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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 219

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 153

Genius requires between 23 and 39 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 219 was in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 2, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 69th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 2, 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 September 4, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.5.
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 159
  • nana 159
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 120
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 109
  • onto 106
  • toon 106
  • anal 105
  • boob 103
  • booboo 103
  • onion 103
  • anon 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 98
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 95
  • mitt 95
  • allay 94
  • ally 94
  • ratatat 94
  • tart 94
  • tartar 94
  • tatty 94
  • attar 93
  • cocci 92
  • tact 91
  • 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 90,138 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,228 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*:

  • devel
  • develed
  • devi
  • devilled
  • foveole
  • leveed
  • levelled
  • levo
  • lieve
  • ovoli
  • ovolo
  • vide
  • vielle
  • viff
  • viffed
  • vill
  • villi
  • vive
  • vlei
  • voled
  • voodooed

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

delve

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
  2. To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
  3. To dig, to excavate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pit or den.

delved

verb
  1. To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.
  2. To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
  3. To dig, to excavate.

devil

noun
  1. An evil creature.
  2. (with article) The chief devil; Satan.
  3. A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
  4. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
  5. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
  6. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
  7. (with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
  8. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
  9. A dust devil.
  10. (Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
  11. (in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
  12. A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
  13. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
  14. A Tasmanian devil.
  15. An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
verb
  1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
  2. To annoy or bother.
  3. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
  4. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:

deviled

verb
  1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
  2. To annoy or bother.
  3. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
  4. To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
adjective
  1. Possessed by the Devil
  2. Grilled with a piquant sauce

devoid

verb
  1. To empty out; to remove.
adjective
  1. Empty; having none of; completely without

devolve

verb
  1. To roll (something) down; to unroll.
  2. To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
  3. To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
  4. To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
  5. To degenerate; to break down.

devolved

verb
  1. To roll (something) down; to unroll.
  2. To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
  3. To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
  4. To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
  5. To degenerate; to break down.

dive

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A jump or plunge into water.
  2. A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
  3. A downward swooping motion.
  4. A swim under water.
  5. A decline.
  6. A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
  7. Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
  8. A deliberate fall after a challenge.
verb
  1. To swim under water.
  2. To jump into water head-first.
  3. To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
  4. To descend sharply or steeply.
  5. (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
  6. To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  7. To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
  8. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
  9. To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
  2. A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.

dived

verb
  1. To swim under water.
  2. To jump into water head-first.
  3. To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
  4. To descend sharply or steeply.
  5. (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
  6. To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  7. To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
  8. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
  9. To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

divide

noun
  1. A thing that divides.
  2. An act of dividing.
  3. A distancing between two people or things.
  4. A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  5. The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
verb
  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  2. To share (something) by dividing it.
  3. (with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
  4. To be a divisor of.
  5. To separate into two or more parts.
  6. Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
  7. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
  8. To break friendship; to fall out.
  9. To have a share; to partake.
  10. To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
  11. To mark divisions on; to graduate.
  12. To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

divided

verb
  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  2. To share (something) by dividing it.
  3. (with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
  4. To be a divisor of.
  5. To separate into two or more parts.
  6. Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
  7. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
  8. To break friendship; to fall out.
  9. To have a share; to partake.
  10. To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
  11. To mark divisions on; to graduate.
  12. To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
adjective
  1. Separated or split into pieces
  2. Having conflicting interests or emotions
  3. Disunited
  4. (of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median

divvied

verb
  1. To divide into portions.

dove

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
  2. A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
  3. Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
  4. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To swim under water.
  2. To jump into water head-first.
  3. To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
  4. To descend sharply or steeply.
  5. (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
  6. To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  7. To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
  8. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
  9. To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

evil

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
  2. Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
  3. A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
adjective
  1. Intending to harm; malevolent.
  2. Morally corrupt.
  3. Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
  4. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
  5. Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
  6. Undesirable; harmful; bad practice

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
  2. Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
  3. Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.

