  5. A location or compartment.

chop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
  2. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
  3. A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
  4. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
  5. A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
  6. (with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
  7. A woodchopping competition.
  8. A crack or cleft; a chap.
verb
  1. To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
  2. To sever with an axe or similar implement.
  3. To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
  4. To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
  5. To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
  6. To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
  7. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
  8. To interrupt; with in or out.
  9. (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
verb
  1. To exchange, to barter; to swap.
  2. To chap or crack.
  3. To vary or shift suddenly.
  4. To twist words.
  5. To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
  2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
  3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
  2. A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
  3. A license or passport that has been sealed.
  4. A complete shipment.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An IRC channel operator.

choppy

adjective
  1. (of the surface of water) Having many small, rough waves.
  2. Discontinuous, intermittent.
  3. (of wind) Shifting, variable

coach

noun
  1. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  2. A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
  3. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
  4. A single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  5. The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  6. (chiefly US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; the economy section.
verb
  1. To train.
  2. To instruct; to train.
  3. To study under a tutor.
  4. To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
  5. To convey in a coach.

coca

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
  2. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

cocoa

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
  4. A serving of this drink.
  5. A light to medium brown colour.
adjective
  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Coconut palm.
  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

cocoon

noun
  1. The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
  2. Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb
  1. To envelop in a protective case
  2. To withdraw into such a case.

coho

noun
  1. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.

conch

noun
  1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
  2. The shell of this sea animal.
  3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
  4. The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
verb
  1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
  2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.
noun
  1. A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
  2. A person who operates such a machine.

coop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
  2. A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
  3. A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
  4. A barrel or cask for holding liquids.
verb
  1. To keep in a coop.
  2. To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  3. To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
  4. (law enforcement) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
  5. To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
  2. A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small heap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
  2. Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
  3. Any shop owned by a co-operative.
  4. A co-operative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.

copay

No Definition Found.

copy

noun
  1. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
  2. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
  3. The text that is to be typeset.
  4. A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
  5. The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
  6. The text of newspaper articles.
  7. A school work pad.
  8. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
  9. Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
  10. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
  11. An abundance or plenty of anything.
  12. Copyhold; tenure; lease
  13. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
verb
  1. To produce an object identical to a given object.
  2. To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
  3. To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
  4. To imitate.
  5. To receive a transmission successfully.

cyan

noun
  1. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
adjective
  1. Of the colour cyan.

honcho

noun
  1. Boss, leader
verb
  1. To lead or manage.

hooch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

nacho

noun
  1. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

papacy

noun
  1. The office of the pope.
  2. The period of a particular pope's reign.
  3. Roman Catholicism generally.

poach

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
verb
  1. To cook something in simmering liquid.
  2. To be cooked in simmering liquid
  3. To become soft or muddy.
  4. To make soft or muddy.
  5. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
  6. To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
  7. To begin and not complete.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
verb
  1. To take game or fish illegally.
  2. To take anything illegally or unfairly.
  3. To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

poncho

noun
  1. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
  2. A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.

pooch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dog.
  2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bulge, an enlarged part
  2. A distended or swelled condition.
verb
  1. To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.