Friday, March 06, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 206

Number of Answers: 48

Points Needed for Genius: 144

Genius requires between 22 and 41 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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 206 was in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 04, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 48 possible answers rank it in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 03, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on February 28, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 233
  • loll 216
  • toot 211
  • nana 192
  • naan 192
  • tilt 152
  • till 152
  • lilt 152
  • nene 150
  • tint 147
  • mamma 147
  • mama 147
  • toon 140
  • onto 140
  • onion 140
  • acai 138
  • acacia 138
  • anon 131
  • anal 130
  • olio 126
  • papa 124
  • dodo 123
  • tact 122
  • lulu 122
  • lull 122
  • baba 122
  • poop 119
  • booboo 118
  • boob 118
  • mitt 117
  • moon 115
  • mono 115
  • cocci 115
  • calla 114
  • call 114
  • tartar 113
  • tart 113
  • ratatat 113
  • loon 113
  • tutu 112
  • tattoo 112
  • attar 112
  • ally 110
  • allay 110
  • tatty 109
  • momma 109
  • ammo 109
  • meme 108
  • roar 107
  • peep 106


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 114,523 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,927 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*:

  • defuel
  • defueled
  • defuelled
  • duddie
  • duded
  • duelled
  • duelli
  • duffed
  • dupped
  • feued
  • flued
  • fuelled
  • fulfil
  • fulled
  • illude
  • illuded
  • leud
  • lifeful
  • lude
  • luffed
  • peepul
  • pfui
  • pilule
  • pipeful
  • pudu
  • pullup
  • pupped
  • pupu
  • uppile
  • uppiled

*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.

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.

duff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Dough.
  2. A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.
  3. A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.
  2. Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.
  3. Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite.
  4. A mixture of coal and rock.
  5. The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.
  6. Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.
  7. (1800s) An error.
adjective
  1. Worthless; not working properly, defective.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The buttocks.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To disguise something to make it look new.
  2. To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.
  3. (with "up") To beat up.
  4. To hit the ground behind the ball.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.

duffel

noun
  1. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
  2. Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.

duffle

noun
  1. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze.
  2. Outfit or supplies, collectively; kit.

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

feud

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
  2. A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
  3. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
verb
  1. To carry on a feud.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

feuded

verb
  1. To carry on a feud.

flue

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  3. A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
  4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Shallow; flat

fluff

noun
  1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
  3. A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
  4. Marshmallow creme.
  5. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
  6. A fart.
verb
  1. To make something fluffy.
  2. To become fluffy, puff up.
  3. To move lightly like fluff.
  4. (of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
  5. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
  6. To fart.
  7. To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

fluffed

verb
  1. To make something fluffy.
  2. To become fluffy, puff up.
  3. To move lightly like fluff.
  4. (of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
  5. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
  6. To fart.
  7. To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

fluid

noun
  1. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
  2. A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
  3. (specifically, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to fluid.
  2. In a state of flux; subject to change.
  3. Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
  4. (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
  5. Genderfluid.

fuddle

noun
  1. Intoxication.
  2. Intoxicating drink; liquor.
  3. Muddle, confusion.
  4. A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.
verb
  1. To confuse or befuddle.
  2. To intoxicate.
  3. To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

fuddled

verb
  1. To confuse or befuddle.
  2. To intoxicate.
  3. To become intoxicated; to get drunk.

fuel

noun
  1. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  3. Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
verb
  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

fueled

verb
  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

fulfill

verb
  1. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
  2. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
  3. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
  4. To package, distribute, or ship goods.
  5. To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.

fulfilled

verb
  1. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
  2. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
  3. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
  4. To package, distribute, or ship goods.
  5. To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
adjective
  1. Emotionally satisfied; feeling a sense of fulfilment.

full

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
  2. Complete; with nothing omitted.
  3. Total, entire.
  4. Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
  5. (with of) Replete, abounding with.
  6. (of physical features) Plump, round.
  7. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
  8. Having depth and body; rich.
  9. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  10. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
  11. Filled with emotions.
  12. Impregnated; made pregnant.
  13. (postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
  14. Drunk, intoxicated.
adverb
  1. Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
  2. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
  3. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
verb
  1. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To baptise.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk

lieu

noun
  1. Place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

luff

noun
  1. The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
  2. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
  3. The roundest part of a ship's bow.
  4. The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
verb
  1. (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
  2. (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up)
  3. To let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
  4. To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.

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.

pileup

noun
  1. A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially
  2. An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome.

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).

puff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
noun
  1. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
noun
  1. A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  2. The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
  3. A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
  4. A sudden gust.
  5. An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  6. A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
  7. A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
  8. A puffball.
  9. A powder puff.
  10. The drug cannabis.
  11. A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
  12. Life.
  13. A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
  14. A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. To pant.
  3. To advertise.
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
  10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
  11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

puffed

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. To pant.
  3. To advertise.
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
  10. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
  11. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
adjective
  1. Inflated or swollen.
  2. Consisting of a puff.
  3. Gathered up into rounded ridges.
  4. (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Panting because of having exercised.
  2. Inflated

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.

puli

noun
  1. One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.

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.

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.

pupil

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
  2. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
  2. The central dark part of an ocellated spot.

upfield

adjective
  1. Away from the defending team's end of the playing field
  2. Describing an NMR resonance at a lower frequency to that of a reference signal
adverb
  1. Away from the defending team's end of the playing field

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.