Thursday, August 29, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 153

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 107

Genius requires between 16 and 30 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% 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 153 was in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 26, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 26, 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 26, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 179
  • loll 172
  • toot 164
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 109
  • acai 109
  • nene 109
  • onto 106
  • toon 106
  • anal 105
  • boob 103
  • booboo 103
  • onion 103
  • anon 101
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 97
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 95
  • allay 94
  • ally 94
  • mitt 94
  • tatty 94
  • ratatat 92
  • tart 92
  • tartar 92
  • attar 91
  • tact 91
  • cocci 90
  • mono 90
  • moon 90
  • nanny 90
  • loon 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • epee 88
  • peep 88
  • array 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 89,831 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,218 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*:

  • hornwort
  • hwan
  • nanowatt
  • nonwar
  • nowt
  • rowth
  • thraw
  • thrawart
  • thrawn
  • toothwort
  • trow
  • trowth
  • twat
  • waah
  • warworn
  • whort

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

arrow

noun
  1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
  3. A directed edge.
  4. A dart.
  5. The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
  6. The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
verb
  1. To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
  2. To let fly swiftly and directly
  3. (of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
  4. To navigate using the arrow keys.

arrowroot

noun
  1. Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
  2. Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant the rhizomes of which are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
  3. A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.

athwart

adverb
  1. From side to side; across.
  2. Across the path (of something).
  3. Wrongly; perplexingly.
preposition
  1. From one side to the other side of.
  2. Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
  3. Across the path or course of; opposing.

harrow

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
  2. An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
verb
  1. To drag a harrow over; to break up with a harrow.
  2. To traumatize or disturb; to frighten or torment.
  3. To break or tear, as if with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

Etymology 2

interjection
  1. A call for help, or of distress, alarm etc.

hawthorn

noun
  1. Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

narrow

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
adjective
  1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
  2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
  3. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
  4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
  5. Having a small margin or degree.
  6. Limited as to means; straitened
  7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
  8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
  9. Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
  2. To get narrower.
  3. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
  4. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
  5. To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

nohow

adverb
  1. In no way; not at all; by no available means.

rowan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
  2. Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A second crop of hay; aftermath.
  2. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.

thaw

noun
  1. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
  2. A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen
verb
  1. To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
  2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
  3. To grow gentle or genial.
  4. To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

throw

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To change place.
  2. To change in state or status
  3. To move through time.
  4. To be accepted.
  5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  6. To do or be better.
  7. To take heed.
noun
  1. The flight of a thrown object.
  2. The act of throwing something.
  3. One's ability to throw.
  4. A distance travelled; displacement.
  5. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
  6. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
  7. A violent effort.
verb
  1. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  2. To eject or cause to fall off.
  3. To move to another position or condition; to displace.
  4. To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  5. (of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  6. To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
  7. To intentionally lose a game.
  8. To confuse or mislead.
  9. To send desperately.
  10. To imprison.
  11. To organize an event, especially a party.
  12. To roll (a die or dice).
  13. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
  14. To discard.
  15. To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
  16. (said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
  17. To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
  18. To project or send forth.
  19. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
  20. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
  21. (of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
  22. To install (a bridge).
  23. To twist or turn.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
  2. The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
verb
  1. (said of animals) To give birth to.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A moment, time, occasion.
  2. A period of time; a while.

thrown

verb
  1. To change place.
  2. To change in state or status
  3. To move through time.
  4. To be accepted.
  5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
  6. To do or be better.
  7. To take heed.
verb
  1. To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
  2. To eject or cause to fall off.
  3. To move to another position or condition; to displace.
  4. To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
  5. (of a bowler) to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.
  6. To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.
  7. To intentionally lose a game.
  8. To confuse or mislead.
  9. To send desperately.
  10. To imprison.
  11. To organize an event, especially a party.
  12. To roll (a die or dice).
  13. To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
  14. To discard.
  15. To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.
  16. (said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.
  17. To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
  18. To project or send forth.
  19. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
  20. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.
  21. (of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).
  22. To install (a bridge).
  23. To twist or turn.
verb
  1. (said of animals) To give birth to.
adjective
  1. Launched by throwing.
  2. Twisted into a single thread, as silk or yarn.
  3. Confused; perplexed.

