Wednesday, October 28, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 355

Number of Answers: 71

Points Needed for Genius: 248

Genius requires between 38 and 58 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 73% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 69% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 355 was in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 27, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 71 possible answers rank it in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 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 October 27, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 251
  • loll 230
  • toot 224
  • nana 215
  • naan 215
  • tilt 166
  • till 166
  • lilt 166
  • nene 164
  • mamma 164
  • mama 164
  • tint 163
  • onion 156
  • acai 156
  • acacia 156
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • olio 142
  • anon 142
  • anal 142
  • papa 133
  • tact 132
  • baba 132
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 131
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • booboo 126
  • boob 126
  • poop 124
  • loon 124
  • cocci 123
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • moon 121
  • mono 121
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • cancan 119
  • attar 119
  • natant 118
  • tutu 117
  • momma 116
  • aria 116
  • ammo 116
  • ally 116
  • allay 116
  • meme 115


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 125,229 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,174 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*:

  • beedi
  • bibb
  • bibbed
  • bibe
  • bidi
  • bield
  • bielded
  • bilbo
  • bilged
  • billie
  • bilobed
  • biog
  • blooie
  • bogie
  • bolide
  • boobie
  • deil
  • dibbed
  • dibble
  • dibbled
  • didie
  • dido
  • diel
  • digged
  • dildoe
  • dilled
  • diobol
  • diol
  • dobie
  • doiled
  • doilied
  • doolie
  • edile
  • eide
  • elidible
  • gibbed
  • giddied
  • gied
  • gillie
  • gillied
  • globoid
  • gobioid
  • goolie
  • igged
  • iodid
  • libelled
  • libellee
  • lido
  • lilied
  • lilo
  • loggie
  • logoi
  • loid
  • loided
  • looie
  • obeli
  • obligee
  • oboli
  • oidioid
  • ollied

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

beige

noun
  1. A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
  2. Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
adjective
  1. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
  2. Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

belie

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lie around; encompass.
  2. (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To tell lies about.
  2. To give a false representation of.
  3. To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
  4. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
  5. To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
  6. To mimic; to counterfeit.
  7. To fill with lies.

belied

verb
  1. To tell lies about.
  2. To give a false representation of.
  3. To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
  4. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
  5. To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
  6. To mimic; to counterfeit.
  7. To fill with lies.

bellied

adjective
  1. Having a large or prominent belly.
  2. (in combination) Having a belly of a specified type.
  3. Swollen, bulging, or billowing; bellying.
  4. Overblown, exaggerated.
verb
  1. To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
  2. To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
  3. To cause to swell out; to fill.

bible

noun
  1. An exemplar of the Bible.
  2. A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
  3. (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
  4. Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
noun
  1. A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater.
  2. A stone with a naturally-formed hole, used by Yorkshiremen for good luck.

bide

verb
  1. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  3. To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  4. To wait for; to await.

bided

verb
  1. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  3. To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  4. To wait for; to await.

biggie

noun
  1. Something large in size in comparison to similar things.
  2. Something impressive in comparison to similar things.
  3. (chiefly in the negative) Big deal.
  4. (originally US) A person of importance or power, especially in the entertainment industry.

bile

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
  2. Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
  3. Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A boil (kind of swelling).
verb
  1. (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  2. To cook in boiling water.
  3. (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  4. To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
  5. (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
  6. (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
  7. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
  8. To steep or soak in warm water.
  9. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
  10. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

bilge

noun
  1. The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  2. The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.
  3. The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
  4. Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
  5. The bulging part of a barrel or cask.
verb
  1. To spring a leak in the bilge.
  2. To bulge or swell.
  3. To break open the bilge(s) of.

bill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
  2. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
  3. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
  4. A pickaxe, or mattock.
  5. The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
verb
  1. To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
  2. A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
  3. Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
verb
  1. To peck
  2. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
  2. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)
  3. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
  4. A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.
  5. A piece of paper money; a banknote.
  6. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
  7. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods
  8. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document; a bill of exchange. In the United States, it is usually called a note, a note of hand, or a promissory note.
  9. A set of items presented together.
verb
  1. To advertise by a bill or public notice.
  2. To charge; to send a bill to.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

billed

No Definition Found.

bloodied

adjective
  1. Covered or stained with blood
verb
  1. To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
  2. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

bodied

adjective
  1. (in combination) Having a specified form of body.
  2. Having a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.
verb
  1. To give body or shape to something.
  2. To construct the bodywork of a car.
  3. To embody.
  4. To murder someone.
  5. (by extension) To utterly defeat someone.
  6. To hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by.

boil

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
  2. A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
  3. The collective noun for a group of hawks.
verb
  1. (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  2. To cook in boiling water.
  3. (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  4. To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
  5. (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
  6. (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
  7. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
  8. To steep or soak in warm water.
  9. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
  10. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

boiled

verb
  1. (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
  2. To cook in boiling water.
  3. (of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.
  4. To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.
  5. (used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.
  6. (used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.
  7. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.
  8. To steep or soak in warm water.
  9. To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.
  10. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.
adjective
  1. Cooked in boiling water.
  2. (of water) Having reached the boiling point.
  3. Angry.
  4. Drunk.

boogie

noun
  1. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.
  2. A black person.
  3. Dancing usually prominently exhibiting movements of the buttocks.
  4. (skydiving) A large, organised skydiving event.
verb
  1. To dance a boogie.
  2. To move, walk, leave, exit.

boogied

verb
  1. To dance a boogie.
  2. To move, walk, leave, exit.

deli

No Definition Found.

diddle

noun
  1. In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed.
  2. The penis.
verb
  1. To cheat; to swindle.
  2. To have sex with.
  3. To masturbate (especially of women).
  4. To waste time.
  5. To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
  6. To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).
interjection
  1. A meaningless word used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

diddled

verb
  1. To cheat; to swindle.
  2. To have sex with.
  3. To masturbate (especially of women).
  4. To waste time.
  5. To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.
  6. To manipulate a value at the level of individual bits (binary digits).

died

verb
  1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  2. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
  3. To yearn intensely.
  4. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
  5. To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
  6. To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
  7. To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
  8. (of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
  9. (of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
  10. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
  11. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
  12. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
  13. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
  14. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
  15. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
verb
  1. To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

dildo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
  2. An idiot, a bore.
  3. A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
verb
  1. To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo.

