Sunday, August 25, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 115

Number of Answers: 37

Points Needed for Genius: 81

Genius requires between 12 and 34 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% 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 115 was in the 23rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 20, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 37 possible answers rank it in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 20, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on August 23, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.8.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 177
  • loll 172
  • toot 163
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 109
  • acai 109
  • nene 109
  • anal 105
  • onto 105
  • toon 105
  • boob 103
  • booboo 103
  • anon 101
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • onion 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 97
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 94
  • mitt 94
  • tatty 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • ratatat 92
  • tart 92
  • tartar 92
  • attar 91
  • tact 91
  • cocci 90
  • nanny 90
  • loon 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • epee 88
  • peep 88
  • array 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 89,662 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,206 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*:

  • felloe
  • feme
  • feoff
  • feoffee
  • filemot
  • fille
  • fillo
  • filmi
  • filo
  • flite
  • flooie
  • flotel
  • fomite
  • footle
  • lief
  • loof
  • milfoil
  • mofette
  • moffette
  • mofo
  • telefilm
  • toff
  • toft
  • tomfool

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

effete

adjective
  1. Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
  2. Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
  3. Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
  4. (of a person) Affected, overrefined

feel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
  2. A vague mental impression.
  3. An act of fondling.
  4. A vague understanding.
  5. An intuitive ability.
  6. Alternative form of feeling.
verb
  1. (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
  2. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  3. To be or become aware of.
  4. To experience the consequences of.
  5. To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  6. To understand.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Much; many.
adverb
  1. Greatly, much, very
pronoun
  1. Many (of).

feet

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
  3. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
  8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
  9. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  10. (collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
  11. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  12. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  13. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  14. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  15. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  16. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  17. The bottom edge of a sail.
  18. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  19. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  20. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  21. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  22. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  23. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
  24. Recognized condition; rank; footing.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fact; performance; feat.

fell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cutting-down of timber.
  2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
  3. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
verb
  1. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
  2. To strike down, kill, destroy.
  3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
  2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
  2. (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
  2. Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
  3. Very large; huge.
  4. Eager; earnest; intent.
adverb
  1. Sharply; fiercely.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Anger; gall; melancholy.

Etymology 6

noun
  1. The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Etymology 7

verb
  1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
  2. To move downwards.
  3. To happen, to change negatively.
  4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
  6. To bring forth.
  7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
  8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
  10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
  11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
  12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
  13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
  14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

felt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
  2. A hat made of felt.
  3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
verb
  1. To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
  2. To cover with, or as if with, felt.
  3. To cause a player to lose all their chips.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
  2. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
  3. To be or become aware of.
  4. To experience the consequences of.
  5. To seem (through touch or otherwise).
  6. To understand.
adjective
  1. That has been experienced or perceived.

femme

noun
  1. A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.
  2. A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
  3. A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
adjective
  1. (entertainment) Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
  2. Effeminate (of a man).
  3. Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.

fete

noun
  1. A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
  2. A feast, celebration or carnival.
verb
  1. (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).

fettle

noun
  1. A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
  2. One's mental state; spirits.
  3. Sand used to line a furnace.
  4. A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
  5. A seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces.
  6. The act of fettling.
verb
  1. To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
  2. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
  3. To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.
  4. To be upset or in a bad mood.
  5. In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.
  6. To prepare.

fief

noun
  1. An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.
  2. Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
  3. An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

fife

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
verb
  1. To play this instrument.

Etymology 2

numeral
  1. Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion.

file

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
  2. A roll or list.
  3. Course of thought; thread of narration.
  4. An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
verb
  1. To commit (official papers) to some office.
  2. To place in an archive in a logical place and order
  3. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
  4. (with for) To submit a formal request to some office.
  5. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
  2. A small detachment of soldiers.
  3. One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
verb
  1. To move in a file.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
  2. A cunning or resourceful person.
verb
  1. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To defile
  2. To corrupt

filet

noun
  1. A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  2. A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses.
  3. A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
  4. (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
  5. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
  6. A fine flat moulding/molding used as separation between coarser mouldings.
  7. The space between two flutings in a shaft.
  8. An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
  9. The thread of a screw.
  10. A colored or gilded border.
  11. The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
  12. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  13. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
  14. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
verb
  1. To slice, bone or make into fillets.
  2. To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

fill

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. To become full.
  5. To become pervaded with something.
  6. To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
  7. To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  8. To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  9. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  10. To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  11. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  2. An amount that fills a container.
  3. The filling of a container or area.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  5. Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
  6. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
  7. A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

fillet

noun
  1. A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  2. A fine strip of any material, in various technical uses.
  3. A heavy bead of waterproofing compound or sealant material generally installed at the point where vertical and horizontal surfaces meet.
  4. (drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
  5. A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.
  6. A fine flat moulding/molding used as separation between coarser mouldings.
  7. The space between two flutings in a shaft.
  8. An ordinary equal in breadth to one quarter of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
  9. The thread of a screw.
  10. A colored or gilded border.
  11. The raised moulding around the muzzle of a gun.
  12. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
  13. A fascia; a band of fibres; applied especially to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
  14. The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
verb
  1. To slice, bone or make into fillets.
  2. To apply, create, or specify a rounded or filled corner to.

