Wednesday, November 04, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 286

Number of Answers: 68

Points Needed for Genius: 200

Genius requires between 30 and 58 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% 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 286 was in the 90th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 31, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 68 possible answers rank it in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 28, 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 October 30, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 251
  • loll 230
  • toot 225
  • nana 216
  • naan 216
  • tilt 166
  • till 166
  • lilt 166
  • nene 164
  • mamma 164
  • mama 164
  • tint 163
  • acai 157
  • acacia 157
  • onion 156
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • olio 142
  • anon 142
  • anal 142
  • tact 133
  • papa 133
  • baba 132
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 131
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • booboo 126
  • boob 126
  • poop 125
  • loon 124
  • calla 124
  • call 124
  • cocci 123
  • tattoo 121
  • moon 121
  • mono 121
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • cancan 120
  • natant 119
  • attar 119
  • tutu 117
  • momma 116
  • aria 116
  • ammo 116
  • ally 116
  • allay 116
  • roar 115


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 125,586 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,175 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*:

  • aport
  • arthropathy
  • atopy
  • haphtarot
  • haphtaroth
  • hoopoo
  • hooty
  • horah
  • horary
  • hotty
  • hoya
  • opah
  • orra
  • ortho
  • ottar
  • otto
  • parroty
  • patoot
  • payor
  • phot
  • poopy
  • porphyry
  • potatory
  • potto
  • prao
  • proa
  • prototroph
  • prototrophy
  • pyrohy
  • rato
  • rooty
  • rota
  • roto
  • ryot
  • thoro
  • thorp
  • thro
  • toph
  • topo
  • tora
  • torot
  • toroth
  • torr
  • tory
  • totty
  • toyo
  • trop
  • troppo

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

ahoy

noun
  1. An utterance of this interjection.
verb
  1. To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
interjection
  1. Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
  2. Warning of something approaching or impending.

aorta

noun
  1. The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
  2. The liveliest part of something.

arroyo

noun
  1. A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
  2. Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).

atop

adverb
  1. On, to, or at the top.
preposition
  1. On the top of.
  2. On the top, with "of".

atrophy

noun
  1. A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
  1. To wither or waste away.
  2. To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.

hoar

noun
  1. A white or greyish-white colour.
  2. Hoariness; antiquity.
verb
  1. To become mouldy or musty.
adjective
  1. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
  2. Hoarily bearded.
  3. Musty; mouldy; stale.

hoary

adjective
  1. White, whitish, or greyish-white.
  2. White or grey with age.
  3. Of a pale silvery grey.
  4. Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
  5. Remote in time past.
  6. Moldy; mossy; musty.
  7. Old or old-fashioned.

hoop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
  3. A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
  4. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
  5. A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
  6. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  7. The rim part of a basketball net.
  8. (in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.
  9. A hoop earring.
  10. (metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
  11. (usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
  12. (usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
verb
  1. To bind or fasten using a hoop.
  2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  2. The hoopoe.
verb
  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough.

hoorah

No Definition Found.

hooray

noun
  1. A shout to signify victory.
  2. An expression of excitement.
verb
  1. To shout an expression of excitement.
interjection
  1. Used to express approval, joy or victory.

hoot

noun
  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
verb
  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

hoppy

No Definition Found.

hora

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A branch of traditional Indian astrology, dealing with the finer points of predictive methods.

horror

noun
  1. An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
  2. Something horrible; that which excites horror.
  3. Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
  4. A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
  5. An individual work in this genre.
  6. A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
  7. An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
  8. (plural) Delirium tremens.

hortatory

noun
  1. Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.
  2. That which exhorts, incites, or encourages.
adjective
  1. Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.

hotpot

noun
  1. A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
  2. A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.
  3. A jacuzzi or hot tub.

hypo

noun
  1. Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.
  2. A hypochondriac.
  3. Sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.
  4. A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
  5. The substance sodium hyposulfite.
  6. A hypodermic syringe.
  7. Hypothecation.
  8. (in the study of law) A hypothetical case.
  9. A hypomelanistic snake.

oath

noun
  1. A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
  2. A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
  3. A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
  4. A curse, a curse word.
verb
  1. To pledge.

oaty

No Definition Found.

orator

noun
  1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
  2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker.

oratory

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A private chapel or prayer room.
  2. A large Roman Catholic church.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
  2. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

paratroop

noun
  1. A company of paratroopers.

parrot

noun
  1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
  2. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
  3. A puffin.
  4. Channel coal.
  5. A transponder.
verb
  1. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

pharaoh

noun
  1. The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the 'king' in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
  2. The card game faro.

photo

noun
  1. A photograph.
  2. A photo finish.
verb
  1. To take a photograph of.

pooh

noun
  1. Feces.
  2. A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
  3. Cannabis resin.
  4. Champagne.
verb
  1. To defecate.
  2. To dirty something with feces.
interjection
  1. Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
noun
  1. Short for shampoo.
noun
  1. An instance of saying "pooh".
verb
  1. To say "pooh".
  2. To say "pooh" to.
interjection
  1. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
  2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.

poop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Fecal matter, feces.
  2. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch.
verb
  1. To make a short blast on a horn
  2. To break wind.
  3. To defecate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To tire, exhaust. Often used with out.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The stern of a ship.
  2. The poop deck.
verb
  1. To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
  2. To embark a ship over the stern.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A slothful person.

