Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 158

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 111

Genius requires between 15 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 86% 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 158 was in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on June 14, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 31 possible answers rank it in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 14, 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 June 15, 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 244
  • loll 225
  • toot 217
  • nana 202
  • naan 202
  • nene 158
  • tilt 157
  • till 157
  • lilt 157
  • mamma 154
  • mama 154
  • tint 152
  • onion 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • acai 145
  • acacia 145
  • olio 136
  • anon 136
  • anal 135
  • papa 128
  • tact 127
  • baba 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • dodo 124
  • loon 122
  • mitt 121
  • poop 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • cocci 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • calla 118
  • call 118
  • tattoo 117
  • tartar 117
  • tart 117
  • ratatat 117
  • attar 116
  • tutu 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • tatty 111
  • momma 111
  • cancan 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • meme 110


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 119,206 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,046 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*:

  • aiyee
  • alanyl
  • alienly
  • aliya
  • allyl
  • ayaya
  • ayin
  • eyen
  • eyne
  • inly
  • lanely
  • layin
  • leally
  • leavy
  • lineny
  • liney
  • linney
  • linny
  • liny
  • livelily
  • navally
  • navvy
  • nelly
  • nyala
  • vealy
  • yean
  • yeelin
  • yill

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

allay

noun
  1. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  2. An alloy.
verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

alley

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  2. The area between the outfielders.
  3. An establishment where bowling is played.
  4. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  5. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  6. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
  7. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  8. (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  9. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A glass marble or taw.

ally

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate.
  2. A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary.
  3. Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
  4. A closely related species, usually within the same family.
  5. A relative; a kinsman.
verb
  1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.
  2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  2. The area between the outfielders.
  3. An establishment where bowling is played.
  4. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  5. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  6. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
  7. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  8. (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  9. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
noun
  1. A glass marble or taw.

anally

No Definition Found.

eely

No Definition Found.

envy

noun
  1. Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
  2. An object of envious notice or feeling.
  3. Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
  4. Emulation; rivalry.
  5. Public odium; ill repute.
verb
  1. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
  2. To have envious feelings (at).
  3. To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
  4. To show malice or ill will; to rail.
  5. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
  6. To hate.
  7. To emulate.

evenly

adverb
  1. So as to form a flat surface.
  2. In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally.
  3. In a manner that leaves no remainder.
  4. In terms of or by means of even numbers.

evilly

No Definition Found.

illy

No Definition Found.

inanely

No Definition Found.

inlay

noun
  1. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
  2. A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
  3. The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD
verb
  1. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
  2. To place an inlay in a tooth.

leanly

No Definition Found.

levelly

No Definition Found.

levy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of levying.
  2. The tax, property or people so levied.
verb
  1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  3. To draft someone into military service.
  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
  5. To wage war.
  6. To raise, as a siege.
  7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

lily

noun
  1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  3. The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  5. (usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
  6. The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
adjective
  1. White (as a racial epithet).

lineally

No Definition Found.

lively

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Term of address.
adjective
  1. Full of life; energetic.
  2. Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
  3. Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
  4. Representing life; lifelike.
  5. Airy; animated; spirited.
  6. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Vigorously.
  2. Vibrantly, vividly.
  3. In a lifelike manner.

naively

adverb
  1. In a naive manner.

nanny

noun
  1. A child's nurse.
  2. A grandmother.
  3. A godmother.
  4. A female goat.
verb
  1. To serve as a nanny.
  2. To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

navy

noun
  1. A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
  2. A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
  3. A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
adjective
  1. Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
  2. Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.

ninny

noun
  1. A silly or foolish person.

vainly

adverb
  1. In a vain pursuit; to no avail; She searched vainly for her reflection in the shattered mirror.
  2. With a vain attitude; in a self-approving manner; She stared vainly at her reflection in the mirror.

valley

noun
  1. An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
  2. The area which drains into a river.
  3. Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
  4. The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

veiny

No Definition Found.

venally

No Definition Found.

venially

No Definition Found.

vilely

No Definition Found.

villainy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
  2. A wicked or treacherous act.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Characteristic of a villain.

viny

No Definition Found.

vinyl

noun
  1. The univalent radical CH2=CH−, derived from ethylene.
  2. Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
  3. Phonograph records as a medium.
  4. A phonograph record.
adjective
  1. Containing the vinyl radical.
  2. Made of polyvinyl chloride.
  3. Pertaining to a phonograph record.

yell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shout.
  2. A phrase to be shouted.
verb
  1. Shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  2. To convey by shouting
  3. To tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Dry (of cow)