film

noun
  1. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
  2. A medium used to capture images in a camera.
  3. A movie.
  4. Cinema; movies as a group.
  5. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
verb
  1. To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.
  2. To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle.

flee

verb
  1. To run away; to escape.
  2. To escape from.
  3. To disappear quickly; to vanish.

fleet

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
  2. Any group of associated items.
  3. A large, coordinated group of people.
  4. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
  5. (British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
  2. A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To float.
  2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
  3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
  4. To flee, to escape, to speed away.
  5. To evanesce, disappear, die out.
  6. To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
  7. (of people) To move or change in position.
  8. To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
  9. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
  10. To take the cream from; to skim.
adjective
  1. Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
  2. Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Floor; bottom; lower surface.
  2. A house; home.

flit

noun
  1. A fluttering or darting movement.
  2. A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state.
  3. A homosexual.
verb
  1. To move about rapidly and nimbly.
  2. To move quickly from one location to another.
  3. To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.
  4. To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
  5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
adjective
  1. Fast, nimble.

floe

noun
  1. A low, flat mass of floating ice.

foil

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A very thin sheet of metal.
  2. Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
  3. A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
  4. (authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
  5. Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
  6. A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
  7. A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
  8. A stylized flower or leaf.
  9. A hydrofoil.
  10. An aerofoil/airfoil.
verb
  1. To cover or wrap with foil.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
  2. One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
verb
  1. To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
  2. To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
  3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
  4. To tread underfoot; to trample.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The track of an animal.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To defile; to soil.

folio

noun
  1. A leaf of a book or manuscript
  2. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
  3. A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
  4. A sheet of paper folded in half.
  5. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
  6. A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  7. (19th to early 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
  8. A wrapper for loose papers.
verb
  1. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page

fool

noun
  1. A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  2. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  3. Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  4. Buddy, dude, man.
  5. A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
  6. (often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
verb
  1. To trick; to deceive
  2. To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
adjective
  1. Foolish.

foot

noun
  1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
  3. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
  8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
  9. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  10. (collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
  11. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  12. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  13. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  14. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  15. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  16. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  17. The bottom edge of a sail.
  18. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  19. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  20. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  21. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  22. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  23. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
  24. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
verb
  1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. To pay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  4. To walk.
  5. To tread.
  6. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
  8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

footie

noun
  1. (especially in plural) pyjamas or a similar covering that covers the feet
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of footy

left

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The left side or direction.
  2. The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
  3. The left hand or fist.
  4. A punch delivered with the left fist.
  5. A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
adjective
  1. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
  2. Pertaining to the political left.
adverb
  1. On the left side.
  2. Towards the left side.
  3. Towards the political left.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To have a consequence or remnant.
  2. To depart; to separate from.
  3. To transfer something.
  4. To remain (behind); to stay.
  5. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
verb
  1. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To have a consequence or remnant.
  2. To depart; to separate from.
  3. To transfer something.
  4. To remain (behind); to stay.
  5. To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
verb
  1. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

leftie

noun
  1. One who is left-handed.
  2. One who has left-wing political views.
  3. One's left testicle.

leitmotif

noun
  1. A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
  2. A recurring theme.

life

noun
  1. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
  2. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.
  3. Lifeforms, generally or collectively.
  4. A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)
  5. Existence.
  6. A period of time during which something has existence.
  7. Animation; spirit; vivacity.
  8. A biography.
  9. Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.
  10. An opportunity for existence.
  11. The life insurance industry.
  12. A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

lifetime

noun
  1. The duration of the life of someone or something.
  2. A long period of time.

lift

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act of lifting or raising.
  2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  3. Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
  4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  5. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
  6. A thief.
  7. The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  8. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  9. An improvement in mood.
  10. The amount or weight to be lifted.
  11. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  12. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  13. A liftgate.
  14. A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
  15. One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  16. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  17. That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
verb
  1. To raise or rise.
  2. To steal.
  3. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
  4. To arrest (a person).
  5. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  6. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
  7. To cause to move upwards.
  8. To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  9. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  10. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  11. To bear; to support.
  12. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  13. To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  14. To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Air.
  2. The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.

liftoff

noun
  1. The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
  2. The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.

loft

noun
  1. (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
  2. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
  3. The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
  4. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
  5. The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
  6. A floor or room placed above another.
verb
  1. To propel high into the air.
  2. To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
  3. To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
  4. To furnish with a loft space.
adjective
  1. Lofty; proud; haughty

miff

noun
  1. A small argument; a quarrel.
  2. A state of being offended.
verb
  1. (usually used in the passive) To offend slightly.
  2. To become slightly offended.

motif

noun
  1. A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
  2. A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
  3. A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
  4. A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
  5. The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  6. A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
  7. In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

teff

noun
  1. A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
  2. The fine grain of this plant.

tiff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  2. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
verb
  1. To quarrel.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To deck out; to dress.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (British India) To have lunch.

toffee

noun
  1. A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
  2. A small, individual piece of toffee
  3. Any kind of sweets; candy
verb
  1. To coat in toffee.