Friday, August 14, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 363

Number of Answers: 62

Points Needed for Genius: 254

Genius requires between 31 and 53 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 363 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 62 possible answers rank it in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 11, 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on July 23, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.1.
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 248
  • loll 228
  • toot 220
  • nana 207
  • naan 207
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • nene 160
  • mamma 160
  • mama 160
  • lilt 160
  • tint 156
  • onion 153
  • acai 150
  • acacia 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 140
  • anon 139
  • anal 139
  • tact 130
  • papa 129
  • mitt 128
  • dodo 128
  • baba 128
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • loon 124
  • 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
  • cancan 115
  • momma 114
  • aria 114
  • ammo 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • meme 113
  • natant 112


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,786 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*:

  • agama
  • agamid
  • agma
  • aidman
  • amain
  • amanita
  • amanitin
  • amia
  • amidin
  • amiga
  • amin
  • amnia
  • animati
  • animi
  • antiman
  • ataman
  • atma
  • atman
  • daman
  • damiana
  • diamin
  • digamma
  • dimidiating
  • gagman
  • gama
  • gammadia
  • gamming
  • imid
  • indamin
  • intima
  • madding
  • magian
  • magmata
  • maidan
  • mammati
  • mana
  • manana
  • manat
  • manganin
  • mannan
  • mantid
  • matin
  • matt
  • mattin
  • migg
  • mina
  • mitigant
  • nimming
  • tinman
  • titman

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

adamant

noun
  1. An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
  2. An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
  3. A lodestone.
adjective
  1. (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
  2. (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.

adman

noun
  1. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.

admin

noun
  1. Administration, or administrative work.
  2. A systems administrator; one who maintains a computer system or network.
  3. A user of a discussion forum, web site, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other uses.
verb
  1. To serve as an administrator for or of.

admit

No Definition Found.

admitting

verb
  1. To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
  2. To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  3. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
  4. To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  5. To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
  6. To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
noun
  1. An act of admission; an allowing to enter.

aiming

verb
  1. To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
  2. To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
  3. To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
  4. To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
  5. To guess or conjecture.
noun
  1. The act of one who aims.

amid

No Definition Found.

anima

noun
  1. The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
  2. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
  3. (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.

animating

No Definition Found.

damaging

verb
  1. To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  2. To undergo damage.
noun
  1. An act of causing damage.
adjective
  1. Harmful; injurious; causing damage.

damming

verb
  1. To block the flow of water.

dammit

noun
  1. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
interjection
  1. (mildly) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

damn

noun
  1. The use of "damn" as a curse.
  2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
verb
  1. To condemn to hell.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.
adjective
  1. Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
adverb
  1. Very; extremely.
interjection
  1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or suprise, etc. See also dammit.

damning

verb
  1. To condemn to hell.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.
noun
  1. A condemnation.
  2. An act of swearing with the word "damn".
adjective
  1. Condemning.

dimming

verb
  1. To make something less bright.
  2. To become darker.
  3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
  4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
noun
  1. The process of becoming dim.

gamin

noun
  1. A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.

gaming

No Definition Found.

gamma

noun
  1. The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
  2. The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
  3. A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
  4. A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
  5. (industries) slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
  6. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change in delta with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
noun
  1. A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.

imaging

verb
  1. To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
  2. To reflect, mirror.
  3. To create an image of.
  4. To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
noun
  1. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
  2. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.

imagining

No Definition Found.

imam

noun
  1. (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
  2. One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.

imitating

verb
  1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
noun
  1. An instance of imitation.

intimating

verb
  1. To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
  2. To notify.

intimidating

verb
  1. To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence
adjective
  1. Threatening

madam

noun
  1. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  2. The mistress of a household.
  3. A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
  4. A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
verb
  1. To address as "madam".

madman

No Definition Found.

magi

noun
  1. A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
noun
  1. (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
  2. (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest

magma

noun
  1. The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
  2. A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
  3. Any soft doughy mass.
  4. The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.

maid

noun
  1. A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
  2. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
  3. A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

maim

No Definition Found.

maiming

verb
  1. To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
noun
  1. The act by which somebody is maimed.

main

Etymology 1

verb
  1. Short for mainline.
  2. To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
  3. Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
adjective
  1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
  2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
  3. (of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
  4. Big; angry.
  5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
  6. Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
adverb
  1. Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
  2. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
  3. Short for main course.
  4. The high seas.
  5. The mainland.
  6. Short for mainsail.
  7. (except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
  2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
  3. A stake played for at dice.
  4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
  5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A basket for gathering grapes.

