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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 184

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 129

Genius requires between 19 and 41 words. You need at least a 7-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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 184 was in the 58th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 4, 2025.
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 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 4, 2025.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 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 May 3, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 197
  • loll 193
  • toot 186
  • naan 171
  • nana 171
  • lilt 138
  • till 138
  • tilt 138
  • tint 135
  • nene 131
  • mama 129
  • mamma 129
  • acacia 123
  • acai 123
  • onto 121
  • toon 121
  • onion 117
  • anal 115
  • olio 113
  • anon 112
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 108
  • dodo 107
  • papa 107
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • poop 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • mitt 103
  • ratatat 103
  • tart 103
  • tartar 103
  • attar 102
  • tatty 102
  • tattoo 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • mono 100
  • moon 100
  • tutu 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 96
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 100,798 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,575 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*:

  • apollo
  • appal
  • napa
  • nappa
  • nonpapal
  • nonpar
  • nonplanar
  • nonpoor
  • nopal
  • orlop
  • paan
  • palmar
  • palpal
  • para
  • paramo
  • parr
  • parral
  • polaron
  • pomo
  • pompon
  • poon
  • praam
  • prana
  • prao
  • proa
  • prolan
  • propanol
  • propman
  • propranolol
  • rollmop

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

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

apron

noun
  1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
  2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
  3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
  4. The sides of a tree's canopy.
  5. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
  6. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
verb
  1. To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

lamp

noun
  1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
verb
  1. To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
  2. To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
  3. To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

lampoon

noun
  1. A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
verb
  1. To satirize or poke fun at.

lollop

verb
  1. To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
  2. To act lazily, loll, lie around.

loop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  2. The opening so formed.
  3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  4. A ring road or beltway.
  5. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  6. A complete circuit for an electric current.
  7. A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
  8. An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
  9. A path that starts and ends at the same point.
  10. A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
  11. A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
  12. A quasigroup with an identity element.
  13. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
  14. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
  15. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
  16. A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
noun
  1. A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To form something into a loop.
  2. To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  3. To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  4. To move something in a loop.
  5. To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  6. To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
  7. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
  8. To form a loop.
  9. To move in a loop.

malaprop

noun
  1. A malapropism.
verb
  1. To use a malapropism.
adjective
  1. Characterized by the use of malapropisms.

napalm

noun
  1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
verb
  1. To spray or attack with this substance.

nonpolar

No Definition Found.

opal

noun
  1. A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.
  2. A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
  3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

pallor

noun
  1. Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness.

palm

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
  2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  3. (by extension) Triumph; victory.
  4. Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
  3. A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
  4. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
  5. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
  6. The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
verb
  1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
  2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
  3. To move something with the palm of the hand.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

pampa

No Definition Found.

panama

No Definition Found.

panorama

noun
  1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
  2. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
  3. A comprehensive survey.

papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

paranormal

noun
  1. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed.
  2. (with "the") Paranormal phenomena collectively, or as a field of study.
adjective
  1. That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and hypothesized abilities like telepathy.

parlor

noun
  1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
  2. The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
  3. A comfortable room in a public house.
  4. A covered open-air patio.
  5. A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.
  6. A shed used for milking cattle.

parol

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A word; an oral utterance.
  2. Oral declaration; word of mouth.
  3. A writing not under seal.
adjective
  1. Word of mouth.
  2. Verbal, oral, informal.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.

plan

noun
  1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
  2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
  3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
  4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
  5. A subscription to a service.
verb
  1. To design (a building, machine, etc.).
  2. To create a plan for.
  3. To intend.
  4. To make a plan.

planar

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a plane.
  2. Flat, two-dimensional.
  3. (of a graph) Able to be embedded in the plane with no edges intersecting.
  4. (transistor chip, semiconductor devices) Having a flat profile, not etched into a mesa.

plop

noun
  1. A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
  2. Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet.
verb
  1. To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
  2. To land heavily or loosely.
  3. To defecate; derived from the "plop" sound made when excrement hits water in a toilet.

polar

noun
  1. The line joining the points of contact of tangents drawn to meet a curve from a point called the pole of the line.
adjective
  1. Of or having a pole or polarity.
  2. Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
  3. (space sciences) Of an orbit that passes over, or near, one of these poles.
  4. Having a dipole; ionic.
  5. Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.
  6. (of a question) Having but two possible answers, yes and no.

poll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
  2. A formal election.
  3. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
  4. (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
  5. (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  6. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  7. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
verb
  1. To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  2. To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  3. To vote at an election.
  4. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
  5. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
  6. To cut the hair of (a creature).
  7. To remove the horns of (an animal).
  8. To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
  9. (communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
  10. (with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
  11. To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  12. To impose a tax upon.
  13. To pay as one's personal tax.
  14. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  15. To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.
adjective
  1. (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pet parrot.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

polo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
  2. The ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
  3. A polo shirt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A dress shirt.

pomp

noun
  1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
  2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
verb
  1. To make a pompous display; to conduct.

pompano

noun
  1. Any of various carangid fish, of the genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
  2. An edible butterfish, Peprilus simillimus, the Pacific pompano.

pompom

noun
  1. A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.

pool

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
  2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  3. A supply of resources.
  4. (by extension) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
  5. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
  6. A localized glow of light.
verb
  1. (of a liquid) To form a pool.
noun
  1. A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
  2. A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
  3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
  4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  5. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
  6. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
  7. A set of players in quadrille etc.
  8. A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  9. An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
verb
  1. To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
  2. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

poolroom

noun
  1. A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee.

poop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Fecal matter, feces.
  2. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch.
verb
  1. To make a short blast on a horn
  2. To break wind.
  3. To defecate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To tire, exhaust. Often used with out.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The stern of a ship.
  2. The poop deck.
verb
  1. To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
  2. To embark a ship over the stern.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A slothful person.

poor

noun
  1. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
adjective
  1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
  2. Of low quality.
  3. Used to express pity.
  4. Deficient in a specified way.
  5. Inadequate, insufficient.
  6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

poplar

noun
  1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
  2. Wood from the poplar tree.

poppa

noun
  1. (sometimes childish) father, papa.

porn

noun
  1. Pornography.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
  3. Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner.
  4. Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.

porno

noun
  1. Pornography.
  2. A pornographic film.
adjective
  1. Pornographic

pram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
  2. A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
  3. A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

prom

noun
  1. A promenade concert
  2. (abbreviation) promenade
  3. A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year

promo

noun
  1. An interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
verb
  1. To promote; to publicize.
noun
  1. An advancement in rank or position.
  2. Dissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
  3. An event intended to increase the reach or image of a product or brand.
  4. Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)

prop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
  2. The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
  3. One of the seashells in the game of props.
verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To support or shore up something.
  2. To play rugby in the prop position
  3. (usually with "up" - see prop up) To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
  2. An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The propeller of an aircraft.
verb
  1. To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Propellant

ramp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
  4. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)
  5. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  6. A speed bump.
  7. A leap or bound.
  8. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
verb
  1. To behave violently; to rage.
  2. To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  3. To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  4. To stand in a rampant position.
  5. To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
  6. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
  2. A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.

romp

noun
  1. Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
  2. A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit.
  3. An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment.
  4. A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.
verb
  1. To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
  2. (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
  3. To win easily.
  4. To engage in playful or boisterous sex.