Monday, August 12, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 179

Number of Answers: 32

Points Needed for Genius: 125

Genius requires between 18 and 27 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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 179 was in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 11, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 11, 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 August 10, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.8.
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 161
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 113
  • mamma 113
  • nene 109
  • acacia 108
  • acai 108
  • anal 105
  • onto 104
  • toon 104
  • boob 102
  • booboo 102
  • anon 101
  • onion 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • olio 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • baba 95
  • poop 95
  • allay 93
  • ally 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 89,101 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,193 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*:

  • accidia
  • acini
  • acinic
  • acmic
  • adynamic
  • amici
  • amidic
  • aminic
  • amnic
  • animacy
  • caca
  • cadi
  • cadmic
  • caid
  • cain
  • candida
  • cinnamic
  • cnida
  • cyanamid
  • cyanic
  • cyanid
  • cyanin
  • cycad
  • cyma
  • diacid
  • diacidic
  • dyadic
  • imidic
  • indican
  • mincy
  • nancy
  • nicad

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

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

acid

noun
  1. A sour substance.
  2. Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
  3. Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
adjective
  1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
  2. Sour-tempered.
  3. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
  4. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

acidic

adjective
  1. Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
  2. Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
  3. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

acidy

No Definition Found.

adamancy

No Definition Found.

caddy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
verb
  1. To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small box, can, or chest to keep things in.
  2. A movable tray or other mechanism for holding, securing, and transporting a removable component within a piece of machinery or equipment.

caiman

noun
  1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
  2. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.

cami

noun
  1. A camisole.

cancan

noun
  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
  2. (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
  1. To dance the cancan.

candid

noun
  1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
adjective
  1. Impartial and free from prejudice.
  2. Straightforward, open and sincere.
  3. Not posed or rehearsed.

candidacy

noun
  1. The state of being a candidate.

candy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
  2. A piece of confectionery of this kind.
  3. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
verb
  1. To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  2. To have sugar crystals form in or on.
  3. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

candyman

noun
  1. A male confectioner.
  2. A drug dealer.

canid

noun
  1. Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.

canna

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

canny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Careful, prudent, cautious.
  2. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
  3. Frugal, thrifty.
  4. Pleasant, fair, favorable or agreeable to deal with.
  5. Gentle, quiet, steady.
adverb
  1. Very, considerably; quite, rather.
  2. Gently, quietly; carefully, skilfully.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (especially of sound) Sounding as if it is coming through a tin can.

cayman

noun
  1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of genus Caiman, within family Alligatoridae.
  2. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.

cicada

noun
  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

cyan

noun
  1. A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
adjective
  1. Of the colour cyan.

cynic

noun
  1. A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
  2. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
adjective
  1. Cynical (in all senses)
  2. Relating to the Dog Star.

dynamic

noun
  1. A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
  2. A moving force.
  3. The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
  4. A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
  5. (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
adjective
  1. Changing; active; in motion.
  2. Powerful; energetic.
  3. Able to change and adapt.
  4. Having to do with the volume of sound.
  5. Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
  6. Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
  7. (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.

indicia

noun
  1. A preprinted marking on a mailpiece which shows that postage has been paid by the sender.
noun
  1. An indication; a sign.

macadam

noun
  1. The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
  2. Any road or street.
verb
  1. To cover or surface with macadam.

macadamia

noun
  1. An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
  2. The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut.

maniac

noun
  1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
  2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

manic

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
  2. Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.

mica

noun
  1. Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

mimic

noun
  1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  2. An imitation.
verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

minicam

noun
  1. A small movie camera.

niacin

noun
  1. A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

indica

noun
  1. Any of the indica subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
  2. Marijuana of the species Cannabis indica.