Monday, August 03, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 136

Number of Answers: 36

Points Needed for Genius: 95

Genius requires between 16 and 31 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% 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 136 was in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 30, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 36 possible answers rank it in the 40th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 30, 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 July 29, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.8.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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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 246
  • loll 228
  • toot 220
  • nana 205
  • naan 205
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • lilt 160
  • nene 159
  • mamma 159
  • mama 159
  • tint 156
  • onion 153
  • acai 150
  • acacia 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 140
  • anon 138
  • anal 137
  • tact 130
  • papa 129
  • baba 128
  • dodo 127
  • mitt 126
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • loon 123
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • booboo 122
  • boob 122
  • poop 121
  • cocci 120
  • tartar 119
  • tart 119
  • ratatat 119
  • moon 119
  • mono 119
  • tattoo 118
  • attar 118
  • tutu 115
  • momma 114
  • cancan 114
  • aria 114
  • ammo 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • meme 112
  • tatty 111


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,300 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,076 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*:

  • dido
  • didy
  • diff
  • diol
  • dirl
  • doodoo
  • doody
  • dooly
  • dorr
  • doyly
  • drily
  • fido
  • fiord
  • fordid
  • fordo
  • iodid
  • irid
  • lido
  • loid
  • odyl
  • oidioid
  • oldy
  • ordo
  • yird

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

diddly

No Definition Found.

dildo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
  2. An idiot, a bore.
  3. A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
verb
  1. To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo.

Etymology 2

interjection
  1. A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song.

dill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
  3. A fool.
verb
  1. To cook or flavor with dill

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

dilly

No Definition Found.

dodo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fried plantain.

doff

verb
  1. (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
  2. To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
  3. To get rid of, to throw off.
  4. To strip; to divest; to undress.

doily

noun
  1. A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
  2. An old kind of woollen material.

doll

No Definition Found.

dolly

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A doll.
  2. A contrivance for stirring:
  3. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
  4. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
  5. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
  6. A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
  7. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
  8. A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
  9. A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
  10. A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.
  11. A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
  12. A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
verb
  1. To hit a dolly.
  2. To move (an object) using a dolly.
  3. To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
  4. To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
  5. To crush ore with a dolly.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Pretty; attractive.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An offering of fruit or flowers.

dolor

noun
  1. Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
  2. A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.

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.

dory

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
adjective
  1. Of a bright yellow or golden color.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.

drill

droid

No Definition Found.

droll

No Definition Found.

drolly

No Definition Found.

drool

No Definition Found.

drooly

No Definition Found.

dryly

No Definition Found.

fiddly

No Definition Found.

flood

noun
  1. A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
  2. A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
  3. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
  4. A floodlight.
  5. Menstrual discharge; menses.
  6. Water as opposed to land.
verb
  1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
  2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
  3. To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
  4. To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
  5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

florid

adjective
  1. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
  2. Elaborately ornate; flowery.
  3. (of a disorder, especially mental) In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state.
  4. Flourishing; in the bloom of health.

floridly

No Definition Found.

fold

No Definition Found.

food

noun
  1. Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
  2. A foodstuff.
  3. Anything that nourishes or sustains.

ford

noun
  1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
  2. A stream; a current.
verb
  1. To cross a stream using a ford.

idly

adverb
  1. In an idle manner.
  2. Without specific purpose, intent or effort.

idol

No Definition Found.

idyl

noun
  1. Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the Idylls.
  2. An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
  3. A composition, usually instrumental, of a pastoral or sentimental character, e.g. Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner.

idyll

No Definition Found.

lord

noun
  1. The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor
  2. One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
  3. One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
  4. The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
  5. A hunchback.
  6. (via Cockney rhyming slang) Sixpence.
verb
  1. Domineer or act like a lord.
  2. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

lordly

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a lord.
  2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
  3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
  4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
adverb
  1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.

oddly

No Definition Found.

odor

No Definition Found.

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.

lordy

No Definition Found.