Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 116

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 81

Genius requires between 12 and 24 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 116 was in the 20th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 08, 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 August 05, 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 08, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 247
  • loll 228
  • toot 220
  • nana 206
  • naan 206
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • nene 160
  • lilt 160
  • mamma 159
  • mama 159
  • tint 156
  • onion 153
  • acai 150
  • acacia 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 140
  • anon 138
  • anal 138
  • tact 130
  • papa 129
  • dodo 128
  • baba 128
  • mitt 127
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • loon 123
  • 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
  • momma 114
  • cancan 114
  • aria 114
  • ammo 114
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • meme 113
  • natant 112


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 121,685 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*:

  • etwee
  • gite
  • heighth
  • heth
  • hight
  • highth
  • hyte
  • tegg
  • teth
  • thew
  • thewy
  • titi
  • tittie
  • titty
  • twiggy
  • tyee
  • tythe
  • weet
  • whitey
  • whity
  • wite
  • withe
  • withy
  • wyte
  • yett

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

eight

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The digit/figure 8.
  2. Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
  3. A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
  4. (especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
  5. The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
  2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number eight.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

eighth

No Definition Found.

eightieth

No Definition Found.

eighty

numeral
  1. The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

eyeteeth

No Definition Found.

height

noun
  1. The distance from the base of something to the top.
  2. The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
  3. The highest point or maximum degree.
  4. A high point.
  5. An area of land at the top of a cliff.

teeth

noun
  1. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

teethe

No Definition Found.

thee

No Definition Found.

they

Etymology 1

pronoun
  1. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
  2. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female.
  3. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.

Etymology 2

pronoun
  1. There (especially as an expletive subject of be).

thigh

noun
  1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
  2. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

tight

No Definition Found.

tithe

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tenth.
  2. The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses.
  3. A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church)
  4. A small part or proportion.
verb
  1. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  2. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  3. To compose the tenth part of something.
adjective
  1. Tenth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A boon (a grant or concession).
verb
  1. To grant, concede.
adjective
  1. Receiving a concession or grant; successful in prayer or request.

twee

No Definition Found.

tweet

noun
  1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
  2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
verb
  1. To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
  2. To post an update to Twitter.
interjection
  1. An onomatopoeic of bird singing.

twig

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
verb
  1. To beat with twigs.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
  2. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
  3. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

twit

noun
  1. A reproach, gibe or taunt.
  2. A foolish or annoying person.
  3. A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person.
  4. A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
verb
  1. To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
  2. To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).

weight

noun
  1. (physical) Matter, material.
  2. A large quantity; a sum.
noun
  1. The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  2. Celebration of the Eucharist.
  3. (usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  4. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
noun
  1. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
  2. An object used to make something heavier.
  3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
  4. Importance or influence.
  5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
  6. (lubricants) viscosity rating.
  7. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
  8. (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
  9. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
  10. The smallest cardinality of a base.
  11. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
  12. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
  13. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
  14. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
  15. Pressure; burden.
  16. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
  17. Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
  18. One pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.
verb
  1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
  2. To load, burden or oppress someone.
  3. To assign weights to individual statistics.
  4. To bias something; to slant.
  5. To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
  6. To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

weighty

adjective
  1. Heavy.
  2. Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
  3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

whet

noun
  1. The act of whetting something.
  2. That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
verb
  1. To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
  2. To stimulate or make more keen.
  3. To preen.

whit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. Against.
  2. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
  3. In addition to; as an accessory to.
  4. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
  5. In support of.
  6. In regard to.
  7. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
  8. Using as an instrument; by means of.
  9. Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
  10. Having, owning.
  11. Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
  12. Prompted by (a certain emotion).

white

noun
  1. The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
  2. A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  3. Any butterfly of the family Pieridae.
  4. White wine.
  5. Any object or substance that is of the color white.
  6. The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
  7. The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
verb
  1. To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
adjective
  1. Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
  2. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
  3. Designated for use by Caucasians.
  4. Relatively light or pale in colour.
  5. Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
  6. (of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
  7. (of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
  8. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
  9. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
  10. Honourable, fair; decent.
  11. Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
  12. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
  13. Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
  14. Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
  15. (of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.
  16. Not containing characters; see white space.
  17. Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black.
  18. Characterised by the presence of snow.

wight

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A living creature, especially a human being.
  2. A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
  3. A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
  4. A wraith-like creature.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong.
  2. Strong; stout; active.

with

Etymology 1

adverb
  1. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
preposition
  1. Against.
  2. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
  3. In addition to; as an accessory to.
  4. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
  5. In support of.
  6. In regard to.
  7. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
  8. Using as an instrument; by means of.
  9. Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
  10. Having, owning.
  11. Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
  12. Prompted by (a certain emotion).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
  2. A band of twisted twigs.
  3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.
  4. An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.
  5. A partition between flues in a chimney.

witty

adjective
  1. Wise, having good judgement.
  2. Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
  3. Clever; amusingly ingenious.
  4. Full of wit.
  5. Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.

yeti

noun
  1. An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas

itty

No Definition Found.