Thursday, April 16, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 285

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 200

Genius requires between 24 and 43 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 85% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 285 was in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 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 50 possible answers rank it in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 15, 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on April 13, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.1.
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 238
  • loll 217
  • toot 214
  • nana 197
  • naan 197
  • nene 156
  • tilt 154
  • till 154
  • lilt 154
  • mamma 150
  • mama 150
  • tint 149
  • toon 144
  • onto 144
  • onion 144
  • acai 141
  • acacia 141
  • anon 133
  • anal 132
  • olio 128
  • papa 125
  • baba 125
  • tact 124
  • lulu 124
  • lull 124
  • dodo 123
  • poop 119
  • booboo 119
  • boob 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • mitt 117
  • cocci 117
  • calla 116
  • call 116
  • loon 115
  • tattoo 114
  • tartar 114
  • tart 114
  • ratatat 114
  • attar 113
  • tutu 112
  • ally 112
  • allay 112
  • momma 111
  • ammo 111
  • tatty 110
  • meme 109
  • roar 108
  • aria 108


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 116,490 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,962 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*:

  • affinal
  • alfa
  • alif
  • antifat
  • faff
  • faffing
  • fagging
  • fagin
  • fain
  • fallal
  • fanga
  • fatling
  • fatting
  • figging
  • fila
  • filiating
  • finnan
  • finning
  • flatling
  • flatting
  • flinting
  • fliting
  • gaffing
  • gliff
  • infall
  • infalling
  • infanta
  • naff
  • naffing
  • niff
  • niffing
  • taffia
  • tafia
  • tailfan
  • tailfin
  • tiffin
  • tiffing
  • tiffining

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

affiant

noun
  1. The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.

affiliating

verb
  1. To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
  2. To bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  3. (said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
  4. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  5. (followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

alfalfa

noun
  1. A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
  2. A type or breed of this plant.

fail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
  2. A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
  3. A failure (something incapable of success)
  4. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
  5. A failing grade in an academic examination.
verb
  1. To be unsuccessful.
  2. Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
  3. To neglect.
  4. Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
  5. To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
  6. To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
  7. To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
  8. To miss attaining; to lose.
  9. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
  10. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
  11. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
  12. To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
  13. To perish; to die; used of a person.
  14. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  15. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
adjective
  1. That is a failure.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A piece of turf cut from grassland.

failing

verb
  1. To be unsuccessful.
  2. Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
  3. To neglect.
  4. Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
  5. To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
  6. To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
  7. To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
  8. To miss attaining; to lose.
  9. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
  10. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
  11. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
  12. To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
  13. To perish; to die; used of a person.
  14. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  15. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
noun
  1. Weakness; defect
preposition
  1. If the preferred or prior option is not possible

faint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of fainting, syncope.
  2. The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
adjective
  1. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
  2. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
  3. Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
  4. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
  5. Slight; minimal.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
  2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
  3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

fainting

verb
  1. To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
  2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
  3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
noun
  1. An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.

fall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
  2. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
  3. The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
  4. A loss of greatness or status.
  5. That which falls or cascades.
  6. A crucial event or circumstance.
  7. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss.
  8. Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
  9. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
  10. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
  11. A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker.
  12. The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard
verb
  1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
  2. To move downwards.
  3. To happen, to change negatively.
  4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
  6. To bring forth.
  7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
  8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
  10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
  11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
  12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
  13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
  14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The chasing of a hunted whale.

falling

verb
  1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
  2. To move downwards.
  3. To happen, to change negatively.
  4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
  6. To bring forth.
  7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
  8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
  10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
  11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
  12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
  13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
  14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).
noun
  1. Present participle of fall
adjective
  1. That falls or fall.

fang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
  2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
verb
  1. To strike or attack with the fangs.
  2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
  2. To take; receive with assent; accept.
  3. (as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
  4. (a thing given or imposed) To receive.
  5. To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
  2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
  3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
  4. A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
  5. (in the plural) Cage-shuts.
  6. The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
  7. The valve of a pump box.
verb
  1. To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

fanning

verb
  1. To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
  2. To slap (a behind, especially).
  3. (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
  4. To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
  5. To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
  6. (metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
  7. To winnow grain.
noun
  1. The act by which something is fanned.
  2. A very small fragment of tea leaf.

