Sunday, April 26, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 300

Number of Answers: 59

Points Needed for Genius: 210

Genius requires between 31 and 49 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% 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 300 was in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 19, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 59 possible answers rank it in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 25, 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 25, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 239
  • loll 218
  • toot 214
  • nana 198
  • naan 198
  • nene 157
  • tilt 155
  • till 155
  • lilt 155
  • mamma 151
  • mama 151
  • tint 149
  • onion 145
  • toon 144
  • onto 144
  • acai 141
  • acacia 141
  • anal 134
  • anon 133
  • olio 129
  • papa 125
  • baba 125
  • tact 124
  • lulu 124
  • lull 124
  • dodo 124
  • poop 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • mitt 118
  • cocci 117
  • loon 116
  • calla 116
  • call 116
  • tartar 115
  • tart 115
  • ratatat 115
  • tattoo 114
  • attar 114
  • ally 113
  • allay 113
  • tutu 112
  • momma 111
  • ammo 111
  • tatty 110
  • aria 110
  • meme 109
  • roar 108


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 116,963 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,974 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*:

  • acari
  • acinar
  • acratic
  • airn
  • airt
  • antiair
  • antiar
  • antiarin
  • anticar
  • antra
  • ariary
  • ataractic
  • attractancy
  • attrit
  • cairny
  • cantatrici
  • caracara
  • carina
  • carn
  • carr
  • caryatic
  • citrin
  • citrinin
  • crit
  • iatric
  • intracity
  • intrant
  • iritic
  • irritancy
  • naira
  • naric
  • raia
  • ratan
  • ratany
  • raya
  • riant
  • riata
  • ricrac
  • tarn
  • tartana
  • tartaric
  • tarty
  • tatar
  • tayra
  • titrant
  • tranny
  • triac
  • tricity
  • trictrac
  • trinary
  • trinitarian
  • tyrannic
  • yantra
  • yirr
  • yttria
  • yttric

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

airy

adjective
  1. Consisting of air.
  2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
  3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
  4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
  5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
  6. Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
  7. Light-hearted; vivacious
  8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  9. Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

antarctic

adjective
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
  2. Opposite, contradictory.
  3. Southern.

arcana

noun
  1. Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
noun
  1. A mystery or deep secret.
  2. An elixir or secret remedy.

arctic

noun
  1. A warm waterproof overshoe.
  2. Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
adjective
  1. (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
  2. Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
  3. Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
  4. Designed for use in very cold conditions.

aria

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

arnica

noun
  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.

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.

array

noun
  1. Clothing and ornamentation.
  2. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
  3. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
  4. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
  5. A large collection.
  6. Common name for matrix.
  7. Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
  8. A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
  9. A militia.
  10. A group of hedgehogs.
  11. A microarray.
verb
  1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
  2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
  3. To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.

arty

adjective
  1. Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.

atria

noun
  1. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  2. A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  3. A cavity, entrance, or passage.
  4. Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

attar

noun
  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

attract

verb
  1. To pull toward without touching.
  2. To arouse interest.
  3. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

attractant

noun
  1. Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals.

cairn

noun
  1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
  2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
  3. A cairn terrier.

canary

noun
  1. A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
  2. Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
  3. A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
  4. A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
  5. A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
  6. Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
  7. A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
  8. A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
  9. An informer or snitch; a squealer.
  10. A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
  11. A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
verb
  1. To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)
  2. To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
adjective
  1. Of a light yellow colour.

carat

noun
  1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
  2. Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
  3. A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.

carny

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
  2. The jargon used by carnival workers.
  3. A carnival.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Flattery.
verb
  1. To cajole, wheedle, or coax.

carry

noun
  1. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
  2. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
  3. The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
  4. The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
  5. The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
  6. Carried interest.
  7. The sky; cloud-drift.
verb
  1. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
  2. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
  3. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
  4. To move; to convey using force
  5. To lead or guide.
  6. To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
  7. To adopt (something); take (something) over.
  8. To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
  9. In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
  10. To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
  11. To be transmitted; to travel.
  12. To insult, to diss.
  13. To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
  14. To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
  15. To have on one's person.
  16. To be pregnant (with).
  17. To have propulsive power; to propel.
  18. To hold the head; said of a horse.
  19. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  20. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
  21. To succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
  22. To get possession of by force; to capture.
  23. To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
  24. To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
  25. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
  26. To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
  27. To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.

cart

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
  2. A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
  3. A shopping cart.
verb
  1. To carry goods.
  2. To carry or convey in a cart.
  3. To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
  4. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
  2. A cartridge for a video game system.

