Saturday, August 01, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 237

Number of Answers: 48

Points Needed for Genius: 166

Genius requires between 25 and 40 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 237 was in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 28, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 48 possible answers rank it in the 70th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 31, 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 July 31, 2026.

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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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 246
  • loll 228
  • toot 220
  • nana 204
  • naan 204
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • lilt 160
  • mamma 159
  • mama 159
  • nene 158
  • tint 156
  • onion 153
  • acai 150
  • acacia 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 140
  • anon 138
  • anal 136
  • tact 130
  • papa 129
  • baba 128
  • mitt 126
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • dodo 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
  • aria 114
  • ammo 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • cancan 113
  • meme 112
  • tatty 111


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,190 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,073 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*:

  • abri
  • acari
  • acratic
  • airt
  • akratic
  • arabic
  • arak
  • arrack
  • arriba
  • ataractic
  • attrit
  • baccara
  • backbar
  • barca
  • baric
  • birk
  • birr
  • bract
  • brit
  • britt
  • brrr
  • caracara
  • carack
  • cark
  • carr
  • carrack
  • catbriar
  • crackback
  • crit
  • iatric
  • iritic
  • kabar
  • karri
  • kbar
  • kirk
  • krai
  • krait
  • rabat
  • rabic
  • raia
  • raki
  • riata
  • rickrack
  • ricrac
  • tartaric
  • tatar
  • traik
  • triac
  • trictrac

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

arabica

noun
  1. A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia
  2. The bean of this plant
  3. Coffee made from these coffee beans

arctic

noun
  1. A warm waterproof overshoe.
  2. Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
adjective
  1. (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
  2. Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
  3. Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
  4. Designed for use in very cold conditions.

aria

noun
  1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

atria

No Definition Found.

attar

No Definition Found.

attract

verb
  1. To pull toward without touching.
  2. To arouse interest.
  3. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

baccarat

noun
  1. A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

backtrack

No Definition Found.

barb

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
  2. A hurtful or disparaging remark.
  3. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
  4. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
  5. A horse.
  6. One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
  7. Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
  8. Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish), found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
  9. A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
  10. A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
  11. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
  12. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]
  13. A bit for a horse.
  14. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
verb
  1. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
  2. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
  3. To cut (hair).
  4. To shave or dress the beard of.
  5. To clip; to mow.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
  2. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A barbiturate.

barbaric

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

bariatric

No Definition Found.

bark

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
  2. An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
verb
  1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
  2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
  3. To speak sharply.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
  2. Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
  3. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
  4. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
  5. The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
verb
  1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
  2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
  3. To girdle.
  4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
  2. A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
  3. A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

barrack

No Definition Found.

bicarb

noun
  1. Bicarbonate.

brat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
  2. A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.
  3. A turbot or flatfish
  4. A rough cloak or ragged garment
  5. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  6. The young of an animal.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Bratwurst

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Acronym of Born, Raised, And Transferred.

briar

No Definition Found.

brick

noun
  1. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
  2. Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.
  3. Something shaped like a brick.
  4. A helpful and reliable person.
  5. A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.
  6. A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male power plug and an attached electric cord terminating in another power plug.
  7. An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.
  8. A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.
  9. A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
  10. The colour brick red.
  11. One kilo of cocaine.
verb
  1. To build with bricks.
  2. To make into bricks.
  3. To hit someone or something with a brick.
  4. To make an electronic device nonfunctional and usually beyond repair, essentially making it no more useful than a brick.
adjective
  1. (of weather) Extremely cold.

brickbat

No Definition Found.

carat

noun
  1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
  2. Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
  3. A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

carb

No Definition Found.

cart

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
  3. A shopping cart.
verb
  1. To carry goods.
  2. To carry or convey in a cart.
  3. To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
  4. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
  2. A cartridge for a video game system.

cataract

noun
  1. A waterspout
  2. A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
  3. A flood of water
  4. An overwhelming downpour or rush
  5. A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

circa

No Definition Found.

cirri

noun
  1. A tendril.
  2. A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

citric

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.

