Monday, August 31, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 276

Number of Answers: 60

Points Needed for Genius: 193

Genius requires between 29 and 51 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% 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 276 was in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 22, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 60 possible answers rank it in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 14, 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 August 30, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
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 208
  • naan 208
  • 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 139
  • 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
  • cancan 115
  • aria 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115
  • natant 114
  • momma 114
  • meme 114
  • ammo 114


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 122,522 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*:

  • abolla
  • aboral
  • aborally
  • alar
  • alary
  • alba
  • aldol
  • allobar
  • allod
  • allyl
  • arrayal
  • aryl
  • baal
  • babool
  • babydoll
  • balboa
  • baldy
  • bally
  • barbal
  • bobbly
  • bolar
  • boral
  • boyla
  • brolly
  • byrl
  • dobla
  • dooly
  • doyly
  • labara
  • labra
  • labrador
  • labral
  • laddy
  • lall
  • larboard
  • lardy
  • lobar
  • lolly
  • looby
  • loral
  • lory
  • lyard
  • obol
  • odyl
  • oldy
  • olla
  • robalo
  • yald

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

ably

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adorably

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allay

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alloy

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ally

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badly

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bald

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baldly

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ball

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  2. A round or ellipsoidal object.
  3. (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
  4. A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  5. A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
verb
  1. To form or wind into a ball.
  2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
  3. To have sexual intercourse with.
  4. To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
  5. (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
  6. To play basketball.
  7. To punish by affixing a ball and chain
interjection
  1. An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A formal dance.
  2. A very enjoyable time.

ballad

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balladry

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ballboy

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ballyard

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blab

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blabby

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blob

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blobby

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blood

noun
  1. A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods.
noun
  1. A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
  2. A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
  3. One of the four humours in the human body.
  4. A blood test or blood sample.
  5. The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
  6. The juice of anything, especially if red.
  7. Temper of mind; disposition; mood
  8. A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
  9. A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
  10. Bloodshed.
verb
  1. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
  2. To let blood (from); to bleed.
  3. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

bloody

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bola

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bold

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boldly

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boll

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bollard

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bolo

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broadly

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dally

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doll

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dollar

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dolly

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dolor

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drably

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droll

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drolly

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drool

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drooly

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dryly

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labor

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lady

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lard

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load

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lobby

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loblolly

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lobo

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loll

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lord

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lordly

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lorry

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loyal

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loyally

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oddball

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oddly

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oral

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orally

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rally

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roll

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royal

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royally

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rollbar

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lordy

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