Tuesday, August 13, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 273

Number of Answers: 65

Points Needed for Genius: 191

Genius requires between 26 and 58 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, 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 273 was in the 90th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 1, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 65 possible answers rank it in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 7, 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 12, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
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 177
  • loll 172
  • toot 162
  • 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 105
  • toon 105
  • boob 102
  • booboo 102
  • anon 101
  • onion 101
  • olio 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 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
  • loon 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • tattoo 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 89,166 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*:

  • elevon
  • eloin
  • enol
  • entoil
  • envoi
  • etoile
  • inion
  • iolite
  • ionone
  • lenition
  • leno
  • leone
  • levo
  • lilo
  • lino
  • lintol
  • looie
  • loti
  • loto
  • lotte
  • lovevine
  • niello
  • ninon
  • nitinol
  • niton
  • noil
  • nolo
  • nonelite
  • nonlevel
  • nonnovel
  • nontitle
  • notelet
  • novelle
  • olein
  • oleine
  • olivenite
  • olivine
  • oolite
  • otto
  • ovoli
  • ovolo
  • teloi
  • tenno
  • toit
  • tole
  • tolt
  • tonette
  • tonlet
  • vino
  • violone
  • volitive
  • volte
  • volti

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

evolve

verb
  1. To move in regular procession through a system.
  2. To change; transform.
  3. To come into being; develop.
  4. Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
  5. To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
  6. To cause something to change or transform.

intention

noun
  1. The goal or purpose behind a specific action or set of actions.
  2. Tension; straining, stretching.
  3. A stretching or bending of the mind toward an object or a purpose (an intent); closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
  4. The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
  5. Any mental apprehension of an object.
  6. The process of the healing of a wound.
verb
  1. Intend

into

preposition
  1. To or towards the inside of.
  2. To or towards the region of.
  3. Against, especially with force or violence.
  4. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
  5. After the start of.
  6. Interested in or attracted to.
  7. Expressing the operation of multiplication.
  8. Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
  9. Investigating the subject (of).

intone

verb
  1. To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
  2. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
  3. To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.

invention

noun
  1. Something invented.
  2. The act of inventing.
  3. The capacity to invent.
  4. A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
  5. The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

involve

verb
  1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
  2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
  3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
  4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
  5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
  6. To envelop, enfold, entangle.
  7. To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
  8. To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times.

lento

noun
  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
adjective
  1. Very slow.
adverb
  1. Very slowly.

leonine

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end.

lion

noun
  1. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  2. (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
  3. A Chinese foo dog.
  4. An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
  5. A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
  6. A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
  7. An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
adjective
  1. Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

loin

noun
  1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
  2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

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.

lone

adjective
  1. Solitary; having no companion.
  2. Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
  3. Sole; being the only one of a type.
  4. Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
  5. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
  6. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

loon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An idler, a lout.
  2. A boy, a lad.
  3. A harlot; mistress.
  4. A simpleton.
  5. A crazy or deranged person.
  6. An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

loonie

noun
  1. The Canadian dollar (both the coin and the monetary unit).

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.

lotion

noun
  1. A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
  2. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
verb
  1. To cover or treat with a lotion.

lotto

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

love

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Strong affection.
  2. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
  3. A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
  4. A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
  5. Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
  6. Sexual activity.
  7. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
  8. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
  9. Alternative letter-case form of Love.
  10. A thin silk material.
  11. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
verb
  1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
  2. To need, thrive on.
  3. To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
  4. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
  5. To derive delight from a fact or situation.
  6. To have sex with (perhaps from make love).

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To praise; commend.
  2. To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (racquet sports) Zero, no score.

neon

noun
  1. The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
  2. A form or sample of the element.
  3. Neon signs or lights, collectively.
  4. A neon tetra fish.
adjective
  1. (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

noel

noun
  1. Christmas
  2. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.

none

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person without religious affiliation.
adverb
  1. To no extent, in no way.
  2. Not at all, not very.
  3. No, not.
pronoun
  1. Not any of a given number or group.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
noun
  1. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
  2. A break in play between the first and second sessions.
  3. (Minnesota) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
noun
  1. The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
noun
  1. (often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.
  2. (sometimes capitalized) The ninth hour after dawn (about 3 pm).
  3. The divine office appointed to the hour.
noun
  1. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  2. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  3. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  4. The highest point; culmination.
noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

nonet

noun
  1. A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
  2. A group of nine nuclear or subatomic particles.
  3. A byte of nine bits.

nonevent

noun
  1. An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that is a disappointing anticlimax.

nonillion

No Definition Found.

nonviolent

adjective
  1. Not violent; without violence; following a philosophy of nonviolence; the opposite of violent.