maintain

verb
  1. To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
  2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
  3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

maintaining

verb
  1. To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
  2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
  3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
noun
  1. The act of doing maintenance.

mama

noun
  1. (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

mamma

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
  2. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

managing

verb
  1. To direct or be in charge of.
  2. To handle or control (a situation, job).
  3. To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
  4. To succeed at an attempt.
  5. To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
  6. To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
  7. To treat with care; to husband.
  8. To bring about; to contrive.
noun
  1. Management

mandating

verb
  1. To authorize
  2. To make mandatory

manga

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A comic originating in Japan.
  2. An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
  3. A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A covering for a crucifix.

mania

noun
  1. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
  2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
  3. The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

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

manning

verb
  1. To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
  2. To take up position in order to operate (something).
  3. (possibly obsolete) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
  4. To wait on, attend to or escort.
  5. To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

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.

mating

verb
  1. To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
  2. (by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
verb
  1. To match, fit together without space between.
  2. To copulate.
  3. To pair in order to raise offspring
  4. To arrange in matched pairs.
  5. To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
  6. (of an animal) To copulate with.
  7. To marry; to match (a person).
  8. To match oneself against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
  9. To fit (objects) together without space between.
  10. To move (a space shuttle orbiter) onto the back of an aircraft that can carry it.
verb
  1. To confuse; to confound.
noun
  1. Pairing of organisms for copulation.
  2. Sexual union; copulation.
adjective
  1. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

matting

verb
  1. To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
  2. To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
noun
  1. Mats, a collection of ground coverings.
  2. Coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats.
  3. A dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures.

midi

noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
  2. A doughnut with a sweet filling.
  3. A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.
noun
  1. A coat or skirt having such a hemline.
adjective
  1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

miming

verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
noun
  1. A performance in mime.

mind

noun
  1. The ability for rational thought.
  2. The ability to be aware of things.
  3. The ability to remember things.
  4. The ability to focus the thoughts.
  5. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
  6. Judgment, opinion, or view.
  7. Desire, inclination, or intention.
  8. A healthy mental state.
  9. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
  10. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
  1. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
  2. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  3. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  4. To be careful about.
  5. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
  6. To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
  7. To remember.
  8. To have in mind; to intend.
  9. To put in mind; to remind.

minding

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of taking heed of something.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
  2. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  3. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  4. To be careful about.
  5. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
  6. To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
  7. To remember.
  8. To have in mind; to intend.
  9. To put in mind; to remind.

mini

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Miniature, tiny, small.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A miniskirt.
  2. A minicomputer.

minim

noun
  1. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
  2. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
  3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
  4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
  5. The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
  6. A little man or being; a dwarf.
  7. A small fish; a minnow.
  8. A short poetical encomium.

minima

noun
  1. The lowest limit.
  2. The smallest amount.
  3. A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
  4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  5. The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

mining

verb
  1. To remove (ore) from the ground.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
  3. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  4. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  7. (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. To pick one's nose.
  9. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
noun
  1. The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
  2. Any activity that extracts or undermines.
  3. The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
  4. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work

mint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  2. A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
  3. Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
verb
  1. To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
adjective
  1. (with condition) Like new.
  2. In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
  3. Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
  4. Very good.
  5. Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
  2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
  4. A green colour, like that of mint.
  5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
adjective
  1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (provincial) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
verb
  1. (provincial) To try, attempt; take aim.
  2. (provincial) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  3. To hint; suggest; insinuate.

minting

verb
  1. To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
verb
  1. (provincial) To try, attempt; take aim.
  2. (provincial) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  3. To hint; suggest; insinuate.
noun
  1. The act by which money is minted.

mitigating

verb
  1. To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.
  2. To downplay.
adjective
  1. That serves to mitigate

mitt

noun
  1. A mitten
  2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  3. (especially in plural) A hand.

naming

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.
noun
  1. The process of giving names to things.
  2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.
adjective
  1. Giving a name to a person or thing.

taming

verb
  1. To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
  2. To become tame or domesticated.
  3. To make gentle or meek.
verb
  1. To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
noun
  1. The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.

tatami

noun
  1. Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses

timid

adjective
  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.

timing

verb
  1. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
  2. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
  3. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
  4. To pass time; to delay.
  5. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
  6. To measure, as in music or harmony.
noun
  1. An occurrence or event.
  2. The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
  3. The time when something happens.
  4. The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  5. An instance of recording the time of something.