Friday, July 24, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 112

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 78

Genius requires between 11 and 21 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 112 was in the 18th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 08, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 9th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 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 July 22, 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 246
  • loll 227
  • toot 219
  • nana 204
  • naan 204
  • tilt 160
  • till 160
  • lilt 160
  • nene 158
  • mamma 158
  • mama 158
  • tint 154
  • onion 152
  • acai 149
  • acacia 149
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • olio 139
  • anon 138
  • anal 136
  • tact 130
  • papa 129
  • baba 127
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • dodo 126
  • mitt 124
  • loon 123
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • poop 121
  • booboo 121
  • boob 121
  • moon 119
  • mono 119
  • cocci 119
  • tartar 118
  • tart 118
  • ratatat 118
  • tattoo 117
  • attar 117
  • tutu 115
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • momma 113
  • cancan 113
  • aria 113
  • ammo 113
  • tatty 111
  • roar 111


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 120,825 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,068 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*:

  • eikon
  • gingko
  • gink
  • gook
  • ikon
  • keek
  • keeking
  • keeve
  • kegging
  • kenning
  • kike
  • kine
  • kinin
  • kino
  • koine
  • kongoni
  • konk
  • konking
  • kookie
  • nookie

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

eking

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act or process of adding.
  2. That which is added.
  3. A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

enoki

noun
  1. An enoki mushroom, Flammulina velutipes.

evoke

verb
  1. To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
  2. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
  3. To elicit a response.

evoking

verb
  1. To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
  2. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
  3. To elicit a response.

geek

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
  2. A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.
  3. (by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.
  4. The subculture of geeks; an esoteric subject of interest that is marginal to the social mainstream; the philosophy, events, and physical artifacts of geeks; geekness.
  5. An unfashionable or socially undesirable person.
verb
  1. To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A look.
verb
  1. To look; to peep; to stare about intently.

ginkgo

noun
  1. Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
  2. The seed of the ginkgo tree.

inking

verb
  1. To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
  2. To sign (a contract or similar document).
  3. To apply a tattoo to (someone).
  4. (of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)
noun
  1. An application of ink.
  2. Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
  3. Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
  4. A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.

invoke

verb
  1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  3. To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  4. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
  5. To conjure up with incantations.
  6. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  7. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

invoking

verb
  1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  3. To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  4. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
  5. To conjure up with incantations.
  6. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  7. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

keen

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make cold, to sharpen.
adjective
  1. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
  2. Fierce, intense, vehement.
  3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
  4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
  5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
  6. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
  7. Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
  8. Marvelous.
  9. Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.

keening

verb
  1. To make cold, to sharpen.
verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.
noun
  1. Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake
  2. (by extension) An unpleasant wailing sound.
adjective
  1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.

keno

noun
  1. A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

king

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
  2. A powerful or majorly influential person.
  3. Something that has a preeminent position.
  4. A component of certain games.
  5. A king skin.
  6. A male dragonfly; a drake.
  7. A king-sized bed.
  8. A male person.
verb
  1. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
  2. To rule over as king.
  3. To perform the duties of a king.
  4. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
  5. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
  6. To dress and perform as a drag king.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.

kinging

verb
  1. To crown king, to make (a person) king.
  2. To rule over as king.
  3. To perform the duties of a king.
  4. To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
  5. To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
  6. To dress and perform as a drag king.

kink

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
verb
  1. To laugh loudly.
  2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
  2. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  3. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
  4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  5. A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation
verb
  1. To form a kink or twist.
  2. To be formed into a kink or twist.

kinking

verb
  1. To laugh loudly.
  2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
verb
  1. To form a kink or twist.
  2. To be formed into a kink or twist.

knee

noun
  1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
  2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
  3. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
  4. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
  5. An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
  6. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
  7. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
verb
  1. To kneel to.
  2. To poke or strike with the knee.
  3. To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

kneeing

verb
  1. To kneel to.
  2. To poke or strike with the knee.
  3. To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
noun
  1. A blow made with the knee

kook

noun
  1. An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
  2. (kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

nook

noun
  1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
  2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
  3. A recess, cove or hollow.
  4. An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12 1/2 or 20 acres.
  5. A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
verb
  1. To withdraw into a nook.
  2. To situate in a nook.

oink

noun
  1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
verb
  1. Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
interjection
  1. Representing the sound made by a pig.
  2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).

oinking

verb
  1. Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

viking

noun
  1. One of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America.
  2. (by extension) A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
  3. A Norseman (mediaeval Scandinavian).
  4. (mildly) An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
  5. A player on the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.

geeking

verb
  1. To behave geekishly or in a socially awkward manner, especially when under the influence of drugs or other psycho-active substances, and exhibiting such marked characteristics as hyperactivity, repetitiveness, talkativeness, nervousness, irritability, or paranoia.
verb
  1. To look; to peep; to stare about intently.