Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 350

Number of Answers: 70

Points Needed for Genius: 245

Genius requires between 35 and 59 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 350 was in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 02, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 70 possible answers rank it in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 09, 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 10, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
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 206
  • naan 206
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • nene 160
  • lilt 160
  • mamma 159
  • mama 159
  • tint 156
  • onion 153
  • acai 150
  • acacia 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 140
  • anon 138
  • anal 138
  • 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
  • natant 112


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,658 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*:

  • alan
  • alane
  • alant
  • alanyl
  • ament
  • amenta
  • amylene
  • analemma
  • analemmata
  • analyte
  • anele
  • anent
  • anna
  • anta
  • antae
  • antenatally
  • antennal
  • ataman
  • atman
  • attent
  • emanant
  • enate
  • enemata
  • etna
  • eyen
  • eyne
  • lallan
  • lanate
  • lanely
  • lateen
  • latten
  • leman
  • lentamente
  • lenten
  • mana
  • manana
  • manat
  • mannan
  • mantelet
  • mantlet
  • mayan
  • meatman
  • meatmen
  • melaena
  • melena
  • menta
  • nala
  • nanna
  • natantly
  • neem
  • nelly
  • nema
  • nett
  • nettly
  • nyala
  • tallyman
  • tallymen
  • tannate
  • tantalate
  • teleman
  • telemen
  • telnet
  • tenne
  • tenny
  • tenty
  • tetanal
  • tetany
  • tyne
  • yamen
  • yean

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

amen

noun
  1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
  2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
verb
  1. To say amen.
  2. To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
adverb
  1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
  2. In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: truly, verily.
interjection
  1. An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".

anal

noun
  1. Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
  2. Anal sex.
adjective
  1. Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
  2. Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
  3. Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
  4. (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

anally

No Definition Found.

annal

noun
  1. The record of a single event or item.

anneal

noun
  1. An act of annealing.
verb
  1. To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
  2. To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
  3. To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
  4. To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
  5. To strengthen or harden.

ante

No Definition Found.

antenatal

adjective
  1. Occurring or existing before birth

antenna

noun
  1. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
  2. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
  3. The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
  4. A fragment of an oligosaccharide
  5. The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

antennae

noun
  1. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
  2. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
  3. The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
  4. A fragment of an oligosaccharide
  5. The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

eaten

verb
  1. To ingest; to be ingested.
  2. To use up.
  3. To cause (someone) to worry.
  4. To take the loss in a transaction.
  5. To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
  6. To corrode or erode.
  7. To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
adjective
  1. (especially in combination) That has been consumed by eating

elan

noun
  1. Ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

element

noun
  1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
  2. A small part of the whole.
  3. The sky.
  4. (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
  5. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
  6. (usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
  7. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
  8. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
  9. One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
verb
  1. To compound of elements.
  2. To constitute and be the elements of.

elemental

noun
  1. (theosophy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.
adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
  2. Basic, fundamental or elementary.
  3. Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.
  4. (by extension) Of, or relating to a force or nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.

elementally

No Definition Found.

emanate

verb
  1. To come from a source; issue from.
  2. To send or give out; manifest.

enamel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
  2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
  3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
  4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To coat or decorate with enamel.
  2. To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
  3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
  4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

enema

noun
  1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
  2. The fluid so injected.
  3. A device for administering such an injection.

enemy

noun
  1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
  2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
  3. Something harmful or threatening to another
verb
  1. To make an enemy of.
adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to an enemy

entente

noun
  1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

lament

noun
  1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
  2. A song expressing grief.
verb
  1. To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
  2. To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.

lane

noun
  1. (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
  2. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
  3. A narrow road, as in the country.
  4. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
  5. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
  6. A course designated for ships or aircrafts.
  7. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  8. An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
  9. Any of the parallel slots in which values can be stored in a SIMD architecture.
  10. In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.
  11. The homestretch.

lantana

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.

laten

No Definition Found.

latent

noun
  1. (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
  2. An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
  3. Anything that is latent.
adjective
  1. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
  2. (of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
  3. Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

latently

No Definition Found.