crab

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
  2. The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
  3. A bad-tempered person.
  4. (in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
  5. A playing card with the rank of three.
  6. A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
  7. A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
  8. An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
verb
  1. To fish for crabs.
  2. To ruin.
  3. To complain.
  4. To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
  5. To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
  6. To move (a camera) sideways.
  7. (World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
  8. To back out of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The crab apple or wild apple.
  2. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
  3. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
  4. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
  5. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
  6. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
  7. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
verb
  1. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
  2. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
  3. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Short for carabiner.

crack

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
  2. A narrow opening.
  3. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
  4. Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
  5. The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
  6. Any sharp sound.
  7. A sharp, resounding blow.
  8. An attempt at something.
  9. Vagina.
  10. The space between the buttocks.
  11. Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
  12. Business; events; news.
  13. A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
  14. (elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
  15. Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
  16. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
  17. A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
  18. A crazy or crack-brained person.
  19. A boast; boasting.
  20. Breach of chastity.
  21. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
  22. A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
verb
  1. To form cracks.
  2. To break apart under pressure.
  3. To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
  4. To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
  5. To make a cracking sound.
  6. (of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
  7. (of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
  8. To make a sharply humorous comment.
  9. To make a crack or cracks in.
  10. To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
  11. To strike forcefully.
  12. To open slightly.
  13. To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative)
  14. To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.)
  15. To overcome a security system or a component.
  16. To cause to make a sharp sound.
  17. To tell (a joke).
  18. To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
  19. To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
  20. To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
  21. To brag, boast.
  22. To be ruined or impaired; to fail.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Highly trained and competent.
  2. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

crib

No Definition Found.

crick

No Definition Found.

critic

noun
  1. A person who appraises the works of others.
  2. A specialist in judging works of art.
  3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
  4. An opponent.
verb
  1. To criticise.
noun
  1. The art of criticism.
  2. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
  3. A point made to criticize something.
  4. A critic; one who criticises.

karat

noun
  1. A unit of fineness or concentration of gold equalling 1/24 part of gold in an alloy.

kart

noun
  1. A go-cart.
verb
  1. To ride in a go-cart.

rabbi

noun
  1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
  2. A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
  3. (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

rabbit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
  2. The meat from this animal.
  3. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
  4. A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
  5. A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
  6. A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
  7. Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
verb
  1. To hunt rabbits.
  2. To flee.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. Confound; damn; drat.

rack

No Definition Found.

raita

No Definition Found.

ratatat

noun
  1. A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

ribbit

noun
  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a frog or toad.
interjection
  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

rick

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
  2. A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
verb
  1. To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee.

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

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.

tiara

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

track

noun
  1. A mark left by something that has passed along.
  2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
  3. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
  4. A road or other similar beaten path.
  5. Physical course; way.
  6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
  7. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
  8. The way or rails along which a train moves.
  9. A tract or area, such as of land.
  10. The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
  11. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
  12. The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
  13. Short for caterpillar track.
  14. The pitch.
  15. Sound stored on a record.
  16. The physical track on a record.
  17. A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
  18. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
  19. The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
  20. A session talk on a conference.
verb
  1. To continue over time.
  2. To follow the tracks of.
  3. To make tracks on.
  4. To create a musical recording (a track).
  5. To make sense; to be consistent with known information

tract

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An area or expanse.
  2. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  5. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  6. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
  7. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
  8. Continuity or extension of anything.
  9. Traits; features; lineaments.
  10. The footprint of a wild animal.
  11. Track; trace.
  12. Treatment; exposition.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To pursue, follow; to track.
  2. To draw out; to protract.

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.

trick

noun
  1. Something designed to fool or swindle.
  2. A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
  3. An entertaining difficult physical action.
  4. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
  5. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
  6. A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
  7. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
  8. A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
  9. A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
  10. A customer to a prostitute.
  11. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
  12. A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
  13. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
verb
  1. To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
  2. To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
  3. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
adjective
  1. Involving trickery or deception.
  2. Able to perform tricks.
  3. Defective or unreliable.
  4. Stylish or cool.

barback

No Definition Found.

birria

No Definition Found.