fantail

noun
  1. Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
  2. Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
  3. Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail.
  4. An overhanging deck at the stern of a ship
  5. A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
  6. A brimmed hat with just the back of the brim turned up.

fatal

noun
  1. A fatality; an event that leads to death.
  2. A fatal error; a failure that causes a program to terminate.
adjective
  1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
  2. Foreboding death or great disaster.
  3. Causing death or destruction.
  4. Causing a sudden end to the running of a program.

fating

verb
  1. To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

fiat

noun
  1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
  2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
  3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
  4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
verb
  1. (used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

fifing

verb
  1. To play this instrument.

filial

adjective
  1. Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
  2. Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
  3. Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

filing

verb
  1. To commit (official papers) to some office.
  2. To place in an archive in a logical place and order
  3. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
  4. (with for) To submit a formal request to some office.
  5. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
verb
  1. To move in a file.
verb
  1. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
verb
  1. To defile
  2. To corrupt
noun
  1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
  2. The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
  3. Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

fill

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. To become full.
  5. To become pervaded with something.
  6. To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
  7. To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  8. To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  9. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  10. To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  11. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  2. An amount that fills a container.
  3. The filling of a container or area.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  5. Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
  6. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
  7. A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

filling

verb
  1. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. To become full.
  5. To become pervaded with something.
  6. To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
  7. To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  8. To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  9. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  10. To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  11. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
noun
  1. Anything that is used to fill something.
  2. The contents of a pie, etc.
  3. Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
  4. The woof in woven fabrics.
  5. Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
  6. A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
adjective
  1. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

finagling

verb
  1. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
  2. To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
  3. To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
noun
  1. The act of cheating or swindling

final

noun
  1. A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
  2. The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
  3. A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
  4. The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
  5. The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
adjective
  1. Last; ultimate.
  2. Conclusive; decisive.
  3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
  4. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
  5. Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.

finial

noun
  1. The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
  2. Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.

fining

verb
  1. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
  2. To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
  3. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
  4. To change by fine gradations.
  5. To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
  6. To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
verb
  1. To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
  2. To pay a fine.
verb
  1. To finish; to cease.
  2. To cause to cease; to stop.

fitting

verb
  1. To be suitable for.
  2. To conform to in size and shape.
  3. To be of the right size and shape
  4. (with to) To make conform in size and shape.
  5. To be in agreement with.
  6. To adjust.
  7. To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
  8. To equip or supply.
  9. To make ready.
  10. To be seemly.
  11. To be proper or becoming.
  12. To be in harmony.
verb
  1. To suffer a fit.
noun
  1. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
  2. A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
  3. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
  4. The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
  5. (often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.
  6. The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.
adjective
  1. Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping

flag

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
  2. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
  3. A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
  4. (often used attributively) A signal flag.
  5. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
  6. A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
  7. In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
  8. A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
  9. The game of capture the flag.
  10. A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
  11. A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
verb
  1. To furnish or deck out with flags.
  2. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
  3. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
  4. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
  5. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
  6. To signal (an event).
  7. To set a program variable to true.
  8. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
  9. To penalize for an infraction.
  10. To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To weaken, become feeble.
  2. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
  3. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
  4. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A slice of turf; a sod.
  2. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
  3. Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
verb
  1. To pave with flagstones.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
  2. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
  3. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
  4. A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value

flagging

verb
  1. To furnish or deck out with flags.
  2. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
  3. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
  4. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
  5. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
  6. To signal (an event).
  7. To set a program variable to true.
  8. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
  9. To penalize for an infraction.
  10. To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
verb
  1. To weaken, become feeble.
  2. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
  3. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
  4. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
verb
  1. To pave with flagstones.
noun
  1. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
  2. The process by which something flags or tires.

flail

noun
  1. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
  2. A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
verb
  1. To beat using a flail or similar implement.
  2. To wave or swing vigorously
  3. To thresh.
  4. To move like a flail.

flailing

verb
  1. To beat using a flail or similar implement.
  2. To wave or swing vigorously
  3. To thresh.
  4. To move like a flail.
noun
  1. A flailing action or motion.

flan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
  2. (Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
  3. A coin die. (Compare planchet.)