Etymology 2

interjection
  1. A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song.

dill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
  3. A fool.
verb
  1. To cook or flavor with dill

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

diode

noun
  1. An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.

doggie

noun
  1. A dog, especially a small one.
  2. Doggy style
  3. (armed services) A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.

dogie

noun
  1. A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.

dollied

verb
  1. To hit a dolly.
  2. To move (an object) using a dolly.
  3. To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
  4. To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
  5. To crush ore with a dolly.

doobie

noun
  1. A marijuana cigarette.

eddied

verb
  1. To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

edible

noun
  1. Anything edible.
  2. (marijuana) a foodstuff, usually a baked good, infused with tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabutter etc.
adjective
  1. That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to humans; suitable for consumption.
  2. That can be eaten without disgust.

elide

verb
  1. To leave out or omit (something).
  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

elided

verb
  1. To leave out or omit (something).
  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

eligible

noun
  1. One who is eligible.
adjective
  1. Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
  2. Worthy of being chosen (for marriage)

gelid

adjective
  1. Very cold; icy or frosty.

geoid

noun
  1. (geodesy) The shape that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, extending also through the continents, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.

gibe

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of gybe
  2. Alternative spelling of jibe
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of gybe
  2. Alternative spelling of jibe

gibed

verb
  1. Alternative spelling of gybe
  2. Alternative spelling of jibe

gigged

verb
  1. To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
  2. To engage in musical performances.
  3. To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
  4. To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
verb
  1. To engender.

giggle

noun
  1. A high-pitched, silly laugh.
  2. Fun; an amusing episode.
verb
  1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

giggled

verb
  1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

gigolo

noun
  1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
  2. A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

gild

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
  2. To adorn.
  3. To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
  4. To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
  5. To make appear drunk.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
  2. A corporation.
  3. A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
  4. An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

gilded

verb
  1. To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
  2. To adorn.
  3. To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
  4. To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
  5. To make appear drunk.
adjective
  1. Having the color or quality of gold.
  2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
  3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

gill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
  2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
  3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
  4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
  5. The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
  6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments
verb
  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
  2. To catch (a fish) in a gillnet
  3. To be or become entangled in a gillnet

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint)
  2. A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Rivulet
  2. Ravine

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A leech

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A female ferret
  2. A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
  3. A prostitute
verb
  1. To act as a prostitute.

gilled

adjective
  1. Having gills

glib

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make glib.
adjective
  1. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
  2. Smooth or slippery.
  3. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

glide

noun
  1. The act of gliding.
  2. A transitional sound, especially a semivowel.
  3. An attack or preparatory movement made by sliding down the opponent’s blade, keeping it in constant contact.
  4. A bird, the glede or kite.
  5. A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor.
  6. The joining of two sounds without a break.
  7. A smooth and sliding step in dancing the waltz.
verb
  1. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  2. To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
  3. To cause to glide.
  4. To pass with a glide, as the voice.

glided

verb
  1. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
  2. To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
  3. To cause to glide.
  4. To pass with a glide, as the voice.

goodie

noun
  1. A good character in a story, often a hero.
interjection
  1. Expression of pleasure; yippee.

idle

noun
  1. An idle animation.
  2. An idle game.
verb
  1. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
  2. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
  3. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
adjective
  1. Empty, vacant.
  2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
  3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
  4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
  6. Light-headed; foolish.

idled

verb
  1. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
  2. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
  3. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

idol

noun
  1. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
  2. A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
  3. (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
  4. An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.

igloo

noun
  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
  4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

illegible

adjective
  1. Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.

iodide

noun
  1. A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

legible

adjective
  1. Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.

libel

No Definition Found.

libeled

verb
  1. To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
  2. To proceed against (a ship, goods, etc.) by filing a libel.

libelee

No Definition Found.

libido

noun
  1. The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
  2. The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
  3. One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
noun
  1. (common usage) Sexual urges or drives.
  2. Drives or mental energies related to or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.

lidded

No Definition Found.

lied

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
  2. To convey a false image or impression.
  3. To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

liege

noun
  1. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  2. (in full liege lord) A king or lord.
  3. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
adjective
  1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
  2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, such as a vassal to his lord; faithful.
  3. Full; perfect; complete; pure.

lobbied

verb
  1. To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

oblige

verb
  1. To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
  2. To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
  3. To be indebted to someone.

obliged

verb
  1. To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
  2. To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
  3. To be indebted to someone.
adjective
  1. Under an obligation to do something for someone.
  2. Indebted because of a favor done.

oiled

verb
  1. To lubricate with oil.
  2. To grease with oil for cooking.
adjective
  1. Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
  2. Drunk. Usually in conjunction with well.

oldie

noun
  1. Something or someone old.
  2. A song or record from a previous era.
  3. (in the plural) The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras.

olio

noun
  1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
  2. A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
  3. A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
  4. (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

ollie

noun
  1. An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
verb
  1. To perform an ollie.