noon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  2. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  3. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  4. The highest point; culmination.
verb
  1. To relax or sleep around midday

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

note

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
  2. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
  3. (heading) A sound.
  4. Observation; notice; heed.
  5. Reputation; distinction.
  6. Notification; information; intelligence.
  7. Mark of disgrace.
verb
  1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
  2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
  3. To denote; to designate.
  4. To annotate.
  5. To set down in musical characters.
  6. To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
  2. The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.

notion

noun
  1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
  2. A sentiment; an opinion.
  3. Sense; mind.
  4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
  5. Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
  6. Inclination; intention; disposition.

novel

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
  2. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
  2. A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A novelty; something new.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

novelette

noun
  1. A short novel.
  2. A short piece of lyrical music, especially one for the piano.

oleo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Margarine

olio

noun
  1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
  2. A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
  3. A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
  4. (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

olive

noun
  1. A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. The wood of the olive tree.
  4. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
  5. An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
  7. A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
  8. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  9. An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
adjective
  1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

ollie

noun
  1. An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
verb
  1. To perform an ollie.

onion

noun
  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. The genus as a whole.
  4. A ball.
  5. A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

online

verb
  1. To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
adjective
  1. Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
  2. Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
  3. Connected to the Internet.
  4. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
  5. Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
adverb
  1. While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.

onto

adjective
  1. (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
preposition
  1. Upon; on top of.
  2. Aware of.
  3. Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

oven

noun
  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.

ovine

noun
  1. A sheep.
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep
  2. (by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent

tenon

noun
  1. A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
verb
  1. To make into a tenon.
  2. To fit with tenons.

toil

noun
  1. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
  2. Trouble, strife.
  3. (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
verb
  1. To labour; work.
  2. To struggle.
  3. To work (something); often with out.
  4. To weary through excessive labour.

toile

noun
  1. Plain or simple twilled fabric

toilet

noun
  1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
  2. The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
  3. Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
  4. One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
  5. A dressing room.
  6. A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet.
  7. A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.
  8. A chamber pot.
  9. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which use water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
  10. A very shabby or dirty place.
verb
  1. To dress and groom oneself
  2. To use the toilet
  3. To assist another (a child etc.) in using the toilet

toilette

No Definition Found.

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.

tone

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A specific pitch.
  2. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
  3. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
  4. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  5. General character, mood, or trend.
  6. The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  7. A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  8. The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  9. State of mind; temper; mood.
  10. The shade or quality of a colour.
  11. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
  12. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
  13. The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
  14. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  15. A gun
verb
  1. To give a particular tone to
  2. To change the colour of
  3. To make (something) firmer
  4. To harmonize, especially in colour
  5. To utter with an affected tone.

Etymology 2

pronoun
  1. The one (of two)

tonne

noun
  1. A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t
  2. A score of 100.

tontine

noun
  1. A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.

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.

toon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
  2. A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
  2. The wood of this tree.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A town.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A melody.
  2. A song, or short musical composition.
  3. The act of tuning or maintenance.
  4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
  5. Temper; frame of mind.
  6. A sound; a note; a tone.
  7. Order; harmony; concord.

toonie

No Definition Found.

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.

tootle

noun
  1. A soft toot sound.
  2. A trip or excursion.
verb
  1. To make a soft toot sound.
  2. To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
  3. To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
  4. To transport (someone somewhere).

tote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tote bag.
  2. A heavy burden.
  3. (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
verb
  1. To carry or bear.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
  2. Pari-mutuel betting.

veto

noun
  1. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
  2. An invocation of that right.
  3. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
verb
  1. To use a veto against.

viol

noun
  1. A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
verb
  1. To play the viol.

violent

noun
  1. An assailant.
verb
  1. To urge with violence.
adjective
  1. Involving extreme force or motion.
  2. Involving physical conflict.
  3. Likely to use physical force.
  4. Intensely vivid.
  5. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.

violet

noun
  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. The genus as a whole.
  4. A ball.
  5. A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
noun
  1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
  2. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
  3. A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.
  4. Clothes and vestments of such a colour.
  5. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
adjective
  1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

violin

noun
  1. A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family.
  2. A violinist.
verb
  1. To play on, or as if on, a violin.

voile

noun
  1. A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.

vole

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.
verb
  1. To win all the tricks by a vole.

volition

noun
  1. A conscious choice or decision.
  2. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
  3. A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

volt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
  2. A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

vote

noun
  1. A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities
  2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot
  3. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
verb
  1. To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election
  2. To choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent

votive

noun
  1. A hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary
adjective
  1. Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge
  2. Of, expressing or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.