Friday, February 27, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 241

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 169

Genius requires between 22 and 49 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 241 was in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 24, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 84th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 24, 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 February 24, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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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
  • tint 146
  • mamma 146
  • mama 146
  • toon 139
  • onto 139
  • onion 139
  • acai 138
  • acacia 138
  • anon 131
  • anal 130
  • olio 125
  • papa 124
  • dodo 123
  • tact 122
  • lulu 121
  • lull 121
  • baba 121
  • poop 119
  • booboo 118
  • boob 118
  • mitt 117
  • 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 106


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 114,208 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*:

  • abapical
  • apical
  • appal
  • appel
  • appliable
  • becap
  • beleap
  • calipee
  • callipee
  • calpac
  • cepe
  • cipaille
  • clepe
  • epical
  • icecap
  • lapilli
  • lipa
  • lipe
  • paca
  • palea
  • paleae
  • paleal
  • pali
  • pallia
  • pallial
  • palpal
  • palpi
  • pappi
  • peccable
  • pele
  • pepla
  • pial
  • pibal
  • pical
  • piccalilli
  • pice
  • pilea
  • pilei
  • pili
  • pipa
  • pipal
  • placable
  • placeable
  • plaice
  • plica
  • plicae
  • plical

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

alpaca

noun
  1. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
  2. Wool from the alpaca.

apace

adverb
  1. Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

apiece

adverb
  1. Each by itself; for or to each one

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

appeal

noun
  1. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
  2. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
  3. The right of appeal.
  4. An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
  5. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
  6. A summons to answer to a charge.
  7. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
  8. Resort to physical means; recourse.
  9. Power to attract or interest.
  10. A call to or use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
verb
  1. To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
  2. To call on (someone) for aid
  3. (informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
  4. To be attractive.
  5. To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
  6. To accuse (someone of something).
  7. To summon; to challenge.
  8. To invoke (used with to).

appealable

adjective
  1. (of a verdict etc.) That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement
  2. That may be accused or called to answer by appeal.

appellee

noun
  1. A respondent.

apple

noun
  1. A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
  2. Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.
  3. The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
  4. A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
  5. The wood of the apple tree.
  6. (in the plural) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
  7. The ball in baseball.
  8. When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
  9. A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
  10. (ice hockey slang) An assist.
verb
  1. To become apple-like.
  2. To form buds.

applicable

adjective
  1. Suitable for application, relevant

beep

noun
  1. The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
  2. A short, electronically produced tone.
verb
  1. To sound (something that makes a beep).
  2. To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
  3. To produce a beep.
  4. To contact (someone via) a pager device.
  5. Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

bicep

No Definition Found.

bleep

noun
  1. A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
  2. Something named by an explicit noun in the original, unedited version of the containing sentence.
  3. A broad genre of electronic music with goth and industrial influences, as opposed to traditional gothic rock.
verb
  1. To emit one or more bleeps.
  2. To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.

blip

verb
  1. To emit one or more bleeps.
  2. To edit out inappropriate spoken language in a broadcast by replacing offending words with bleeps.
noun
  1. A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
  2. A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
  3. (by extension) A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
  4. An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
verb
  1. To change state abruptly, such as between off and on or dark and light, sometimes implying motion.

capable

adjective
  1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
  2. Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

cape

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
  2. A superhero.
verb
  1. To incite or attract (a bull) to charge a certain direction, by waving a cape.
  2. To head or point; to keep a course.
  3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.
  4. To defend or praise, especially that which is unworthy.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To look for, search after.
  2. To gaze or stare.

clap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
  2. The explosive sound of thunder.
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
  4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
  5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
  6. The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  7. A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
verb
  1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
  2. To applaud.
  3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
  4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
  5. To come together suddenly with noise.
  6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
  7. To set or put, usually in haste.
  8. To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (with "the") Gonorrhea.

clip

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  2. An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
  3. An embrace.
  4. A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
  5. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
  6. A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
verb
  1. To grip tightly.
  2. To fasten with a clip.
  3. To hug, embrace.
  4. To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
  2. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
  3. The condition of something, its state.
  4. A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
verb
  1. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
  2. To curtail; to cut short.
  3. To strike with the hand.
  4. To hit or strike, especially in passing.
  5. An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
  6. To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
  7. To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
  8. (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
  9. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
  10. To grab or take stealthily

clippable

No Definition Found.

epee

noun
  1. A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.

epic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  2. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
  3. In software development, a large or extended user story.
adjective
  1. Of, or relating to, an epic.
  2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character
  3. Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

ipecac

noun
  1. The plant ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) or its root.
  2. Syrup of ipecac, produced from this plant's root, used to induce emesis (vomiting).

lapel

noun
  1. Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

leap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of leaping or jumping.
  2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
  3. A group of leopards.
  4. A significant move forward.
  5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
  6. A fault.
  7. Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
  8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
  9. A salmon ladder.
verb
  1. To jump.
  2. To pass over by a leap or jump.
  3. To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
  4. To cause to leap.
adjective
  1. (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A basket.
  2. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
  3. Half a bushel.

pace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Step.
  2. Way of stepping.
  3. Speed or velocity in general.
  4. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
  5. (collective) A group of donkeys.
  6. Passage, route.
verb
  1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
  2. To set the speed in a race.
  3. To measure by walking.
adjective
  1. Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. With all due respect to.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Easter.

paella

noun
  1. A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked on a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.

