Saturday, June 20, 2026

Answers to yesterday's Bee

Jump to answers for


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

Click on the arrow to show the definition.
Click outside the pop-up to close it.



Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 297

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 208

Genius requires between 26 and 47 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% 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 297 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on June 12, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 19, 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on June 19, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.8.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 244
  • loll 225
  • toot 218
  • nana 202
  • naan 202
  • nene 158
  • tilt 157
  • till 157
  • lilt 157
  • mamma 155
  • mama 155
  • tint 152
  • onion 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • acai 146
  • acacia 146
  • olio 136
  • anon 136
  • anal 135
  • papa 128
  • tact 127
  • baba 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • dodo 124
  • loon 122
  • mitt 121
  • poop 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • cocci 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • calla 118
  • call 118
  • tattoo 117
  • tartar 117
  • tart 117
  • ratatat 117
  • attar 116
  • tutu 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • tatty 111
  • momma 111
  • cancan 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • roar 110


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 119,400 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,050 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*:

  • dorr
  • drongo
  • drownd
  • drownding
  • girn
  • girning
  • giro
  • giron
  • godroon
  • gridding
  • griding
  • gridironing
  • grig
  • grigri
  • gringo
  • groining
  • indri
  • ingrowing
  • inro
  • irid
  • iring
  • nongrowing
  • noniron
  • nonrigid
  • ordo
  • rinding
  • rinning
  • rodding
  • ronin
  • ronion
  • windrow
  • windrowing

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

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.

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.

drown

verb
  1. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
  2. To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
  3. To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  4. To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
  5. (usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.

drowning

verb
  1. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
  2. To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
  3. To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  4. To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
  5. (usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
noun
  1. An instance of a person or animal drowning.

gird

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  3. To prepare oneself for an action.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sarcastic remark.
  2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
  3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
verb
  1. To jeer at.
  2. To jeer.

girding

verb
  1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  3. To prepare oneself for an action.
verb
  1. To jeer at.
  2. To jeer.
noun
  1. A binding or encircling.

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.

grid

noun
  1. A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.
  2. A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
  3. A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
  4. A method of marking off maps into areas.
  5. The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.
  6. The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
  7. A battery-plate somewhat like a grating, especially a zinc plate in a primary battery, or a lead plate in a secondary or storage battery.
  8. A grating of parallel bars; a gridiron.
verb
  1. To mark with a grid.
  2. To assign a reference grid to.

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.

grin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
verb
  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
  2. To express by grinning.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A snare; a gin.

grind

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
  2. Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
  3. A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
  4. A tedious and laborious task.
  5. A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
  6. One who studies hard; a swot.
  7. Grindcore (subgenre of heavy metal)
  8. Hustle
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.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.

grinding

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.
noun
  1. The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles.
  2. A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together.
  3. Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the act or sound of grinding.
  2. Hard and tedious.

grinning

verb
  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
  2. To express by grinning.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
noun
  1. The act or expression of one who grins.

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.

grow

verb
  1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
  2. To appear or sprout.
  3. To develop, to mature.
  4. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  5. To assume a condition or quality over time.
  6. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

growing

verb
  1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
  2. To appear or sprout.
  3. To develop, to mature.
  4. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  5. To assume a condition or quality over time.
  6. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
noun
  1. Growth; increase
  2. (attributive) Connected with growing
adjective
  1. That grows.

grown

verb
  1. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
  2. To appear or sprout.
  3. To develop, to mature.
  4. To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
  5. To assume a condition or quality over time.
  6. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
adjective
  1. Covered by growth; overgrown.
  2. Of a person: adult.

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.

indoor

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

ingrown

adjective
  1. That has grown inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)

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.

ironwood

noun
  1. Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.
  2. The wood of any ironwood tree.

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

nonword

noun
  1. Any sequence of sounds or letters which is not considered to be a word.

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.

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.

