Monday, May 25, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 227

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 159

Genius requires between 23 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 227 was in the 73rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 23, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 58th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 23, 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 May 23, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.7.
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 240
  • loll 221
  • toot 215
  • nana 200
  • naan 200
  • nene 158
  • tilt 156
  • till 156
  • lilt 156
  • mamma 152
  • mama 152
  • tint 150
  • onion 146
  • toon 145
  • onto 145
  • acai 143
  • acacia 143
  • anon 135
  • anal 134
  • olio 132
  • papa 127
  • tact 126
  • baba 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • dodo 124
  • poop 120
  • mitt 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • loon 118
  • cocci 118
  • calla 118
  • call 118
  • tartar 117
  • tart 117
  • ratatat 117
  • tattoo 116
  • attar 116
  • tutu 114
  • ally 113
  • allay 113
  • momma 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • tatty 110
  • cancan 110
  • roar 109


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 118,272 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,995 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*:

  • airt
  • airtram
  • amanita
  • amanitin
  • amrit
  • amrita
  • animati
  • anta
  • antiair
  • antiar
  • antiarin
  • antiman
  • antivitamin
  • antra
  • ataman
  • atma
  • atman
  • attaint
  • attrit
  • avant
  • inti
  • intima
  • intrant
  • intravitam
  • mammati
  • manat
  • mantram
  • maranta
  • martian
  • matin
  • matt
  • mattin
  • ratan
  • riant
  • riata
  • tain
  • tarama
  • tarn
  • tartana
  • tatar
  • tian
  • tinman
  • titania
  • titi
  • titian
  • titman
  • titrant
  • trainman
  • trinitarian
  • vita
  • vitrain
  • vitta
  • vivat

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

anti

noun
  1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.
adjective
  1. Opposed to something.
  2. That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
preposition
  1. Alternative form of anti-

arrant

adjective
  1. Utter; complete (with a negative sense).
adjective
  1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
  2. Wandering; roving around.
  3. Prone to making errors; misbehaved.
  4. Utter, complete (negative); arrant.

atria

noun
  1. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  2. A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  3. A cavity, entrance, or passage.
  4. Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

attain

verb
  1. To gain (an object or desired result).
  2. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  3. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
  4. To get at the knowledge of.
  5. To reach in excellence or degree.
  6. To reach a person after being behind them.

attar

noun
  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

avatar

noun
  1. The incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
  2. The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification.
  3. A digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room.

invariant

noun
  1. An invariant quantity, function etc.
adjective
  1. Not varying; constant
  2. Unaffected by a specified operation (especially by a transformation)
  3. Neither covariant nor contravariant.

irritant

noun
  1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
  2. A source of irritation.
adjective
  1. Causing irritation or inflammation.
  2. Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

maintain

verb
  1. To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
  2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
  3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

manta

noun
  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
noun
  1. Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

mantra

noun
  1. The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
  2. (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.
  3. (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

mart

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A market.
  2. A bargain.
verb
  1. To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
  2. To traffic.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
  2. A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
  3. A ship commissioned for making captures.
noun
  1. Battle; contest.

martin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

martini

noun
  1. A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.

mint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  2. A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
  3. Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
verb
  1. To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
adjective
  1. (with condition) Like new.
  2. In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
  3. Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
  4. Very good.
  5. Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
  2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
  4. A green colour, like that of mint.
  5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
adjective
  1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (provincial) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
verb
  1. (provincial) To try, attempt; take aim.
  2. (provincial) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  3. To hint; suggest; insinuate.

mitt

noun
  1. A mitten
  2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  3. (especially in plural) A hand.

natant

adjective
  1. Floating or swimming (in water)
  2. In a horizontal position, as if swimming

raita

noun
  1. A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.

rant

noun
  1. A criticism done by ranting.
  2. A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
  3. A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
verb
  1. To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
  2. To criticize by ranting.
  3. To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
  4. To dance rant steps.

ratatat

noun
  1. A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

rattan

noun
  1. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
  2. The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.
  3. (by extension) A cane made from this material.
verb
  1. To beat with a rattan cane.

taint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
  3. Tincture; hue; colour
  4. Infection; corruption; deprivation
  5. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
verb
  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
  5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
  6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
verb
  1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
  2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
  3. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The perineum.

tamari

noun
  1. A type of soy sauce made without wheat, having a rich flavor.

tamarin

noun
  1. One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys.

tannin

noun
  1. Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

tantara

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tantra

noun
  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

tart

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  3. Sharp; keen; severe.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A prostitute.
  2. By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
verb
  1. To practice prostitution
  2. To practice promiscuous sex
  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily

tartan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
  2. The pattern associated with such material.
  3. An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  4. Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
verb
  1. To clothe in tartan.
adjective
  1. Having a pattern like a tartan.
  2. Scottish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
  2. A kind of long covered carriage.

tartar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fearsome or angrily violent person.

tatami

noun
  1. Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

tiara

noun
  1. The papal crown.
  2. An ornamental coronet.

tint

noun
  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
  4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
verb
  1. To shade, to color.

titan

noun
  1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

train

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Elongated portion.
  2. Connected sequence of people or things.
verb
  1. To practice an ability.
  2. To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
  3. To improve one's fitness.
  4. To proceed in sequence.
  5. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
  6. To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
  7. To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
  8. To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
  9. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
  10. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Treachery; deceit.
  2. A trick or stratagem.
  3. A trap for animals; a snare.
  4. A lure; a decoy.

trait

noun
  1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
  2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

tram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
  2. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
  3. A people mover.
  4. An aerial cable car.
  5. A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
  6. A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
  7. The shaft of a cart.
  8. One of the rails of a tramway.
verb
  1. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
  2. To travel by tram.
  3. To transport (material) by tram.
  4. To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.

trim

noun
  1. Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
  2. A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
  3. Dress; gear; ornaments.
  4. The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
  5. Sexual intercourse.
  6. The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
  7. The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
verb
  1. To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
  2. To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
  3. (of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
  4. (of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
  5. (of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
  6. To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
  7. To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
  8. (of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
  9. To rebuke; to reprove.
  10. To beat or thrash.
adjective
  1. Physically fit.
  2. Slender, lean.
  3. Neat or smart in appearance.
adverb
  1. In good order; properly managed or maintained.
  2. With sails well trimmed.

trimaran

noun
  1. A type of boat with three parallel hulls.

trivia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information
  2. A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (in medieval universities) The lower division of the liberal arts; grammar, logic and rhetoric.
  2. The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively.

variant

noun
  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
adjective
  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. Variable.
  4. Covariant and/or contravariant.

varmint

noun
  1. A pestering animal such as one that kills or harasses a farmer's livestock or crops.
  2. (by extension) An obnoxious person or troublemaker.

vitamin

noun
  1. Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.