pail

noun
  1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
  2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

palace

noun
  1. Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
  2. A large and lavishly ornate residence.
  3. A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
verb
  1. To decorate or ornate.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

pale

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Paleness; pallor.
verb
  1. To turn pale; to lose colour.
  2. To become insignificant.
  3. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
adjective
  1. Light in color.
  2. (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. Feeble, faint.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A wooden stake; a picket.
  2. Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
  3. (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
  4. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
  5. A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
  6. A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
  7. The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
  8. A cheese scoop.
  9. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
verb
  1. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

palpable

adjective
  1. Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
  2. Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
  3. That can be detected by palpation.

papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papilla

noun
  1. A nipple-like anatomical structure.

papillae

noun
  1. A nipple-like anatomical structure.

peace

noun
  1. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
  2. A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
  3. Harmony in personal relations.
  4. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
verb
  1. To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
  2. To peace out.
interjection
  1. Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
  2. Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.

peaceable

adjective
  1. Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
  2. Characterized by peace; peaceful, tranquil.

peal

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
  2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.
  3. The changes rung on a set of bells.
verb
  1. To sound with a peal or peals.
  2. To utter or sound loudly.
  3. To assail with noise.
  4. To resound; to echo.
  5. To pour out.
  6. To appeal.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

pebble

noun
  1. A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
  2. A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
  4. Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
  5. A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
verb
  1. To pave with pebbles.
  2. To deposit water droplets on the ice.
  3. To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
  4. To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.

peel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
  2. The action of peeling away from a formation.
  3. A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.
verb
  1. To remove the skin or outer covering of.
  2. To remove something from the outer or top layer of.
  3. To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
  4. To remove one's clothing.
  5. To move, separate (off or away).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A stake.
  2. A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
  3. A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
  2. A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
  3. The blade of an oar.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An equal or match; a draw.
  2. A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
verb
  1. To play a peel shot.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

Etymology 6

verb
  1. To plunder; to pillage, rob.

Etymology 7

noun
  1. A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

peelable

No Definition Found.

peep

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
  2. A feeble utterance or complaint.
  3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
  4. A kind of bird; a sandpiper.
verb
  1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  2. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
  2. The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
verb
  1. To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
  2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A spot on a die or domino.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Person.

pellicle

noun
  1. A thin skin or film.
  2. A skin or coating of proteins on the surface of meat to be smoked, improving the surface adhesion.
  3. Cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms.
  4. The skin of a mushroom cap.
  5. The outermost layer of a mushroom, often used only for a surface that is viscid and easily peels off.
  6. The growth on the surface of a liquid culture.
  7. The photosensitive emulsion of photographic film.
  8. A thin plastic membrane used as a beam splitter or protective cover.

pica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
  2. (usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
  3. A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35/83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now 1/6 in.
  4. A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A magpie.

piece

noun
  1. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
  3. One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
  4. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
  5. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
  6. An article published in the press.
  7. An artillery gun.
  8. A gun.
  9. (short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
  10. A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
  11. A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail
  12. (mildly, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
  13. A cannabis pipe.
  14. Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got.
  15. (sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
  16. A castle; a fortified building.
  17. A pacifier; a dummy.
  18. A distance.
  19. A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
  20. An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
verb
  1. (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
  2. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
  3. To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

pile

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
  2. A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.
  3. A mass formed in layers.
  4. A funeral pile; a pyre.
  5. A large amount of money.
  6. A large building, or mass of buildings.
  7. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a fagot.
  8. A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.
  9. An atomic pile; an early form of nuclear reactor.
  10. The reverse (or tails) of a coin.
  11. A list or league
verb
  1. (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
  2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
  3. To add something to a great number.
  4. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
  5. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A dart; an arrow.
  2. The head of an arrow or spear.
  3. A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
  4. One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
verb
  1. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
  2. The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.
verb
  1. To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

pill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
  3. A comical or entertaining person.
  4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. A baseball.
  7. A bullet (projectile).
  8. A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
verb
  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The peel or skin.
verb
  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

pipe

noun
  1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
  2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
  3. Meanings relating to a container.
  4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
  5. Meanings relating to computing.
  6. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
verb
  1. To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  2. To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  4. Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  5. To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  6. To install or configure with pipes.
  7. To dab moisture away from.
  8. To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  9. To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.
  10. To create or decorate with piping (icing).
  11. To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  12. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.
  13. To see.

place

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
  2. A location or position in space.
  3. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
  4. A passage or extract from a book or document.
  5. A topic.
  6. A frame of mind.
  7. A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
  8. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
  9. A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
  10. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
  11. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
  12. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
  2. To earn a given spot in a competition.
  3. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
  4. (in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
  5. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
  6. To arrange for or to make (a bet).
  7. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
  8. To place-kick (a goal).

plea

noun
  1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
  2. An excuse; an apology.
  3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
  4. That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
  5. An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
  6. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
  7. A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
verb
  1. To plead; to argue.

pleb

noun
  1. A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
  2. A common person, an unsophisticated or cultureless person.
  3. (usually derogatory) A freshman cadet at a military academy.
adjective
  1. Of or concerning the lower class of a society.
  2. Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse.

plebe

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
  2. The plebs, the plebeian class.
  3. The similar lower class of any area.
  4. A freshman cadet at a military academy.

pliable

adjective
  1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
  2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

plie

noun
  1. A smooth and continuous bending of the knees