Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 299

Number of Answers: 62

Points Needed for Genius: 209

Genius requires between 30 and 52 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 299 was in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 10, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 62 possible answers rank it in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 16, 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 18, 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 239
  • loll 220
  • toot 214
  • nana 199
  • naan 199
  • nene 158
  • tilt 156
  • till 156
  • lilt 156
  • mamma 152
  • mama 152
  • tint 149
  • onion 145
  • toon 144
  • onto 144
  • acai 142
  • acacia 142
  • anon 134
  • anal 134
  • olio 131
  • papa 127
  • tact 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • baba 125
  • dodo 124
  • poop 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • mitt 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • cocci 118
  • calla 118
  • call 118
  • loon 117
  • tartar 116
  • tart 116
  • ratatat 116
  • tattoo 115
  • attar 115
  • tutu 114
  • ally 113
  • allay 113
  • momma 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • tatty 110
  • meme 109
  • cancan 109


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 118,001 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,990 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*:

  • dout
  • douted
  • duded
  • dudette
  • duelled
  • duello
  • dueted
  • duplet
  • dupped
  • eelpout
  • elute
  • eluted
  • letout
  • leud
  • loup
  • louped
  • louted
  • lude
  • ludo
  • luted
  • outduelled
  • outled
  • outpeople
  • outpeopled
  • outplod
  • outplodded
  • outplot
  • outplotted
  • outpull
  • outpulled
  • outputted
  • outtell
  • outtold
  • peepul
  • pluot
  • popout
  • pudu
  • pullup
  • pupped
  • pupu
  • puttee
  • putto
  • teledu
  • tolu
  • toluol
  • toluole
  • tule
  • tupped
  • tutued

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

delude

verb
  1. To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. To frustrate or disappoint.

deluded

verb
  1. To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
  2. To frustrate or disappoint.
adjective
  1. Being affected by delusions.

depute

noun
  1. Deputy
verb
  1. To assign (someone or something) to or for something
  2. To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate
  3. To deputize (someone), appoint as deputy
  4. To appoint; to assign; to choose

deputed

verb
  1. To assign (someone or something) to or for something
  2. To delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate
  3. To deputize (someone), appoint as deputy
  4. To appoint; to assign; to choose

dude

noun
  1. A man, generally a younger man.
  2. (used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.
  3. An inexperienced cowboy.
  4. A tourist.
  5. A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
verb
  1. To address someone as dude.
  2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
  3. Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
interjection
  1. A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.

duel

noun
  1. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
  2. Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
  3. Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
verb
  1. To engage in a battle.

dueled

verb
  1. To engage in a battle.

duet

noun
  1. A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
  2. A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
  3. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
verb
  1. To perform a duet.
  2. (of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
  3. To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
  4. (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.

duetted

No Definition Found.

dull

verb
  1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  3. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adjective
  1. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
  2. Boring; not exciting or interesting.
  3. Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.
  4. Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
  5. Sluggish, listless.
  6. Cloudy, overcast.
  7. Insensible; unfeeling.
  8. Heavy; lifeless; inert.
  9. (of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.
  10. (of a noise or sound) Not clear, muffled.

dulled

verb
  1. To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
  2. To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
  3. To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
  4. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.

dupe

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who has been deceived.
verb
  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A duplicate of a photographic image.
  2. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  3. A duplicate.
verb
  1. To duplicate.

duped

verb
  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
verb
  1. To duplicate.

duple

adjective
  1. Double.
  2. Having two beats, or a multiple of two beats, in each measure.
  3. Having two beats in each foot.

elude

verb
  1. To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
  2. To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
  3. To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to

eluded

verb
  1. To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
  2. To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip
  3. To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to

etude

noun
  1. A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

letup

noun
  1. A pause or period of slackening.

loud

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A loud sound or part of a sound.
  2. High-quality marijuana.
adjective
  1. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
  2. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
  3. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
  4. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
  5. (of marijuana) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Loudly.

loupe

noun
  1. A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.
  2. A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.

lout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
verb
  1. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To bend, bow, stoop.

lull

noun
  1. A period of rest or soothing.
  2. A period of reduced activity; a respite
  3. A period without waves or wind.
  4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lulled

verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lulu

noun
  1. A remarkable person, object or idea.
  2. A very attractive or alluring person.
  3. A very bad mistake or error.
  4. A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

lute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb
  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
  2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
verb
  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

outdo

verb
  1. To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

outduel

No Definition Found.

outdueled

No Definition Found.

outed

verb
  1. To eject; to expel.
  2. To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
  3. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
  4. To reveal (a secret).
  5. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public or apparent.

outlet

noun
  1. A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
  2. Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
  3. A river that runs out of a lake.
  4. A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
  5. A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.

outpoll

verb
  1. To defeat in a poll.

outpolled

verb
  1. To defeat in a poll.

output

noun
  1. Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
  2. Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.
  3. The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.
verb
  1. To produce, create, or complete.
  2. To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.

