Friday, April 17, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 215

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 151

Genius requires between 22 and 43 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 215 was in the 69th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 16, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 16, 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 April 15, 2026.

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



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 238
  • loll 217
  • toot 214
  • nana 197
  • naan 197
  • nene 156
  • tilt 154
  • till 154
  • lilt 154
  • mamma 150
  • mama 150
  • tint 149
  • toon 144
  • onto 144
  • onion 144
  • acai 141
  • acacia 141
  • anon 133
  • anal 132
  • olio 128
  • papa 125
  • baba 125
  • tact 124
  • lulu 124
  • lull 124
  • dodo 123
  • poop 119
  • booboo 119
  • boob 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • mitt 117
  • cocci 117
  • calla 116
  • call 116
  • loon 115
  • tattoo 114
  • tartar 114
  • tart 114
  • ratatat 114
  • attar 113
  • tutu 112
  • ally 112
  • allay 112
  • momma 111
  • ammo 111
  • tatty 110
  • meme 109
  • aria 109
  • roar 108


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 116,540 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,962 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*:

  • abri
  • airn
  • amarna
  • ambari
  • amir
  • aramid
  • arriba
  • baidar
  • bairn
  • barm
  • birdman
  • biriani
  • birr
  • briard
  • brin
  • brrr
  • damar
  • dammar
  • darb
  • darbar
  • diram
  • inarm
  • indri
  • irid
  • maar
  • mair
  • mara
  • maria
  • marram
  • mbira
  • mimbar
  • minbar
  • miri
  • mirid
  • naira
  • nard
  • rabbin
  • raia
  • rainband
  • rainbird
  • rami
  • ramin
  • randan
  • ranid
  • riband
  • ribband

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

airman

noun
  1. A pilot of an aircraft.
  2. A member of an air force.
  3. A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.
  4. A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.

aria

noun
  1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

arid

adjective
  1. Very dry.
  2. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
  3. Devoid of value.

armada

noun
  1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
  2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
  3. A large flock of anything.

armband

noun
  1. A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
  2. A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
  3. An inflatable band worn round the arms to keep afloat in water

barb

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
  2. A hurtful or disparaging remark.
  3. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
  4. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
  5. A horse.
  6. One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
  7. Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
  8. Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish), found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
  9. A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
  10. A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
  11. A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
  12. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. [Written also barbel and barble.]
  13. A bit for a horse.
  14. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
verb
  1. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
  2. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
  3. To cut (hair).
  4. To shave or dress the beard of.
  5. To clip; to mow.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
  2. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A barbiturate.

barbarian

noun
  1. A non-Greek or a non-Roman.
  2. An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
  3. Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
  4. A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
  5. A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
  6. A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.
  7. A foreigner, especially with barbaric qualities as in the above definitions.
adjective
  1. Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

bard

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
  2. (by extension) A poet.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
  2. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
  3. A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
  4. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
  5. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
verb
  1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.
  2. To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

barmaid

noun
  1. A woman who serves in a bar.

barman

noun
  1. A man who works in a bar.

barn

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
  2. A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres.
  3. An arena.
verb
  1. To lay up in a barn.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A child.

bird

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
  2. A man, fellow.
  3. A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
  4. Girlfriend.
  5. An airplane.
  6. A satellite.
  7. A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
verb
  1. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
  2. To catch or shoot birds.
  3. To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A prison sentence.
  2. A yardbird
verb
  1. To bring into prison, to roof.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.

birdbrain

noun
  1. Someone who is not intelligent.

brad

noun
  1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  2. (elementary school usage) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
verb
  1. To attach using a brad.
  2. To upset the end of a rod inserted in a hole so as to prevent it from being pulled out, as when riveting.

braid

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
  2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration.
  3. A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together
  4. A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
  5. A fancy; freak; caprice.
verb
  1. To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
  2. To start into motion.
  3. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  5. To reproach; to upbraid.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Deceitful.

brain

noun
  1. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
  2. An intelligent person.
  3. (in the plural) Intellect.
  4. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
  5. Oral sex.
  6. Mind.
verb
  1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
  2. To strike (someone) on the head.
  3. To destroy; to put an end to.
  4. To conceive in the mind; to understand.

bran

noun
  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  2. The European carrion crow.