cataract

noun
  1. A waterspout
  2. A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
  3. A flood of water
  4. An overwhelming downpour or rush
  5. A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

circa

preposition
  1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

cirri

noun
  1. A tendril.
  2. A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

citric

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.

crania

noun
  1. The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
  2. The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).
  3. The skull.

cranny

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
  2. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
verb
  1. To break into, or become full of, crannies.
  2. To haunt or enter by crannies.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Quick; giddy; thoughtless

critic

noun
  1. A person who appraises the works of others.
  2. A specialist in judging works of art.
  3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
  4. An opponent.
verb
  1. To criticise.
noun
  1. The art of criticism.
  2. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
  3. A point made to criticize something.
  4. A critic; one who criticises.

intricacy

noun
  1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
  2. Perplexity
  3. Something which is intricate or complex.

irritant

noun
  1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
  2. A source of irritation.
adjective
  1. Causing irritation or inflammation.
  2. Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

narc

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A narcotics squad police officer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A police spy or informer.
  2. An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
verb
  1. To watch; to observe.
  2. To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
  3. To annoy or irritate.
  4. To complain.
  5. (often imperative) To stop.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (underwater diving) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A narcissist.

nary

adjective
  1. Not, never.

nitric

noun
  1. Nitric acid
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen.

racy

adjective
  1. Mildly risqué.
  2. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
  3. (by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
  4. Involving a data race or a race condition.

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.

rainy

adjective
  1. Pouring with rain; wet; showery

raita

noun
  1. A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.

rani

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

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.

rarity

noun
  1. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
  2. (of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
  3. A rare object.

ratatat

noun
  1. A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

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.

ratty

adjective
  1. Similar to a rat; ratlike.
  2. Infested with rats.
  3. In poor condition or repair
  4. Irritable, annoyed, bad-tempered.

ricin

noun
  1. An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean.

tantara

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tantra

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

tantric

adjective
  1. Describing Vajrayana Buddhism.
  2. Describing any of several branches of yoga or esoteric traditions rooted in India.

tarry

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sojourn.
verb
  1. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
  2. To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
  3. To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
  4. To stay somewhere temporarily.
  5. To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Resembling tar.
  2. Covered with tar.

tart

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  3. Sharp; keen; severe.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A prostitute.
  2. By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
verb
  1. To practice prostitution
  2. To practice promiscuous sex
  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily

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.

tartar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fearsome or angrily violent person.

tiara

noun
  1. The papal crown.
  2. An ornamental coronet.

tract

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An area or expanse.
  2. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  5. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  6. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
  7. Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
  8. Continuity or extension of anything.
  9. Traits; features; lineaments.
  10. The footprint of a wild animal.
  11. Track; trace.
  12. Treatment; exposition.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To pursue, follow; to track.
  2. To draw out; to protract.

train

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Elongated portion.
  2. Connected sequence of people or things.
verb
  1. To practice an ability.
  2. To teach and form (someone) by practice; to educate (someone).
  3. To improve one's fitness.
  4. To proceed in sequence.
  5. To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
  6. To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape, usually by pruning and bending.
  7. To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
  8. To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
  9. To draw along; to trail; to drag.
  10. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Treachery; deceit.
  2. A trick or stratagem.
  3. A trap for animals; a snare.
  4. A lure; a decoy.

trait

noun
  1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
  2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

tray

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
  2. A flat carrier for items being transported.
  3. The items on a full tray.
  4. A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
  5. A notification area used for icons and alerts.
  6. A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
  7. (pickup) truck bed
verb
  1. To place (items) on a tray
  2. To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Trouble; annoyance; anger

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To grieve; to annoy

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To betray

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A playing card or die with the rank of three.
  2. A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
  3. A three-pointer.
  4. The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
  5. The third branch of a deer's antler.

trinity

noun
  1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
  2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

tyranny

noun
  1. A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
  2. The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
  3. Absolute power, or its use.
  4. A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
  5. Extreme severity or rigour.

tyrant

noun
  1. A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
  2. Any monarch or governor.
  3. A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
  4. (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
  5. (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
  6. The tyrant bird, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
verb
  1. To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
  2. To tyrannize.
adjective
  1. Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.

yarn

noun
  1. A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
  2. Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
  3. A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
verb
  1. To tell a story or stories.

arancini

noun
  1. A baked rice ball, filled with cheese or other sauce, originally from Sicily.