poor

noun
  1. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
adjective
  1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
  2. Of low quality.
  3. Used to express pity.
  4. Deficient in a specified way.
  5. Inadequate, insufficient.
  6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

poppa

noun
  1. (sometimes childish) father, papa.

poppy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
  2. A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
  3. A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Sunday.
adjective
  1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Having a popping or bursting sound.
  2. Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.
  3. Of eyes: protruding, sticking out.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Popular.
  2. Typical, or in the style, of pop music.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

port

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  4. A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
verb
  1. To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An entryway or gate.
  2. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
  3. (bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  5. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware)
  6. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  2. The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  3. The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
  4. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
  5. (BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
verb
  1. To carry, bear, or transport. See porter.
  2. To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
  3. To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. Porting
  4. To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
  5. To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A suitcase or schoolbag.

portray

verb
  1. To paint or draw the likeness of.
  2. To describe in words; to convey.
  3. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
  4. To adorn.

potato

noun
  1. The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
  2. A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
  3. A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
  4. A mentally handicapped person.
  5. An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.

potty

No Definition Found.

prop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
  2. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
  3. One of the seashells in the game of props.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
  2. To play rugby in the prop position
  3. (usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
  2. An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The propeller of an aircraft.
verb
  1. To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Propellant

pyro

noun
  1. A pyromaniac
  2. Pyrocellulose
  3. Pyrotechnician
  4. Pyrotechnics
  5. Pyrogallic acid
adjective
  1. Pyromaniac, pyromaniacal
  2. Pyrotechnic

rapport

noun
  1. A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
  2. Relation; proportion; conformity.

raptor

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A bird of prey.
  2. One who ravishes or plunders.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

roar

noun
  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
  2. The cry of the lion.
  3. The deep cry of the bull.
  4. A loud resounding noise.
  5. A show of strength or character.
verb
  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. To proceed vigorously.
  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. (North Midlands) to cry

root

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  2. A root vegetable.
  3. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  4. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  5. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
  6. The primary source; origin.
  7. Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  8. A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
  9. A zero (of an equation).
  10. The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  11. The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
  12. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
  13. The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  14. The lowest place, position, or part.
  15. In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
  16. The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
  17. A penis, especially the base of a penis.
verb
  1. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  2. To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
  3. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  4. To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An act of sexual intercourse.
  2. A sexual partner.
verb
  1. To turn up or dig with the snout.
  2. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
  3. To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
  4. To root out; to abolish.
  5. To have sexual intercourse.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)

ropy

adjective
  1. Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
  2. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  3. Of poor quality; in poor health.
  4. (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

rotary

noun
  1. A traffic circle.
  2. (chiefly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service.
adjective
  1. Capable of rotation.

rotator

noun
  1. One who or that which rotates.
  2. A muscle by which a joint can be rotated.
  3. A revolving reverberatory furnace.
  4. A banner ad that cycles through multiple advertisements.

rotatory

No Definition Found.

rotor

noun
  1. A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
  2. The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.
  3. A quantity having magnitude, direction and position.

taproot

noun
  1. A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions).

taro

noun
  1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
  2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
  3. Food from a taro plant.

tarot

noun
  1. (singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.
  2. Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.

tattoo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  2. A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
verb
  1. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
  2. To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
  2. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
  3. A military display or pageant.
verb
  1. To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

throat

noun
  1. The front part of the neck.
  2. The gullet or windpipe.
  3. A narrow opening in a vessel.
  4. Station throat.
  5. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
  6. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
  7. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
  8. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
  9. The inside of a timber knee.
  10. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
verb
  1. To utter in or with the throat.
  2. To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
  3. To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

throaty

No Definition Found.

toot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. (by extension) A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkness.
  6. (pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A toilet.

tooth

noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
verb
  1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
  2. To indent; to jag.
  3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

toothy

adjective
  1. Having prominent teeth

torah

No Definition Found.

toro

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A traditional Japanese lantern.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.

torpor

noun
  1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
  2. A state of apathy or lethargy.
  3. A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

tort

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An injury or wrong.
  2. A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
  3. (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tart; sharp.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Stretched tight; taut.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A tortoise.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).

torta

noun
  1. A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
  2. A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
  3. A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.

troop

noun
  1. (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
  2. A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
  3. A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
  4. Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
  5. A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
  6. A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
  7. (collective) A group of baboons.
  8. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
  9. Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
verb
  1. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
  2. To march on; to go forward in haste.
  3. To move or march as if in a crowd.

trophy

noun
  1. Tropæum.
  2. An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
  3. An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed.
  4. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
  5. (by extension) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
  6. A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

trot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
  2. Equipment with legs.
  3. Type of equipment.
  4. A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
  5. The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
  6. An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
  7. (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
  8. (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
noun
  1. Heroin (drug).
noun
  1. An ugly old woman, a hag.
  2. (chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
  3. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
  4. A brisk journey or progression.
  5. A toddler.
  6. A young animal.
  7. A moderately rapid dance.
  8. A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
  9. (with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
  10. (as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
verb
  1. To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
  2. (of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
  3. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A supporter of Trotskyism.

troth

noun
  1. An oath, pledge, or promise.
  2. Truth; something true.
verb
  1. To pledge to marry somebody.

troy

adjective
  1. Of, or relating to, troy weight.

typo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A typographical error.
verb
  1. To make a typographical error.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A compositor; a typographer.

tyro

noun
  1. A beginner; a novice.

yahoo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
  2. A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To give a cry of "yahoo".
  2. To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
interjection
  1. An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
  2. A battle cry.

yoohoo

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