pollute

verb
  1. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
  2. To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
  3. To corrupt or profane
  4. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
adjective
  1. Polluted; defiled.

polluted

verb
  1. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
  2. To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
  3. To corrupt or profane
  4. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
adjective
  1. Made unclean or impure
  2. Drunk

poult

noun
  1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

pout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One's facial expression when pouting.
  2. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
verb
  1. To push out one's lips.
  2. To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
  3. To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  4. To say while pouting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
verb
  1. To shoot poults.

pouted

verb
  1. To push out one's lips.
  2. To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
  3. To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  4. To say while pouting.
verb
  1. To shoot poults.

puddle

noun
  1. A small pool of water, usually on a path or road.
  2. Stagnant or polluted water.
  3. A homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit, used to line a canal or pond to make it watertight.
  4. The ripple left by the withdrawal of an oar from the water.
verb
  1. To form a puddle.
  2. To play or splash in a puddle.
  3. Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
  4. To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
  5. To line a canal with puddle (clay).
  6. To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
  7. To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
  8. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

puddled

verb
  1. To form a puddle.
  2. To play or splash in a puddle.
  3. Of butterflies, to congregate on a puddle or moist substance to pick up nutrients.
  4. To process iron, gold, etc., by means of puddling.
  5. To line a canal with puddle (clay).
  6. To collect ideas, especially abstract concepts, into rough subtopics or categories, as in study, research or conversation.
  7. To make (clay, loam, etc.) dense or close, by working it when wet, so as to render impervious to water.
  8. To make foul or muddy; to pollute with dirt; to mix dirt with (water).

pule

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A plaintive melancholy whine.
verb
  1. To whimper or whine.
  2. To pipe or chirp.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

puled

verb
  1. To whimper or whine.
  2. To pipe or chirp.

pull

noun
  1. An act of pulling (applying force)
  2. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source
  3. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope
  4. Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
  5. Appeal or attraction (e.g. of a movie star)
  6. The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in server pull, pull technology
  7. A journey made by rowing
  8. A contest; a struggle.
  9. Loss or violence suffered.
  10. The act of drinking; a mouthful or swig of a drink.
  11. A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
  12. A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended path.
  13. A single impression from a handpress.
verb
  1. To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
  2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
  3. To attract or net; to pull in.
  4. To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
  5. To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
  6. To retrieve or generate for use.
  7. To do or perform.
  8. (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  9. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
  10. To row.
  11. To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
  12. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
  13. To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
  14. To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
  15. To score a certain number of points in a sport.
  16. To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
  17. To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
  18. To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
  19. To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
  20. (rail transportation, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
  21. To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
interjection
  1. Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.

pulled

verb
  1. To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
  2. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
  3. To attract or net; to pull in.
  4. To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
  5. To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
  6. To retrieve or generate for use.
  7. To do or perform.
  8. (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  9. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
  10. To row.
  11. To achieve by rowing on a rowing machine.
  12. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
  13. To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
  14. To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward or away from some location or target.
  15. To score a certain number of points in a sport.
  16. To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
  17. To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked by pulling a lever.
  18. To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.)
  19. To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
  20. (rail transportation, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.
  21. To pluck or pick (flowers, fruit etc.).
adjective
  1. Of cooked meat, prepared by being torn into fine pieces.

pullet

noun
  1. A young hen, especially one less than a year old.
  2. A spineless person; a coward.
  3. A young girl.

pullout

noun
  1. The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
  2. A quotation taken from the main text and given special visual treatment.
noun
  1. A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
  2. The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level flight.
  3. An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
  4. An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
  5. The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave.

pulp

noun
  1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
  2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
verb
  1. To make or be made into pulp.
  2. To beat to a pulp.
  3. To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.

pulped

verb
  1. To make or be made into pulp.
  2. To beat to a pulp.
  3. To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

puppet

noun
  1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
  2. A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
  3. A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
  4. The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

putout

No Definition Found.

putt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
verb
  1. To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
  2. A motorcycle.
verb
  1. To make a putting sound.
  2. To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
  3. To move along slowly.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To place something somewhere.
  2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
  3. To exercise a put option.
  4. To express something in a certain manner.
  5. To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
  6. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  7. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
  8. To attach or attribute; to assign.
  9. To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
  10. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
  11. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  12. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

putted

verb
  1. To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.
verb
  1. To make a putting sound.
  2. To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
  3. To move along slowly.

toupee

noun
  1. A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
  2. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
  3. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.

tout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
  2. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
  3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
  4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

touted

verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

tulle

noun
  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tupelo

noun
  1. Any of several trees of the genus Nyssa which grow in swampy regions on the eastern, southern and midwestern United States.

tutee

noun
  1. A student of a tutor.

tutted

verb
  1. To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
verb
  1. To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

updo

noun
  1. A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck

upped

verb
  1. To increase or raise.
  2. To promote.
  3. (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
  4. To ascend; to climb up.
  5. To upload.