Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 237

Number of Answers: 45

Points Needed for Genius: 166

Genius requires between 21 and 39 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% 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 237 was in the 80th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 8, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 45 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 8, 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 10, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.0.
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 121
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 109
  • onto 106
  • toon 106
  • anal 105
  • onion 104
  • boob 103
  • booboo 103
  • anon 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 98
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 95
  • allay 94
  • ally 94
  • ratatat 94
  • tart 94
  • tartar 94
  • tatty 94
  • attar 93
  • cocci 93
  • tact 91
  • mono 90
  • moon 90
  • nanny 90
  • epee 89
  • loon 89
  • peep 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • array 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 90,367 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,237 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*:

  • birr
  • birring
  • brin
  • brrr
  • brung
  • burin
  • burring
  • girn
  • girning
  • grig
  • grigri
  • grugru
  • gunrunning
  • gurging
  • inrun
  • iring
  • pirn
  • prigging
  • puri
  • purin
  • purpurin
  • rinning
  • riping
  • rugging
  • unrip
  • unripping
  • urping

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

bribing

verb
  1. To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something, usually against his/her will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
  2. To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
noun
  1. Bribery.

brig

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  2. A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Bridge.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Brigadier.

bring

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
  2. To supply or contribute.
  3. To occasion or bring about.
  4. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
  7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

Etymology 2

interjection
  1. The sound of a telephone ringing.

bringing

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
  2. To supply or contribute.
  3. To occasion or bring about.
  4. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
  7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
noun
  1. The act by which something is brought.

brining

verb
  1. To preserve food in a salt solution.
  2. To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.

bruin

noun
  1. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.

burb

noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A suburb.

burg

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A city or town.
  2. A fortified town in medieval Europe.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Burger

burn

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
  2. A sensation resembling such an injury.
  3. The act of burning something with fire.
  4. An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
  5. An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
  6. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  7. Tobacco.
  8. The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  9. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
  10. A disease in vegetables; brand.
verb
  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.
  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.
  4. To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  5. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  6. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
  7. To cauterize.
  8. To sunburn.
  9. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  10. To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  11. To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  12. To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  13. To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  14. To betray.
  15. To insult or defeat.
  16. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
  17. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  18. To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  19. In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  20. To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
  21. (of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
  22. To discard.
  23. To shoot someone with a firearm.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A stream.

burning

verb
  1. To cause to be consumed by fire.
  2. To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  3. To overheat so as to make unusable.
  4. To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  5. To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  6. To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
  7. To cauterize.
  8. To sunburn.
  9. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  10. To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  11. To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  12. To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  13. To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  14. To betray.
  15. To insult or defeat.
  16. To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
  17. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  18. To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  19. In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  20. To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
  21. (of an element) To be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
  22. To discard.
  23. To shoot someone with a firearm.
noun
  1. The act by which something burns or is burned.
  2. A fire.
adjective
  1. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
  2. Feeling very hot.
  3. Feeling great passion.
  4. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
  5. Being keenly discussed.

burp

noun
  1. A belch.
verb
  1. To emit a burp.
  2. To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.

burping

verb
  1. To emit a burp.
  2. To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
noun
  1. The sound of a burp.
  2. The act by which a baby is burped.

burr

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
  2. A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
  3. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
  4. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
  5. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
  6. The ear lobe.
  7. The knot at the bottom of an antler.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rough humming sound.
  2. A uvular "r".
verb
  1. To pronounce with a uvular "r".
  2. To make a rough humming sound.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
  2. Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
  3. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

grin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
verb
  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
  2. To express by grinning.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A snare; a gin.

grinning

verb
  1. To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
  2. To express by grinning.
  3. To show the teeth, like a snarling dog.
  4. To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
noun
  1. The act or expression of one who grins.

grip

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  2. To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  3. To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  4. To trench; to drain.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  2. A handle or other place to grip.
  3. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
  4. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  5. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
  6. A lot of something.
  7. A long time.
  8. A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
  9. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
  10. Assistance; help or encouragement.
  11. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
  12. As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  13. A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  14. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
noun
  1. Influenza, the flu.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The griffin.

griping

verb
  1. To complain; to whine.
  2. To annoy or bother.
  3. To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
  4. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
  5. To suffer griping pains.
  6. To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
  7. To seize or grasp.
noun
  1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.

gripping

verb
  1. To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  2. To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  3. To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  4. To trench; to drain.
noun
  1. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; gripe.
adjective
  1. Which catches someone's attention; exciting

grub

noun
  1. An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
  2. Food.
  3. A short, thick man; a dwarf.
  4. A dirty person.
  5. A despicable person; a lowlife.
verb
  1. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
  2. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
  3. To supply with food.
  4. To eat.

grubbing

verb
  1. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
  2. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
  3. To supply with food.
  4. To eat.
noun
  1. The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.

guru

noun
  1. A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
  2. (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.

inuring

verb
  1. To cause someone to become accustomed to something (usually) unpleasant.
  2. To take effect, to be operative.
  3. To commit.

inurn

verb
  1. To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
  2. To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).

inurning

verb
  1. To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
  2. To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).

