Monday, March 30, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 172

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 120

Genius requires between 18 and 41 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% 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 172 was in the 50th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 29, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 29, 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 March 24, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 235
  • loll 216
  • toot 212
  • nana 195
  • naan 195
  • nene 155
  • tilt 153
  • till 153
  • lilt 153
  • mamma 149
  • mama 149
  • tint 148
  • toon 142
  • onto 142
  • onion 142
  • acai 140
  • acacia 140
  • anon 131
  • anal 131
  • olio 127
  • papa 124
  • baba 124
  • lulu 123
  • lull 123
  • dodo 123
  • tact 122
  • poop 119
  • booboo 119
  • boob 119
  • moon 117
  • mono 117
  • mitt 117
  • cocci 117
  • calla 115
  • call 115
  • tartar 114
  • tart 114
  • ratatat 114
  • loon 114
  • attar 113
  • tutu 112
  • tattoo 112
  • ally 111
  • allay 111
  • momma 110
  • ammo 110
  • tatty 109
  • meme 109
  • roar 108
  • aria 108


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 115,706 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,947 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*:

  • bennet
  • beton
  • blent
  • blet
  • bolete
  • botel
  • botonee
  • botonnee
  • bott
  • ebbet
  • leet
  • lenten
  • loto
  • lotte
  • nett
  • notelet
  • obento
  • otto
  • teel
  • teevee
  • tele
  • telnet
  • tenne
  • tenno
  • tole
  • tolt
  • tonette
  • tonlet
  • volte

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

beet

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
  2. A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To improve; to mend.
  2. To kindle a fire.
  3. To rouse.

beetle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011)
noun
  1. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  2. A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
verb
  1. To move away quickly, to scurry away.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To loom over; to extend or jut.
adjective
  1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging. (As in beetle brows.)

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
  2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.
verb
  1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.

belt

noun
  1. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
  2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
  3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
  4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
  5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
  6. A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
  7. One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  8. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
  9. A quick drink of liquor.
  10. (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
  11. The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
  12. Device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
verb
  1. To encircle.
  2. To fasten a belt on.
  3. To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
  4. To hit with a belt.
  5. To scream or sing in a loud manner.
  6. To drink quickly, often in gulps.
  7. To hit someone or something.
  8. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
  9. To move very fast

benevolent

adjective
  1. Having a disposition to do good.
  2. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
  3. Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

bent

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
  2. To become curved.
  3. To cause to change direction.
  4. To change direction.
  5. To be inclined; to direct itself.
  6. (usually with "down") To stoop.
  7. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
  8. To force to submit.
  9. To submit.
  10. To apply to a task or purpose.
  11. To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
  12. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
  13. To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
  14. To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
  15. To swing the body when rowing.
noun
  1. An inclination or talent.
  2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
  3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
  4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
  5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
  6. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
  7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
adjective
  1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
  2. Corrupt, dishonest
  3. Homosexual.
  4. Determined or insistent.
  5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
  6. Inaccurately aimed
  7. Suffering from the bends
  8. High from both marijuana and alcohol.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
  2. A grassy area, grassland.
  3. The old dried stalks of grasses.

bento

noun
  1. A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.

betel

noun
  1. Either of two plants often used in combination:
  2. A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

blot

noun
  1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  2. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  3. A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  4. An exposed piece in backgammon.
verb
  1. To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. To soak up or absorb liquid.
  3. To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  5. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  6. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  7. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
  8. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

blotto

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.
verb
  1. To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.
adjective
  1. (Very) drunk or intoxicated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Etymology 3

noun
  1. On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.

bolt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  5. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  6. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  7. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  8. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  9. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  10. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  11. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  12. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  13. A burst of speed or efficiency.
verb
  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
  3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
  4. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
  5. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  6. To escape.
  7. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
  8. To swallow food without chewing it.
  9. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
  10. To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  11. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
adverb
  1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
verb
  1. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
  3. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  4. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

bonnet

noun
  1. A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
  2. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
  3. (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
  4. The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
  5. A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
  6. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
  7. The second stomach of a ruminant.
  8. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
verb
  1. To put a bonnet on.
  2. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
  3. To pull the bonnet or cap down over the head of.

boot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  3. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  4. (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  5. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  7. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  8. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  9. (police) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
  10. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  11. The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
  12. Unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")
  13. A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
  14. A bobbled ball.
  15. The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
verb
  1. To kick.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  4. To forcibly eject.
  5. To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  6. To vomit.
  7. (criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Remedy, amends.
  2. Profit, plunder.
  3. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
  4. Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  5. Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
  6. A medicinal cure or remedy.
verb
  1. To avail, benefit, profit.
  2. To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
verb
  1. To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A bootleg recording.

bootee

noun
  1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
  2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
  3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

bottle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
  2. The contents of such a container.
  3. A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
  4. Nerve, courage.
  5. (of a person with a particular hair color) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
  6. A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
  7. Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
  8. The tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
verb
  1. To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.
  2. To feed (an infant) baby formula.
  3. To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.
  4. To throw away a leading position.
  5. To strike (someone) with a bottle.
  6. To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A dwelling; habitation.
  2. A building; house.