layman

noun
  1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
  2. (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
  3. A common person.
  4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
  5. A generally ignorant person.
  6. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

laymen

noun
  1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
  2. (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
  3. A common person.
  4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
  5. A generally ignorant person.
  6. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

lean

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
  3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Meat with no fat on it.
  2. An organism that is lean in stature.
verb
  1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
adjective
  1. (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
  2. (of meat) Having little fat.
  3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  5. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
  6. Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To conceal.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

leanly

No Definition Found.

leant

verb
  1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
  3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
  4. To hang outwards.
  5. To press against.

lent

noun
  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  2. The second term of the academic year at some British schools.
verb
  1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
  2. To make a loan.
  3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  5. To borrow.

manatee

No Definition Found.

mane

noun
  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

manly

adjective
  1. Having the characteristics of a man.
  2. Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.

manna

noun
  1. Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
  3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

manta

noun
  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
noun
  1. Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

mantel

noun
  1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
  2. A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
verb
  1. To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

mantle

noun
  1. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
  2. A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
noun
  1. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.)
  2. A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
  3. Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
  4. The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
  5. The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
  6. The zone of hot gases around a flame.
  7. A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
  8. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
  9. A penstock for a water wheel.
  10. The cerebral cortex.
  11. The layer between the Earth's core and crust.
  12. A mantling.
verb
  1. To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
  2. To become covered or concealed.
  3. To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).

many

noun
  1. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
  2. A considerable number.
adjective
  1. A large number of; numerous.
pronoun
  1. An indefinite large number of people or things.

mean

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lament.
verb
  1. To intend.
  2. To convey (a meaning).
  3. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  4. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
  5. (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Common; general.
  2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  5. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  6. Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
  7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating
  8. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
  9. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another
  10. Powerful; fierce; strong
  11. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  12. Difficult, tricky.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  2. (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  4. The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
  5. The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
  6. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
  7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
adjective
  1. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
  2. Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

meanly

No Definition Found.

meant

verb
  1. To intend.
  2. To convey (a meaning).
  3. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  4. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
  5. (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

meany

noun
  1. A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.
  2. A villain.

mental

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
  2. Insane, mad, crazy.
  3. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
  2. Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.

mentally

adverb
  1. In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.

mentee

noun
  1. A person who is being mentored

myna

noun
  1. One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.

naan

noun
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

name

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. Reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  7. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
  8. Authority.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
  2. To mention, specify.
  3. To identify as relevant or important
  4. To publicly implicate.
  5. To designate for a role.
  6. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

namely

adverb
  1. Specifically; that is to say.
  2. Especially, above all.

nana

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A banana
  2. A fool

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (term of endearment) one's grandmother
  2. A nanny

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.

natal

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of or relating to birth.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Of or relating to the buttocks.

natant

adjective
  1. Floating or swimming (in water)
  2. In a horizontal position, as if swimming

natty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Smart and fashionable.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Knotty.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
  2. A national championship
adjective
  1. Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
  2. National

neat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
adjective
  1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
  2. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
  3. Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
  4. With all deductions or allowances made; net.
  5. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
  6. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
  7. Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
  8. Good, excellent, desirable.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bull or cow.
  2. Cattle collectively.

neaten

verb
  1. To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.

neatly

adverb
  1. In a neat manner.

nene

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

nettle

noun
  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
  2. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
  3. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
  4. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
verb
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

netty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Neat, well-groomed, natty.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Netted: made of or employing a net.
  2. Netlike.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. Any other place or fixture used for urination and defecation: a lavatory; a toilet.

talent

noun
  1. A marked natural ability or skill.
  2. A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
  3. A desire or inclination for something.
  4. People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
  5. The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

teen

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A teenager.
adjective
  1. Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Grief; sorrow; trouble.
  2. Vexation; anger; hate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  2. To become angry or distressed.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

teeny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Very small; tiny.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Fretful; peevish; cross

tenant

noun
  1. One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
  2. One who has possession of any place.
  3. One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
  4. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
verb
  1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.
  2. To inhabit.

tenement

noun
  1. A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
  2. Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
  3. Dwelling; abode; habitation.

tenet

noun
  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

tent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
verb
  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Attention; regard, care.
  2. Intention; design.
verb
  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  2. A probe for searching a wound.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

yenta

noun
  1. A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
  2. (Jewish) A matchmaker; a woman who specializes in finding spouses.

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