Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 110

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 77

Genius requires between 12 and 27 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 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 110 was in the 20th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 28, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 28, 2024.
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 July 26, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.9.
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 176
  • loll 171
  • toot 160
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 118
  • mama 113
  • mamma 113
  • acacia 107
  • acai 107
  • nene 107
  • anal 105
  • onto 103
  • toon 103
  • anon 101
  • boob 101
  • booboo 101
  • onion 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • olio 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • baba 93
  • dodo 93
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • loon 88
  • tattoo 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 88,594 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,176 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*:

  • alow
  • awol
  • kolo
  • koto
  • kotow
  • lota
  • loto
  • lotta
  • olla
  • otaku
  • otto
  • outa
  • outta
  • outwalk
  • tallol
  • talooka
  • tola
  • tolt
  • tolu
  • toluol

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

allot

verb
  1. To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
  2. To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

allow

verb
  1. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  2. To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  3. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
  4. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
  5. To not bar or obstruct.
  6. To acknowledge or concede.
  7. To take into account by making an allowance.
  8. To render physically possible.
  9. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  10. To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
  11. To like; to be suited or pleased with.

alto

noun
  1. A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
  2. A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
  3. An alto saxophone

atoll

noun
  1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls

auto

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An automobile.
  2. A setting for automatic operation.
  3. An automatic gearbox / transmission.
  4. A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
verb
  1. To travel by automobile.
adjective
  1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
  2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
  3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
  4. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
  5. (of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
  6. (of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
  7. (of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An autorickshaw.

koala

noun
  1. A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

kola

noun
  1. The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
  2. A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun
  1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
  2. A nut of this tree.

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.

kowtow

noun
  1. The act of kowtowing.
verb
  1. To grovel, act in a very submissive manner.
  2. To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
  3. To bow very deeply.

loll

verb
  1. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
  2. To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
  3. To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

look

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lookout

noun
  1. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
  2. A session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.
  3. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
  4. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
  5. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in a possessive form).

loot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of plundering.
  2. Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
  3. Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
  4. Items dropped by defeated enemies.
verb
  1. To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
  2. To steal from.
  3. To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.

lotto

noun
  1. A game of chance similar to bingo
  2. A lottery

lout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
verb
  1. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To bend, bow, stoop.

outlaw

noun
  1. A fugitive from the law.
  2. (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
  3. A person who operates outside established norms.
  4. A wild horse.
  5. An in-law: a relative by marriage.
  6. One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
  7. A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
verb
  1. To declare illegal.
  2. To place a ban upon.
  3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
  4. To deprive of legal force.

outlook

noun
  1. A place from which something can be viewed.
  2. The view from such a place.
  3. An attitude or point of view.
  4. Expectation for the future.
verb
  1. To face or look in an outward direction.
  2. To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something).
  3. To be more attractive than (someone or something).
  4. To inspect throughly; to select.
  5. To look beyond (something).

outtalk

verb
  1. To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
  2. To outwit by talking.

tallow

noun
  1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants
verb
  1. To grease or smear with tallow.
  2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

tattoo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  2. A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
verb
  1. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
  2. To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
  2. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
  3. A military display or pageant.
verb
  1. To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

toll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
  2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  3. A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
  4. A tollbooth.
  5. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
verb
  1. To impose a fee for the use of.
  2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  3. To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act or sound of tolling
verb
  1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  2. To summon by ringing a bell.
  3. To announce by tolling.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  2. To tear in pieces.
  3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.
  4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  2. To suspend.

took

verb
  1. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
  2. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  3. To remove.
  4. To have sex with.
  5. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  6. To grasp or grip.
  7. To select or choose; to pick.
  8. To adopt (select) as one's own.
  9. To carry or lead (something or someone).
  10. To use as a means of transportation.
  11. To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  12. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  13. To consume.
  14. To experience, undergo, or endure.
  15. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  16. To regard in a specified way.
  17. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  18. To understand (especially in a specified way).
  19. To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  20. To believe, to accept the statements of.
  21. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  22. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  23. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  24. To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  25. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  26. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  27. (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
  28. (of a ship) To let in (water).
  29. To require.
  30. To proceed to fill.
  31. To fill, to use up (time or space).
  32. To avail oneself of.
  33. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
  34. To assume or perform (a form or role).
  35. To bind oneself by.
  36. To move into.
  37. To go into, through, or along.
  38. To have and use one's recourse to.
  39. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  40. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  41. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  42. To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  43. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  44. (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  45. To deal with.
  46. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  47. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
  48. To accept as an input to a relation.
  49. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  50. To engage, take hold or have effect.
  51. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  52. (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  53. An intensifier.
  54. To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  55. (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

tool

noun
  1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
  2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
  3. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  4. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
  5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
  6. Penis.
  7. (by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
  1. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
  2. To equip with tools.
  3. To work very hard.
  4. To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
  5. To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
  6. To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
  7. To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
  8. To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

toot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. (by extension) A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkness.
  6. (pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A toilet.

total

noun
  1. An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
  2. Sum.
verb
  1. To add up; to calculate the sum of.
  2. To equal a total of; to amount to.
  3. To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
  4. To amount to; to add up to.
adjective
  1. Entire; relating to the whole of something.
  2. (used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

tout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
  2. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
  3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
  4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

walkout

noun
  1. A sudden stoppage of work.
  2. A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.

wallow

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An instance of wallowing.
  2. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
  3. A kind of rolling walk.
verb
  1. To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
  2. To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
  3. To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
  4. To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
  5. To wither; to fade.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tasteless, flat.

wool

noun
  1. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
  2. A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
  3. Anything with a texture like that of wool.
  4. A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
  5. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.
  6. Yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)
  7. Derogatory term for residents of the satellite towns outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

woot

interjection
  1. (leet) Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.