brand

noun
  1. A conflagration; a flame.
  2. A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.
  3. A torch used for signaling.
  4. A sword.
  5. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
  6. A branding iron.
  7. The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.
  8. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
  9. (by extension) Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style or manner.
  10. The public image or reputation and recognized, typical style of an individual or group.
  11. A mark of infamy; stigma.
  12. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
verb
  1. To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
  2. To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
  3. To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
  4. To stigmatize, label (someone).
  5. To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

briar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
  2. Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
  2. A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.

brim

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The sea; ocean; water; flood.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
  2. The topmost rim or lip of a container.
  3. A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
verb
  1. To be full to overflowing.
  2. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Fierce; sharp; cold.

darn

Etymology 1

verb
  1. Euphemism of damn.
adjective
  1. Damn.
adverb
  1. (degree) Damned.
interjection
  1. Damn.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A place mended by darning.
verb
  1. To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

dinar

noun
  1. The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia and Tunisia.
  2. An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight.

drab

No Definition Found.

drain

noun
  1. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
  2. An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
  3. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
  4. An act of urination.
  5. One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  6. An outhole.
  7. A drink.
verb
  1. To lose liquid.
  2. To flow gradually.
  3. To cause liquid to flow out of.
  4. To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
  5. To deplete of energy or resources.
  6. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
  7. To filter.
  8. To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

dram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
  2. A coin worth one drachma.
  3. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
  4. A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
noun
  1. A small unit of weight, variously:
  2. Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
  3. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
verb
  1. To drink drams.
  2. To ply with drams of drink.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

drama

noun
  1. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
  2. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
  3. Theatrical plays in general
  4. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
  5. Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

drib

No Definition Found.

mandarin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire
  2. A pedantic or elitist bureaucrat
  3. A pedantic senior person of influence in academia or literary circles
  4. A senior civil servant
adjective
  1. Pertaining to or reminiscent of mandarins; deliberately superior or complex; esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist
noun
  1. A perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (color) an orange colour
noun
  1. A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with fruit resembling the orange.
  2. The fruit of this tree, smaller than an orange and oblate. In daily usage, it may include other similar citrus fruits like Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan) Citrus tangerina (tangerine).

marimba

noun
  1. A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.

marina

noun
  1. A harbour for small boats.

marinara

noun
  1. A marinara sauce.
adjective
  1. Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
  2. Of pasta: In a seafood sauce. Of pizza: With seafood topping.

midair

noun
  1. A collision between two or more aerospace vehicles in flight.
adjective
  1. In the act of flight; airborne.

midbrain

noun
  1. A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

midrib

noun
  1. The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
  2. The continuation of the petiole of a pinnately compound leaf around which the leaflets attach.

minibar

noun
  1. A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks.

mirin

noun
  1. A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake.

nadir

noun
  1. The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
  2. The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
  3. The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
  4. An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
verb
  1. To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.

rabbi

noun
  1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
  2. A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
  3. (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

rabid

noun
  1. A human or animal infected with rabies.
  2. Someone who is fanatical in opinion.
adjective
  1. Affected with rabies.
  2. Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.
  3. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
  4. Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

radar

noun
  1. A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
  2. A type of system using such method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
  3. An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
  4. A superior ability to detect something.
verb
  1. To scan with radar, or as if with radar.

radian

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad

radii

noun
  1. The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
  2. The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
  3. One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media; the vein running along the costal edge of the discal cell.
  4. A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
  5. The length of this line segment.
  6. Anything resembling a radius, such as the spoke of a wheel, the movable arm of a sextant, or one of the radiating lines of a spider's web.

raid

noun
  1. A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
  2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
  3. An attacking movement.
  4. An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
  5. A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
verb
  1. To engage in a raid against.
  2. To lure from another; to entice away from.
  3. To indulge oneself by taking from.

rain

noun
  1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
  2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
  3. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
verb
  1. To have rain fall from the sky.
  2. To fall as or like rain.
  3. To issue (something) in large quantities.
  4. To reign.

ramada

noun
  1. A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.

rand

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
  2. A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  3. A border, edge or rim.
  4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
  5. (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To rant; to storm.

rani

noun
  1. The wife of a rajah.
  2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

rind

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Tree bark
  2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
  3. (usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
verb
  1. To remove the rind from.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

marm

noun
  1. Madam; a polite term of address for a lady.

birria

No Definition Found.