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.

ridding

verb
  1. To free (something) from a hindrance or annoyance.
  2. To banish.
  3. To kill.

ridging

verb
  1. To form into a ridge
  2. To extend in ridges
noun
  1. A pattern of ridges.

riding

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
  2. To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
  3. (chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
  4. Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
  5. To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such a way, as though on horseback.
  6. To traverse by riding.
  7. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
  8. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
  9. To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
  10. To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
  11. Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
  12. To rely, depend (on).
  13. Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
  14. To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
  15. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
  16. To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
  17. To monitor (some component of an audiovisual signal) in order to keep it within acceptable bounds.
  18. In jazz, a steady rhythmical style.
noun
  1. A path cut through woodland.
  2. The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
  3. A festival procession.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
  2. Electoral district or constituency.

rigging

verb
  1. To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  2. To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  3. To dress or clothe in some costume.
  4. To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  5. To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  6. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  7. To outfit a model with controls for animation.
verb
  1. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
noun
  1. Dress; tackle; especially , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
  2. Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.

rigid

noun
  1. A bicycle with no suspension system.
adjective
  1. Stiff, rather than flexible.
  2. Fixed, rather than moving.
  3. Rigorous and unbending.
  4. Uncompromising.

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.

rind

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Tree bark
  2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
  3. (usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
verb
  1. To remove the rind from.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

ring

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
  2. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
  3. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  4. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
  5. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
  6. A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
  7. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  8. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
  9. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
  10. A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
  11. Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
  12. The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
verb
  1. To enclose or surround.
  2. To make an incision around; to girdle.
  3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  5. To rise in the air spirally.
  6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  2. A pleasant or correct sound.
  3. A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
  4. A telephone call.
  5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
  6. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
verb
  1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. To telephone (someone).
  7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. To produce music with bells.
  9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
  2. An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.

ringing

verb
  1. To enclose or surround.
  2. To make an incision around; to girdle.
  3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  5. To rise in the air spirally.
  6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
verb
  1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. To telephone (someone).
  7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. To produce music with bells.
  9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
noun
  1. The sound of something that rings.
  2. The quality of being resonant.
  3. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
  4. The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.
adjective
  1. Loud and clear.
  2. Made forcefully; powerful.

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.

rowing

verb
  1. To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
  2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
  3. To be moved by oars.
verb
  1. To argue noisily
noun
  1. The action of the verb to row.
  2. The action of propelling a boat with oars.
  3. The rowing of boats as a competitive sport.
  4. The act of having a row, or argument.

wiring

verb
  1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
  2. To string on a wire.
  3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
  4. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.
  5. (usually passive) To fix or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour) in a particular way.
  6. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
  7. To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
  8. To install eavesdropping equipment.
  9. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
  10. To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
noun
  1. A mass of electric wires.

word

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
  2. Something like such a unit of language:
  3. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
  4. Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
  5. A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
  6. A proverb or motto.
  7. News; tidings (used without an article).
  8. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
  9. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
  10. A brief discussion or conversation.
  11. (in the plural) See words.
  12. (sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
  13. (sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
verb
  1. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
  2. To flatter with words, to cajole.
  3. To ply or overpower with words.
  4. To conjure with a word.
  5. To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
interjection
  1. Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
  2. (stereotypically) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

wording

verb
  1. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
  2. To flatter with words, to cajole.
  3. To ply or overpower with words.
  4. To conjure with a word.
  5. To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
noun
  1. A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

worn

verb
  1. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
  2. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
  3. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
  4. (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
  5. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
  6. To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
  7. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
  8. To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
  9. (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
  10. (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
  11. To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
verb
  1. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
  2. To defend; protect.
  3. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
  4. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
adjective
  1. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use

wring

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A powerful squeezing or twisting action.
  2. Pain or distress.
verb
  1. To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
  2. To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
  3. To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
  4. To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
  5. To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
  6. To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
  7. To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
  8. To twist, as if in pain.
  9. To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
  10. To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
  11. To bend or strain out of its position.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A device for pressing or compressing, especially for cider.

wringing

verb
  1. To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
  2. To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
  3. To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
  4. To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
  5. To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
  6. To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
  7. To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
  8. To twist, as if in pain.
  9. To give an incorrect meaning to (words, teachings, etc.).
  10. To subject (someone) to extortion; to afflict or oppress in order to enforce compliance.
  11. To bend or strain out of its position.
noun
  1. The act by which something is wrung.

wrong

noun
  1. Something that is immoral or not good.
  2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).
  3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.
  4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.
verb
  1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
  2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
  3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
adjective
  1. Incorrect or untrue.
  2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
  3. Immoral, not good, bad.
  4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.
  5. Not working; out of order.
  6. Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.
  7. Twisted; wry.
adverb
  1. In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

wrongdoing

verb
  1. To do something wrong; to break a rule or offend.
noun
  1. Violation of standards of behavior.
  2. An instance of doing wrong.

wronging

verb
  1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm.
  2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
  3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
noun
  1. An act by which somebody is wronged.

nigiri

noun
  1. Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.