Tuesday, September 01, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 151

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 106

Genius requires between 17 and 39 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 151 was in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 28, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 61st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 30, 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 August 17, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.8.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 249
  • loll 229
  • toot 223
  • nana 209
  • naan 209
  • nene 161
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • mamma 160
  • mama 160
  • lilt 160
  • tint 159
  • onion 153
  • acai 151
  • acacia 151
  • toon 150
  • onto 150
  • olio 140
  • anon 140
  • anal 140
  • tact 130
  • dodo 130
  • papa 129
  • mitt 129
  • baba 129
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • loon 124
  • booboo 123
  • boob 123
  • poop 122
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • cocci 121
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • moon 120
  • mono 120
  • attar 119
  • tutu 116
  • natant 115
  • cancan 115
  • aria 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115
  • momma 114
  • meme 114
  • ammo 114


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 122,566 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,127 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*:

  • aalii
  • adit
  • adland
  • alan
  • aland
  • alanin
  • alant
  • alidad
  • ananda
  • andantini
  • anil
  • anilin
  • anna
  • anta
  • atlatl
  • attaint
  • atwain
  • dada
  • dawt
  • dilatant
  • dita
  • diwan
  • ilia
  • iliad
  • ilial
  • inia
  • inwall
  • lall
  • lallan
  • lalland
  • lanital
  • lati
  • latilla
  • latina
  • lattin
  • liana
  • litai
  • nala
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nanna
  • nidal
  • tain
  • tala
  • tian
  • titania
  • titian
  • twat
  • wadi
  • wain
  • wali
  • walla
  • wawl
  • williwaw
  • witan

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

alit

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anal

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annal

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anti

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atilt

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attain

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await

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data

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dawn

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dial

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initial

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inlaid

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inland

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laid

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lain

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lanai

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land

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
  2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
  3. A country or region.
  4. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
  5. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
  6. (often in combination) realm, domain.
  7. The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
  8. A shock or fright.
  9. A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
  10. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
  11. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
  12. The ground or floor.
  13. The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
  14. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
  15. A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
verb
  1. To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
  2. To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
  3. To come into rest.
  4. To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
  5. To bring to land.
  6. To acquire; to secure.
  7. To deliver.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to land.
  2. Residing or growing on land.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Lant; urine

lantana

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lawn

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naan

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nada

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naiad

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nail

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nana

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natal

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natant

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tail

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tailwind

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taint

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tali

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tall

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tallit

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tannin

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tidal

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titan

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twain

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wail

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wait

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wall

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wand

noun
  1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
  2. (by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
  3. A magic wand.
  4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
  5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
verb
  1. To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.

want

noun
  1. A desire, wish, longing.
  2. (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
  3. Poverty.
  4. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  5. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
verb
  1. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
  2. (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
  3. To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  4. (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
  5. (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
  6. (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
  7. To be lacking or deficient or absent.
  8. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
  9. To lack and be without, to not have (something).
  10. (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

watt

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wildland

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wanna

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