Monday, August 10, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 146

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 102

Genius requires between 15 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 146 was in the 36th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 08, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 48th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 08, 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 August 09, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.0.
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 247
  • 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
  • dodo 128
  • baba 128
  • mitt 127
  • 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 113
  • tatty 111


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,588 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,081 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*:

  • agama
  • aggro
  • agloo
  • aglu
  • agma
  • agro
  • algor
  • algum
  • almug
  • argal
  • argala
  • argol
  • arugola
  • augural
  • galago
  • gama
  • gaol
  • gaum
  • gaur
  • gloam
  • glogg
  • gogo
  • gooral
  • goral
  • gorm
  • graal
  • grama
  • grogram
  • grrrl
  • grugru
  • grum
  • gular
  • gumma
  • magalog
  • mugg
  • muggar
  • muggur
  • ogam
  • ragg
  • ragga
  • ruga
  • rugal
  • rugola
  • urogram

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

agar

noun
  1. A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  2. A culture medium based on this material.

agog

adjective
  1. In eager desire, eager, astir.
  2. (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
adverb
  1. In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

agora

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A place for gathering.
  2. A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.

alga

noun
  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

algal

noun
  1. An alga.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to, or like, algae

amalgam

noun
  1. An alloy containing mercury.
  2. A combination of different things.
  3. One of the ingredients in an alloy.
verb
  1. To amalgamate.

arugula

noun
  1. One of three yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herbs of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads. Has a distinct, peppery flavor:

augur

noun
  1. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
  2. An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
verb
  1. To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
  2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.

gaga

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mentally senile.
  2. Crazy.
  3. Infatuated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

gala

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Pomp, show, or festivity.
  2. A showy and festive party.
adjective
  1. Celebratory; festive.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

gall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
  2. The gall bladder.
  3. Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  4. A feeling of exasperation.
  5. Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
  6. A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
  7. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  8. A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
verb
  1. To bother or trouble.
  2. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  3. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  4. To exasperate.
  5. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
  6. To scoff; to jeer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
  2. A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
verb
  1. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

gamma

noun
  1. The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
  2. The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
  3. A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
  4. A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
  5. (industries) slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
  6. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
noun
  1. A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.

glam

noun
  1. Glamour.
  2. A style of rock music, glam rock, associated with an androgynous yet masculine look and a driving, pounding bluesy form of psychedelic rock; the fashion and culture associated with this genre.
verb
  1. To make glamorous or more glamorous.
adjective
  1. Glamorous.

glamor

noun
  1. Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seems beauteous.
  2. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
  3. Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
  4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  5. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  6. An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
verb
  1. To enchant; to bewitch.

glamour

noun
  1. Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seems beauteous.
  2. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).
  3. Any excitement, appeal, or attractiveness associated with a person, place, or thing; that which makes something appealing.
  4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  5. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  6. An item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.
verb
  1. To enchant; to bewitch.

glom

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To steal, to grab.
  2. To stare.
  3. To attach.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Short for glomerulus.

gloom

noun
  1. Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
  2. A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
  3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
  4. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
verb
  1. To be dark or gloomy.
  2. To look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
  3. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
  4. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
  5. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

glug

noun
  1. The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
  2. The amount of liquid issued when the "glug" sound is heard.
verb
  1. To flow in noisy bursts.
  2. To quickly swallow liquid.

glum

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Despondent; moody; sullen

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Sullenness
verb
  1. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

goal

noun
  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  2. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
  4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  5. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
verb
  1. To score a goal.

googol

numeral
  1. The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred.

gram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
  2. The seeds of these plants.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Grandmother

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Angry

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A photograph or video shared on this service.

gramma

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Grandmother

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

grammar

noun
  1. A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
  2. The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
  3. A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
  4. A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
  5. Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
  6. A formal system defining a formal language
  7. The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
  8. A textbook.
  9. A grammar school.
verb
  1. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

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.

groom

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A man who is about to marry.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A person who cares for horses.
  2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
  3. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
verb
  1. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
  2. To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
  3. To prepare (someone) for election or appointment.
  4. To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.
  5. To attempt to gain the trust of (somebody, especially a minor) with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse or human trafficking.
  6. In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.

guar

noun
  1. An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

gulag

noun
  1. A prison camp.
  2. The system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period.
verb
  1. To force into this prison or a similar system.

gull

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cheating trick; a fraud.
  2. One easily cheated; a dupe.
  3. (Oxford University slang) A swindler or trickster.
verb
  1. To deceive or cheat.
  2. To mislead.
  3. To trick and defraud.

guru

noun
  1. A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
  2. (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.

largo

noun
  1. A very slow tempo
  2. A musical piece or movement in such a tempo
adjective
  1. Strong and stately

logogram

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logroll

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magma

noun
  1. The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
  2. A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
  3. Any soft doughy mass.
  4. The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

mammogram

noun
  1. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.

mogul

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A rich or powerful person; a magnate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hump or bump on a skiing piste.
  2. A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
  3. A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.

raga

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ragu

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