Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 4

Maximum Puzzle Score: 156

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 109

Genius requires between 12 and 24 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 111% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 52% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 156 was in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on February 23, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 16th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on February 23, 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 February 23, 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 232
  • loll 215
  • toot 211
  • nana 192
  • naan 192
  • tilt 152
  • till 152
  • lilt 152
  • nene 150
  • mamma 146
  • mama 146
  • tint 145
  • toon 139
  • onto 139
  • onion 139
  • acai 137
  • acacia 137
  • anon 131
  • anal 130
  • olio 125
  • papa 123
  • dodo 123
  • tact 122
  • lulu 121
  • lull 121
  • baba 121
  • poop 119
  • booboo 118
  • boob 118
  • mitt 116
  • moon 115
  • mono 115
  • cocci 115
  • tartar 113
  • tart 113
  • ratatat 113
  • loon 113
  • calla 113
  • call 113
  • tutu 112
  • tattoo 112
  • attar 112
  • ally 110
  • allay 110
  • tatty 109
  • momma 109
  • ammo 109
  • meme 108
  • roar 106
  • peep 105


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 114,102 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*:

  • arrowwood
  • arrowy
  • dawk
  • waddy
  • wady
  • wark
  • warwork
  • woad
  • woodyard

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

arrow

noun
  1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
  3. A directed edge.
  4. A dart.
  5. The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
  6. The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
verb
  1. To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
  2. To let fly swiftly and directly
  3. (of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
  4. To navigate using the arrow keys.

award

noun
  1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
  2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
  3. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
  4. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
verb
  1. To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
  2. To determine; to make or grant an award.
  3. To give (an award).
  4. To give (a person) an award.

away

verb
  1. To depart; to go to another place.
adjective
  1. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
  2. At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
  3. Not on one's home territory.
  4. (following the noun modified) Out.
adverb
  1. From a place, hence.
  2. Aside; off; in another direction.
  3. Aside, so as to discard something.
  4. At a stated distance in time or space.
  5. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
  6. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
  7. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  8. So as to remove or use up something.
  9. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
  10. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
  11. Without restraint.
interjection
  1. Come on!; go on!

awkward

noun
  1. Someone or something that is awkward.
adjective
  1. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
  2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  3. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
  4. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
adverb
  1. In a backwards direction.

awry

adjective
  1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
  2. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
adverb
  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

daywork

noun
  1. The work done in a day; a day's work.
  2. The amount of land that can be worked in a day.
  3. Work carried out or paid for on a daily basis; day labour.
  4. Work done during the day; specifically, the cover-work carried out by someone involved in intelligence work, as opposed to their secret activities.

doorway

noun
  1. The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.

dowdy

noun
  1. A plain or shabby person
adjective
  1. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
  2. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

dowry

noun
  1. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
  2. Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
  3. Dower.
  4. A natural gift or talent.
verb
  1. To bestow a dowry upon.

draw

noun
  1. The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
  2. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
  3. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
  4. The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
  5. A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
  6. A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
  7. A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
  8. A bag of cannabis.
  9. Cannabis.
  10. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
  11. A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
  12. The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
  13. The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
verb
  1. To move or develop something.
  2. To exert or experience force.
  3. (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
  4. To change in size or shape.
  5. To attract or be attracted.
  6. (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
  7. To disembowel.
  8. To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
  9. To choose by means of a random selection process.
  10. To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
  11. To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
  12. To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
  13. To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

roadway

noun
  1. A way used as a road.
  2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
  3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

roadwork

noun
  1. The construction or maintenance done to roads.
  2. Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
  3. The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.

rowdy

noun
  1. A boisterous person; a brawler.
adjective
  1. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

ward

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Protection, defence.
  2. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
  3. A person under guardianship.
  4. An object used for guarding.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
  2. To defend, to protect.
  3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
  4. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  5. To act on the defensive with a weapon.

wary

adjective
  1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
  2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
  3. Thrifty, provident

wayward

adjective
  1. Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray
  2. Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable
  3. Not on target

wood

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
  2. The wood of a particular species of tree.
  3. A forested or wooded area.
  4. Firewood.
  5. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  6. A woodwind instrument.
  7. An erection of the penis.
  8. Chess pieces.
verb
  1. To cover or plant with trees.
  2. To hide behind trees.
  3. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  4. To take or get a supply of wood.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Mad, insane, crazed.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (sometimes offensive, of a person) A peckerwood.

woodwork

noun
  1. Something made from wood.
  2. Wood product.
  3. Working with wood.
  4. (only in plural, often in proper names) A workshop or factory devoted to making wood products.
  5. A place of concealment or obscurity.
  6. The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.

woody

noun
  1. An early station wagon or estate car in which the rear portion of the car's bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
  2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
  3. An erection of the penis.
adjective
  1. Covered in woods; wooded.
  2. Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
  3. Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
  4. Non-herbaceous.
  5. Lignified.

word

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
  2. Something like such a unit of language:
  3. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
  4. Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
  5. A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
  6. A proverb or motto.
  7. News; tidings (used without an article).
  8. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
  9. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
  10. A brief discussion or conversation.
  11. (in the plural) See words.
  12. (sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
  13. (sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
verb
  1. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
  2. To flatter with words, to cajole.
  3. To ply or overpower with words.
  4. To conjure with a word.
  5. To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
interjection
  1. Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
  2. (stereotypically) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

wordy

adjective
  1. Using an excessive number of words.

work

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (heading) Employment.
  2. (heading) Effort.
  3. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  4. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  5. The staging of events to appear as real.
  6. Ore before it is dressed.
  7. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  2. To effect by gradual degrees.
  3. To embroider with thread.
  4. To set into action.
  5. To cause to ferment.
  6. To ferment.
  7. To exhaust, by working.
  8. To shape, form, or improve a material.
  9. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  10. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  11. To provoke or excite; to influence.
  12. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  13. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  14. To cause to work.
  15. To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  16. To influence.
  17. To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  18. To move in an agitated manner.
  19. To behave in a certain way when handled
  20. (with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
  21. To hurt; to ache.

workaday

adjective
  1. Suitable for everyday use.
  2. Mundane or commonplace.

workday

adjective
  1. Suitable for everyday use.
  2. Mundane or commonplace.
noun
  1. Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
  2. That part of a day in which work is done.

worry

noun
  1. A strong feeling of anxiety.
  2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.
verb
  1. To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
  2. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
  3. To harass; to irritate or distress.
  4. To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
  5. To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
  6. To strangle.

yardwork

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yarrow

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
  2. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.