thwart

noun
  1. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
  2. A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
  3. An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
verb
  1. To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
  2. To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
  3. To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
  4. To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
adjective
  1. Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
  2. Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
  3. Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
adverb
  1. Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
preposition
  1. Across, athwart.

town

noun
  1. A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
  2. Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
  3. A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
  4. The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
  5. Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
  6. A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
  7. A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
  8. An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
  9. The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
  10. A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
  11. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.

wahoo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The winged elm, Ulmus alata.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Euonymus atropurpureus, an eastern burning bush.

want

noun
  1. A desire, wish, longing.
  2. (often followed by of) Lack, absence.
  3. Poverty.
  4. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
  5. A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
verb
  1. To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
  2. (in particular) To wish, desire or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
  3. To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
  4. (usually second person, often future tense) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
  5. (now colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
  6. (now rare) To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
  7. To be lacking or deficient or absent.
  8. To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
  9. To lack and be without, to not have (something).
  10. (by extension) To lack and (be able to) do without.

wanton

noun
  1. A pampered or coddled person.
  2. An overly playful person; a trifler.
  3. A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
  4. A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
verb
  1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  2. To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away).
  3. To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.
adjective
  1. Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
  2. Playful, sportive; merry or carefree.
  3. Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
  4. Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
  5. Extravagant, unrestrained, excessive.

warn

verb
  1. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
  2. To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour.
  3. (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away.
  4. To give warning.

warrant

noun
  1. Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
  2. Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.
  3. An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
  4. An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.
  5. A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
  6. Short for warrant officer.
  7. A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.
  8. A defender, a protector.
  9. Underclay in a coal mine.
verb
  1. To protect, keep safe (from danger).
  2. To give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).
  3. To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).
  4. To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
  5. To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).
  6. To justify; to give grounds for.

warrantor

noun
  1. One making a warrant to the benefit of a warrantee.

wart

noun
  1. A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
  2. Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
  3. Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

watt

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

what

adverb
  1. (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.
noun
  1. Something; thing; stuff.
  2. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
  3. Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
adverb
  1. (usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
  2. Such.
  3. Why.
  4. Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
pronoun
  1. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
  2. That which; those that; the thing that.
  3. (relative) That; which; who.
  4. Whatever.
interjection
  1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
  2. What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
  3. Clipping of what do you say?
  4. What did you say? I beg your pardon?
  5. (typically with a) An intensifier to an adjective phrase; used to begin a sentence.

whatnot

noun
  1. A small unspecified object; bric-a-brac (in plural)
  2. Other related objects or ideas.
  3. A freestanding set of shelves on which ornaments are displayed; an etagere.

whoa

verb
  1. To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".
interjection
  1. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
  2. An expression of surprise.
  3. Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.

wont

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
  2. To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something).
adjective
  1. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

wonton

noun
  1. A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
  2. Ovary.

worn

verb
  1. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
  2. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
  3. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
  4. (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
  5. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
  6. To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
  7. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
  8. To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
  9. (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
  10. (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
  11. To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
verb
  1. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
  2. To defend; protect.
  3. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
  4. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
adjective
  1. Damaged and shabby as a result of much use

wort

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A plant; herb; vegetable.
  2. Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.

worth

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Value.
  2. Merit, excellence.
  3. Wealth, fortune, riches, property, possessions.
adjective
  1. Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for.
  2. Deserving of.
  3. (except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.
  4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

wrath

noun
  1. Great anger.
  2. Punishment.
verb
  1. To anger; to enrage.
adjective
  1. Wrathful; wroth; very angry.

wroth

adjective
  1. Full of anger; wrathful.

woohoo

No Definition Found.

woot

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

wanna

No Definition Found.