entente

noun
  1. An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

event

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An occurrence; something that happens.
  2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
  3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
  4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
  5. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
  6. A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
  7. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
  8. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
  9. An episode of severe health conditions.
verb
  1. To occur, take place.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
  2. To expose to the air, ventilate.

lent

noun
  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  2. The second term of the academic year at some British schools.
verb
  1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
  2. To make a loan.
  3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  5. To borrow.

lento

noun
  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
adjective
  1. Very slow.
adverb
  1. Very slowly.

loot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of plundering.
  2. Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
  3. Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
  4. Items dropped by defeated enemies.
verb
  1. To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
  2. To steal from.
  3. To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.

lotto

noun
  1. A game of chance similar to bingo
  2. A lottery

nettle

noun
  1. Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
  2. Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
  3. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
  4. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
verb
  1. Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
  2. To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.

nonet

noun
  1. A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
  2. A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
  3. A byte of nine bits.

nonevent

noun
  1. An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that is a disappointing anticlimax.

note

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
  2. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
  3. (heading) A sound.
  4. Observation; notice; heed.
  5. Reputation; distinction.
  6. Notification; information; intelligence.
  7. Mark of disgrace.
verb
  1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
  2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
  3. To denote; to designate.
  4. To annotate.
  5. To set down in musical characters.
  6. To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
  2. The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

novelette

noun
  1. A short novel.
  2. A short piece of lyrical music, especially one for the piano.

onto

adjective
  1. (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
preposition
  1. Upon; on top of.
  2. Aware of.
  3. Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

teen

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A teenager.
adjective
  1. Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Grief; sorrow; trouble.
  2. Vexation; anger; hate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
  2. To become angry or distressed.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

tell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  2. That which is told; a tale or account.
  3. A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
verb
  1. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  2. To narrate.
  3. To convey by speech; to say.
  4. To instruct or inform.
  5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  7. To reveal.
  8. To be revealed.
  9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  12. (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

tenet

noun
  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

tenon

noun
  1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
verb
  1. To make into a tenon.
  2. To fit with tenons.

tent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
verb
  1. To go camping.
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Attention; regard, care.
  2. Intention; design.
verb
  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  2. A probe for searching a wound.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

toll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
  2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  3. A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
  4. A tollbooth.
  5. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
verb
  1. To impose a fee for the use of.
  2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  3. To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act or sound of tolling
verb
  1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  2. To summon by ringing a bell.
  3. To announce by tolling.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  2. To tear in pieces.
  3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.
  4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  2. To suspend.

tone

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A specific pitch.
  2. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
  3. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
  4. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  5. General character, mood, or trend.
  6. The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  7. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  8. The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  9. State of mind; temper; mood.
  10. The shade or quality of a colour.
  11. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
  12. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
  13. The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
  14. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  15. A gun
verb
  1. To give a particular tone to
  2. To change the colour of
  3. To make (something) firmer
  4. To harmonize, especially in colour
  5. To utter with an affected tone.

Etymology 2

pronoun
  1. The one (of two)

tonne

noun
  1. A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t
  2. A score of 100.

tool

noun
  1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
  2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
  3. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  4. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
  5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
  6. Penis.
  7. (by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
  1. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
  2. To equip with tools.
  3. To work very hard.
  4. To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
  5. To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
  6. To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
  7. To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
  8. To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

toon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
  2. A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
  2. The wood of this tree.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A town.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A melody.
  2. A song, or short musical composition.
  3. The act of tuning or maintenance.
  4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
  5. Temper; frame of mind.
  6. A sound; a note; a tone.
  7. Order; harmony; concord.

toot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. (by extension) A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkness.
  6. (pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A toilet.

tootle

noun
  1. A soft toot sound.
  2. A trip or excursion.
verb
  1. To make a soft toot sound.
  2. To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
  3. To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
  4. To transport (someone somewhere).

tote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tote bag.
  2. A heavy burden.
  3. (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
verb
  1. To carry or bear.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
  2. Pari-mutuel betting.

velvet

noun
  1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
  2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
  3. A female chinchilla; a sow.
  4. The drug dextromethorphan.
  5. Money acquired by gambling.
verb
  1. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
  2. To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
  3. To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.
  4. To soften; to mitigate.
  5. (of a cat's claws) to retract.
adjective
  1. Made of velvet.
  2. Soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
  3. Peaceful, carried out without violence; especially as pertaining to the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia.

velveteen

noun
  1. A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.

vent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
  2. A small aperture.
  3. The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
  4. A verbalized frustration.
  5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
  6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
  7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
  8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
  9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
  10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
verb
  1. To allow gases to escape.
  2. To allow to escape through a vent.
  3. To express a strong emotion.
  4. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Ventriloquism.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Sale; opportunity to sell; market
verb
  1. To sell; to vend.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A baiting place; an inn.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Ventilation or ventilator.
verb
  1. To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

veto

noun
  1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
  2. An invocation of that right.
  3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
verb
  1. To use a veto against.

volt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
  2. A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

vote

noun
  1. A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities
  2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot
  3. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
verb
  1. To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election
  2. To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent

botnet

noun
  1. A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.