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.

evolved

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.
adjective
  1. Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.
  2. Biologically gifted

five

noun
  1. The digit/figure 5.
  2. A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.
  3. Anything measuring five units, as length.
  4. A person who is five years old.
  5. Five o'clock.
  6. A short rest, especially one of five minutes.
  7. A basketball team, club or lineup.
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
  2. Describing a group or set with five elements.

fivefold

adjective
  1. In fives; consisting of five in one; quintuple.
adverb
  1. By a factor of five.

ivied

adjective
  1. Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.

levee

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  2. The steep bank of a river.
  3. The border of an irrigated field.
  4. A pier or other landing place on a river.
verb
  1. To keep within a channel by means of levees.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
  2. A reception of visitors held after getting up.
  3. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
verb
  1. To attend the levee or levees of.

level

noun
  1. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
  2. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
  3. Degree or amount.
  4. Achievement or qualification.
  5. Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
  6. One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
  7. A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
  8. A floor of a multi-storey building.
  9. An area of almost perfectly flat land.
  10. A school grade or year.
verb
  1. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
  2. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
  3. To progress to the next level.
  4. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
  5. To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
  6. To make the score of a game equal.
  7. To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
  8. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
  9. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.
adjective
  1. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
  2. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
  3. Unvaried in frequency.
  4. Unvaried in volume.
  5. Calm.
  6. In the same position or rank.
  7. Straightforward; direct; clear.
  8. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
  9. Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
  10. Perpendicular to a gravitational force.

leveled

verb
  1. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
  2. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
  3. To progress to the next level.
  4. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
  5. To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).
  6. To make the score of a game equal.
  7. To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
  8. To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
  9. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with.

levied

verb
  1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  3. To draft someone into military service.
  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
  5. To wage war.
  6. To raise, as a siege.
  7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

live

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To be alive; to have life.
  2. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  3. To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  4. To cope.
  5. To pass life in a specified manner.
  6. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  7. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  8. To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  9. (followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
  10. To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Life
adjective
  1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  2. Being in existence; actual
  3. Having active properties; being energized.
  4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
  5. Taken from a living animal.
  6. Imparting power; having motion.
  7. Still in active play.
  8. Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  9. (of a performance or speech) In person.
  10. (entertainment, performing) Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording.
  11. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  12. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
  13. Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  14. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  15. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  16. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  17. Vivid; bright.
adverb
  1. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  2. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

lived

verb
  1. To be alive; to have life.
  2. To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  3. To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  4. To cope.
  5. To pass life in a specified manner.
  6. To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  7. To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  8. To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  9. (followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
  10. To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
adjective
  1. (in combination) Having a specified duration of life.

livid

adjective
  1. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  2. Pale, pallid.
  3. So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious.

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.

loved

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).
verb
  1. To praise; commend.
  2. To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.
adjective
  1. Being the object of love.

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.

ovoid

noun
  1. Something that is oval in shape.
adjective
  1. Shaped like an oval.
  2. Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.

veil

noun
  1. Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
  2. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
  3. The calyptra of mosses.
  4. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
  5. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
  6. Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
  7. A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
  8. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
verb
  1. To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
  2. To conceal as with a veil.

veiled

verb
  1. To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
  2. To conceal as with a veil.
adjective
  1. Covered by a veil.
  2. Partly hidden or concealed.

veld

noun
  1. The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.

video

noun
  1. Television, television show, movie.
  2. A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
  3. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
  4. VHS.
verb
  1. To record using a video camera, to videotape
  2. To record a television program

videoed

verb
  1. To record using a video camera, to videotape
  2. To record a television program

vied

verb
  1. To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
  2. To rival (something), etc.
  3. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
  4. To stake; to wager.
  5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

vile

adjective
  1. Morally low; base; despicable.
  2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

vilified

verb
  1. To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
  2. To belittle through speech; to put down.

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.

vivid

noun
  1. A felt-tipped permanent marker.
adjective
  1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
  2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
  3. Full of life, strikingly alive.

vivified

verb
  1. To bring to life; to enliven.
  2. To impart vitality.

void

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An empty space; a vacuum.
  2. An extended region of space containing no galaxies
  3. A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
  4. A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
  5. An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
verb
  1. To make invalid or worthless.
  2. To empty.
  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
  4. To withdraw, depart.
  5. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
adjective
  1. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
  2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
  3. Being without; destitute; devoid.
  4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
  5. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
  6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
  7. (of a function or method) That does not return a value.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A voidee.

voided

verb
  1. To make invalid or worthless.
  2. To empty.
  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
  4. To withdraw, depart.
  5. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
adjective
  1. With the centre cut out.

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.

voodoo

noun
  1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
  2. The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
  3. Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
  4. One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
verb
  1. To bewitch someone or something using voodoo