prig

noun
  1. A tinker.
  2. A petty thief or pickpocket.
  3. A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
  4. A conceited dandy; a fop.
verb
  1. To filch or steal.
  2. To ride
  3. To copulate

pruning

verb
  1. To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
verb
  1. To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
  2. To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
  3. To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
  4. To preen; to prepare; to dress.
noun
  1. A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
  2. Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
  3. A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

purging

noun
  1. The process or act of purging, such as by the use of a purgative.
  2. The process or act of cleansing from sin or guilt.
verb
  1. To clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities.
  2. To free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
  3. To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
  4. To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  5. To cause someone to purge, operate on (somebody) as or with a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
  6. To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation
  7. To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
  8. To become pure, as by clarification.
  9. To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
  10. To trim, dress or prune.
noun
  1. The act or an instance of eliminating contamination: a purification, a cleansing, particularly:
  2. The removal of waste from the human body, particularly:
  3. Vomiting; vomiting induced by purgatives.
  4. That which is purged: contamination, a contaminant; refuse; sin; etc.

purr

noun
  1. The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.
  2. A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person.
  3. The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed
verb
  1. Of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented.
  2. To say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner.
  3. To make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure.
  4. (of an engine) To make a low and consistent rumbling sound.
interjection
  1. Throat vibrating sound made by a cat.

purring

verb
  1. Of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented.
  2. To say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner.
  3. To make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure.
  4. (of an engine) To make a low and consistent rumbling sound.
noun
  1. A sound that purrs.
noun
  1. A traditional English sport in which two combatants hold each other by the collar while trying to kick each other's shin

ribbing

verb
  1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
  2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
  3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
  4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
noun
  1. The action of the verb to rib.
  2. A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.
  3. An instance of teasing.

rigging

verb
  1. To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  2. To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  3. To dress or clothe in some costume.
  4. To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  5. To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  6. To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  7. To outfit a model with controls for animation.
verb
  1. To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
noun
  1. Dress; tackle; especially , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
  2. Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.

ring

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
  2. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
  3. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
  4. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
  5. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
  6. A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
  7. A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
  8. A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
  9. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
  10. A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
  11. Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
  12. The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
verb
  1. To enclose or surround.
  2. To make an incision around; to girdle.
  3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  5. To rise in the air spirally.
  6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
  2. A pleasant or correct sound.
  3. A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
  4. A telephone call.
  5. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
  6. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
verb
  1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. To telephone (someone).
  7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. To produce music with bells.
  9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.
  2. An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.

ringing

verb
  1. To enclose or surround.
  2. To make an incision around; to girdle.
  3. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
  4. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
  5. To rise in the air spirally.
  6. To steal and change the identity of (cars) in order to resell them.
verb
  1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. To telephone (someone).
  7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. To produce music with bells.
  9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
noun
  1. The sound of something that rings.
  2. The quality of being resonant.
  3. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
  4. The theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.
adjective
  1. Loud and clear.
  2. Made forcefully; powerful.

ripping

verb
  1. To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
  2. To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
  3. To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
  4. To move quickly and destructively.
  5. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
  6. To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
  7. (narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
  8. To fart.
  9. To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
  10. To steal; to rip off.
  11. To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
  12. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
  13. To surf extremely well.
noun
  1. The process of copying audio or video content from a CD, DVD, etc. to a hard disk.
  2. Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
  3. The process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.
  4. The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.
adjective
  1. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
  2. Excellent.

rubbing

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
  2. To rub something against (a second thing).
  3. To be rubbed against something.
  4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
  5. To move or pass with difficulty.
  6. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
  7. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
  8. (bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.

ruin

noun
  1. (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
  2. The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
  3. Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
  4. A fall or tumble.
  5. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
  6. Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
verb
  1. To cause the fiscal ruin of.
  2. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
  3. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  4. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
  5. To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
  6. To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
  7. To fall into a state of decay.
  8. To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.

ruing

verb
  1. To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
  2. To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
  3. To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
  4. To feel compassion or pity.
  5. To feel sorrow or regret.

ruining

verb
  1. To cause the fiscal ruin of.
  2. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
  3. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  4. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
  5. To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
  6. To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
  7. To fall into a state of decay.
  8. To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
noun
  1. The act or process by which something is ruined.

rung

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
  2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
  3. A position in a hierarchy.
  4. A floor timber in a ship.
  5. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
  6. One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
  7. One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
  2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
  5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  6. To telephone (someone).
  7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
  8. To produce music with bells.
  9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
adjective
  1. Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.

running

verb
  1. To move swiftly.
  2. (fluids) To flow.
  3. (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
  4. To control or manage, be in charge of.
  5. To be a candidate in an election.
  6. To make run in a race or an election.
  7. To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
  8. To be presented in the media.
  9. To print or broadcast in the media.
  10. To smuggle (illegal goods).
  11. To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
  12. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
  13. To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
  14. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
  15. To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
  16. To cost a large amount of money.
  17. Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
  18. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
  19. To cause to enter; to thrust.
  20. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
  21. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
  22. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
  23. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
  24. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
  25. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
  26. To control or have precedence in a card game.
  27. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
  28. To be popularly known; to be generally received.
  29. To have growth or development.
  30. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
  31. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
  32. To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
  33. To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
  34. To speedrun.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to run.
  2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
  3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
  4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
adjective
  1. Moving or advancing at a run.
  2. Present, current.
  3. Flowing; easy; cursive.
  4. Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
  5. Having a continuous design or pattern.
  6. Consecutive.
  7. Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
  8. Discharging pus.
  9. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
adverb
  1. Consecutively; in a row
preposition
  1. Approaching; about; roughly.

unrig

verb
  1. To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
  2. To disable.
  3. To undress (someone).

unrigging

verb
  1. To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
  2. To disable.
  3. To undress (someone).

upbringing

noun
  1. The traits acquired during one's childhood training
  2. The raising or training of a child.

urging

verb
  1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
  2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
  3. To provoke; to exasperate.
  4. To press hard upon; to follow closely.
  5. To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
  6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
  7. To press onward or forward.
  8. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

nigiri

noun
  1. Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.