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.

flanging

noun
  1. A flange.
  2. A time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.

flat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An area of level ground.
  2. A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
  3. A flat tyre/tire.
  4. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
  5. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
  6. A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
  7. The flat part of something:
  8. A wide, shallow container or pallet.
  9. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
  10. A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
  11. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
  12. A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
  13. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
  14. A flat sheet for use on a bed.
  15. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
  16. A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
  17. A dull fellow; a simpleton.
  18. (technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.
  19. Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
  20. An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
verb
  1. To make a flat call; to call without raising.
  2. To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
  3. To fall from the pitch.
  4. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
  5. To make flat; to flatten; to level.
  6. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
adjective
  1. Having no variations in height.
  2. (voice) Without variations in pitch.
  3. Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
  4. (note) Lowered by one semitone.
  5. Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
  6. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
  7. Uninteresting.
  8. (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
  9. Lacking acidity without being sweet.
  10. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
  11. (of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
  12. Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
  13. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
  14. (of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
  15. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
  16. (of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
  17. (of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
  18. (authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
  19. Fixed; unvarying.
adverb
  1. So as to be flat.
  2. Bluntly.
  3. (with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
  4. Completely.
  5. Directly; flatly.
  6. Without allowance for accrued interest.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To beat or strike; pound
  2. To dash or throw
  3. To dash, rush

flatlining

verb
  1. (of the heart) To stop beating.
  2. (by extension) To die.
  3. To kill.
  4. To stay at the same level, without development; or, to fall.

fling

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act of throwing, often violently.
  2. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
  3. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
  4. A short casual sexual relationship.
  5. An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
  6. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
  7. A lively Scottish country dance.
  8. A trifling matter; an object of contempt.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
  2. To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  3. To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  4. To utter abusive language; to sneer.

flinging

verb
  1. To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
  2. To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  3. To throw; to wince; to flounce.
  4. To utter abusive language; to sneer.
noun
  1. The act by which something is flung.

flint

noun
  1. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
  2. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
  3. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  4. A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
  5. Anything figuratively hard.
verb
  1. To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

flit

noun
  1. A fluttering or darting movement.
  2. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  3. A homosexual.
verb
  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one location to another.
  3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
  5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
adjective
  1. Fast, nimble.

flitting

verb
  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one location to another.
  3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
  5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
noun
  1. The motion of something that flits.
  2. The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.

gaff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
  2. A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
  3. A trick or con.
  4. The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
  5. A garment worn to hide the genitals.
verb
  1. To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
  2. To cheat or hoax.
  3. To gamble.
  4. To affix or cover with gaffer tape.
noun
  1. A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by lighting electricians.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
  2. An outcry; nonsense.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (especially Manchester and Cockney) A place of residence.

gift

noun
  1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
  2. A talent or natural ability.
  3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
verb
  1. To give as a gift or donation.
  2. To give away, to concede easily.

gifting

verb
  1. To give as a gift or donation.
  2. To give away, to concede easily.
noun
  1. A divine gift.

infant

noun
  1. A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.
  2. A minor.
  3. A noble or aristocratic youth.
verb
  1. To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

infill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
  2. The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.
verb
  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
  2. To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Infiltration, the act of going into a place.

infilling

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
  2. To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Infilled material

inflating

verb
  1. To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
  2. To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
  3. To swell; to puff up.
  4. To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

lift

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act of lifting or raising.
  2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  3. Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  5. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  6. A thief.
  7. The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  9. An improvement in mood.
  10. The amount or weight to be lifted.
  11. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  12. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  13. A liftgate.
  14. A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
  15. One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  16. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  17. That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
verb
  1. To raise or rise.
  2. To steal.
  3. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
  4. To arrest (a person).
  5. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  6. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  7. To cause to move upwards.
  8. To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  9. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  10. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  11. To bear; to support.
  12. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  13. To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  14. To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Air.
  2. The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

lifting

verb
  1. To raise or rise.
  2. To steal.
  3. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
  4. To arrest (a person).
  5. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  6. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  7. To cause to move upwards.
  8. To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  9. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  10. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  11. To bear; to support.
  12. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  13. To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  14. To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
noun
  1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
  2. Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
  3. Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
  4. Theft.
  5. A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

naif

noun
  1. One who is naive.
adjective
  1. Naive.

tiff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  2. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
verb
  1. To quarrel.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To deck out; to dress.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (British India) To have lunch.

antifa

proper noun
  1. A decentralised, radical political movement that opposes fascism.
  2. A local instance of this movement.
noun
  1. Opposition to fascism
noun
  1. A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.
adjective
  1. Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.