Thursday, February 12, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 188

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 19 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 188 was in the 58th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 09, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 09, 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 10, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.5.
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 230
  • loll 213
  • toot 210
  • nana 191
  • naan 191
  • tilt 152
  • till 152
  • lilt 152
  • nene 150
  • tint 145
  • mamma 142
  • mama 142
  • toon 138
  • onto 138
  • onion 138
  • acai 137
  • acacia 137
  • anon 130
  • anal 130
  • olio 124
  • dodo 123
  • tact 122
  • papa 122
  • baba 120
  • poop 118
  • lulu 118
  • lull 118
  • booboo 118
  • boob 118
  • moon 114
  • mono 114
  • mitt 114
  • cocci 114
  • calla 113
  • call 113
  • tutu 112
  • tattoo 112
  • tartar 112
  • tart 112
  • ratatat 112
  • loon 111
  • attar 111
  • ally 110
  • allay 110
  • tatty 109
  • momma 107
  • ammo 107
  • meme 106
  • roar 105
  • peep 105


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 113,481 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,909 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*:

  • amarna
  • ammono
  • anatto
  • anna
  • annona
  • anoa
  • anta
  • antra
  • arnatto
  • arnotto
  • ataman
  • atman
  • attorn
  • fanfaron
  • fano
  • fanon
  • fantom
  • formant
  • fronton
  • mana
  • manana
  • manat
  • mannan
  • mano
  • mantram
  • maranta
  • marrano
  • marron
  • mortarman
  • motorman
  • naff
  • nanna
  • nano
  • natron
  • noma
  • nona
  • nonfan
  • nonfarm
  • nonman
  • nota
  • ramona
  • ratan
  • ratoon
  • ratton
  • rattoon
  • roman
  • romano
  • tanto
  • tarn
  • tartana
  • toman
  • trona

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

affront

noun
  1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
  2. A hostile encounter or meeting.
verb
  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  2. To meet defiantly; to confront.
  3. To meet or encounter face to face.

annatto

noun
  1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
  2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
  3. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

annotator

No Definition Found.

anon

Etymology 1

adverb
  1. Straight away; at once.
  2. Soon; in a little while.
  3. At another time; then; again.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An anonymous person, especially an author.
  2. A work with an unknown author.
  3. A work without a title.
adjective
  1. Anonymous

arrant

adjective
  1. Utter; complete (with a negative sense).
adjective
  1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
  2. Wandering; roving around.
  3. Prone to making errors; misbehaved.
  4. Utter, complete (negative); arrant.

font

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
  2. A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
  3. Spring, source, fountain.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.
  2. A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
verb
  1. To overlay (text) on the picture.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A source, wellspring, fount.

footman

noun
  1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
  2. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
  3. A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
  4. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
  5. A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
  6. A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.

front

noun
  1. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
  2. The side of a building with the main entrance.
  3. A field of activity.
  4. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
  5. The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
  6. An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
  7. The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
  8. The direction of the enemy.
  9. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
  10. A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
  11. Cheek; boldness; impudence.
  12. An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
  13. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
  14. The most conspicuous part.
  15. The beginning.
  16. A seafront or coastal promenade.
  17. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
  18. (hotels) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
  19. (in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
verb
  1. To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
  2. To face, be opposite to.
  3. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
  4. To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
  5. To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
  6. To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
  7. To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
  8. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
  9. To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
  10. To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
  11. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
  12. To appear before.
adjective
  1. Located at or near the front.
  2. Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

frontman

noun
  1. A person acting as the public face of an organization; often when lacking actual authority, or representing a covert group.
  2. The lead male singer in a band.

mammon

noun
  1. The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
  2. Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

manna

noun
  1. Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
  3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

manor

noun
  1. A landed estate.
  2. The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
  3. A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
  4. The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
  5. Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
  6. One's neighbourhood.

manta

noun
  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
noun
  1. Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.

mantra

noun
  1. The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
  2. (originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation.
  3. (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.

maroon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  2. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
verb
  1. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
adjective
  1. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
adjective
  1. Of a maroon color

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An idiot; a fool.

matron

noun
  1. A mature or elderly woman.
  2. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children.
  3. A woman of staid or motherly manners.
  4. A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution.
  5. A senior female nurse in an establishment, especially a hospital or school.
  6. A female prison officer.

moan

noun
  1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
verb
  1. To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
  2. To grieve.
  3. To distress (someone); to sadden.
  4. To make a moan or similar sound.
  5. To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
  6. To complain; to grumble.

mono

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Monochrome.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An injective homomorphism
  2. The absence of sexual dimorphism
  3. A morphism n such that for any other morphisms f and g, if n \circ f = n \circ g then f = g.

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A monogamous person.
adjective
  1. Monoamorous, monogamous.

Etymology 7

adjective
  1. Monosexual.

moon

proper noun
  1. The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
  2. The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
  3. A surname.
  4. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
noun
  1. (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
  2. A month, particularly a lunar month.
  3. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
  4. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
  5. The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  6. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
verb
  1. To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
  2. (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
  3. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  4. To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  5. To adorn with moons or crescents.
  6. (cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.
  7. To shoot the moon.

moonroof

noun
  1. A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.

morn

noun
  1. Morning.

moron

noun
  1. A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
  2. A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

naan

noun
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

nana

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A banana
  2. A fool

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (term of endearment) one's grandmother
  2. A nanny

narrator

noun
  1. One who narrates or tells stories.
  2. The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
  3. The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.

natant

adjective
  1. Floating or swimming (in water)
  2. In a horizontal position, as if swimming

nonart

noun
  1. That which is not art

nonfat

adjective
  1. Containing no fat; fat-free.

noon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  2. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  3. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  4. The highest point; culmination.
verb
  1. To relax or sleep around midday

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

norm

Etymology 1

noun
  1. That which is normal or typical.
  2. A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
  3. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.
  4. A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
  5. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

notator

No Definition Found.

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).

ottoman

noun
  1. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc.
  2. A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
  3. A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

rant

noun
  1. A criticism done by ranting.
  2. A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
  3. A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
verb
  1. To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
  2. To criticize by ranting.
  3. To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
  4. To dance rant steps.

rattan

noun
  1. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
  2. The plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.
  3. (by extension) A cane made from this material.
verb
  1. To beat with a rattan cane.

roan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  2. The color of such an animal.
  3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
adjective
  1. Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  2. Made of the leather called roan.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
  2. Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

tantara

No Definition Found.

tantra

noun
  1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

tartan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
  2. The pattern associated with such material.
  3. An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  4. Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
verb
  1. To clothe in tartan.
adjective
  1. Having a pattern like a tartan.
  2. Scottish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
  2. A kind of long covered carriage.

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.

torn

verb
  1. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
  2. To injure as if by pulling apart.
  3. To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
  4. To make (an opening) with force or energy.
  5. (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
  6. (of structures, with down) To demolish
  7. To become torn, especially accidentally.
  8. To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
  9. To smash or enter something with great force.