Tuesday, September 17, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 230

Number of Answers: 57

Points Needed for Genius: 161

Genius requires between 22 and 52 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 88% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 230 was in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 15, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 57 possible answers rank it in the 88th 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on September 13, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 160
  • nana 160
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 121
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 109
  • anal 106
  • onto 106
  • toon 106
  • boob 105
  • booboo 105
  • onion 104
  • anon 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • dodo 96
  • mitt 96
  • poop 96
  • 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 90,650 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,251 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*:

  • acock
  • acro
  • araroba
  • arroba
  • baboo
  • bobo
  • boocoo
  • bookoo
  • bora
  • bork
  • brock
  • broo
  • cabob
  • carabao
  • carbo
  • carbora
  • cobb
  • coco
  • coocoo
  • cordoba
  • crookback
  • dado
  • dobra
  • dobro
  • doob
  • doodoo
  • dorr
  • karoo
  • karroo
  • kobo
  • koodoo
  • kora
  • orad
  • ordo
  • orra
  • roorback

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

aboard

adverb
  1. On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
  2. On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.
  3. On base.
  4. Into a team, group, or company.
  5. Alongside.
preposition
  1. On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
  2. Onto a horse.
  3. Across; athwart; alongside.

abroad

noun
  1. Countries or lands abroad.
adverb
  1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  2. At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
  3. Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
  4. Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
  5. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
  6. Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
preposition
  1. Throughout, over.

accord

noun
  1. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
  2. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
  3. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
  4. An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
  5. An international agreement.
  6. Assent
  7. Voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act.
verb
  1. To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
  2. To bring (people) to an agreement; to reconcile, settle, adjust or harmonize.
  3. To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.
  4. To agree in pitch and tone.
  5. To grant as suitable or proper; to concede or award.
  6. To give consent.
  7. To arrive at an agreement.

adobo

noun
  1. A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
  2. A marinade.

arbor

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
  2. A grove of trees.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
  2. A bar for supporting cutting tools.
  3. A spindle of a wheel.

arco

adverb
  1. A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.

ardor

noun
  1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
  2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
  3. Intense heat.

backboard

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
  2. A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
  3. (first aid) A spine board.
  4. A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The port or larboard side of a ship

backdoor

noun
  1. A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
  2. A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
  3. A secret means of access to a program or system.
  4. A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
  5. The anus, generally used in reference to anal sex.
  6. The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
verb
  1. To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
  2. To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.

baobab

noun
  1. A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

boar

noun
  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
  2. A male pig.
  3. A male boar (sense 1).
  4. A male bear.
  5. A male guinea pig.

board

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
  2. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  3. A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
  4. Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
  5. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
  6. Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
  7. The side of a ship.
  8. The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
  9. The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
  10. A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
  11. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
  12. A level or stage having a particular layout.
  13. A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
verb
  1. To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
  2. To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
  3. To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
  4. To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
  5. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
  6. To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
  7. To cover with boards or boarding.
  8. To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
  9. To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rebound.

bock

noun
  1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.

boob

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Idiot, fool.
verb
  1. To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
  2. To make a mistake
adjective
  1. Idiotic, foolish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A prison; jail.

booboo

noun
  1. A mistake or error.
  2. (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
  3. (by or to young children) Feces.

book

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  2. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
  3. A major division of a long work.
  4. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
  5. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
  6. The script of a musical or opera.
  7. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  8. A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
  9. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
  10. Four of a kind
  11. A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
  12. (by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
  13. The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
  14. Any source of instruction.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To reserve (something) for future use.
  2. To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
  3. (law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
  4. To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
  5. To travel very fast.
  6. To record bets as bookmaker.
  7. (law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
  8. To leave.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.
  2. (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
  3. To be warmed to drying and hardening.
  4. To dry by heat.
  5. To be hot.
  6. To cause to be hot.
  7. To smoke marijuana.
  8. To harden by cold.
  9. To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.
  10. (with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.

bookrack

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boor

noun
  1. A peasant.
  2. A Boer, white South African of Dutch or Huguenot descent.
  3. A yokel, country bumpkin.
  4. An uncultured person.

broad

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
  2. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
  3. A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
adjective
  1. Wide in extent or scope.
  2. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
  3. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
  4. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
  5. Plain; evident.
  6. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
  7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
  8. Gross; coarse; indelicate.
  9. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
  10. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
  2. (sometimes obsolete) A woman or girl.

brood

noun
  1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
  2. The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
  3. The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
  4. The children in one family; offspring.
  5. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
  6. Parentage.
  7. Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
verb
  1. To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
  2. To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
  3. (typically with about or over) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.
  4. To be bred.
adjective
  1. Kept or reared for breeding, said of animals.

brook

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
  2. To earn; deserve.
  3. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
  2. A water meadow.
  3. (in the plural) Low, marshy ground.

cacao

noun
  1. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  2. This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.

cardboard

noun
  1. A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
adjective
  1. Made of or resembling cardboard; flat or flavorless.

carob

noun
  1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
  2. The fruit of that tree.
  3. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

cobra

noun
  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

coca

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
  2. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.

cock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A male bird, especially:
  2. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  3. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  4. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
  5. The penis.
  6. The circle at the end of the rink.
  7. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  8. A stupid person.
  9. Nonsense; rubbish.
  10. (Tasmania) Term of address.
  11. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
  12. Shuttlecock
  13. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  14. A chief man; a leader or master.
  15. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  16. A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
  17. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
  18. The indicator of a balance.
  19. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
verb
  1. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  2. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  3. To erect; to turn up.
  4. To copulate with.
  5. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  6. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  7. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  8. To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
interjection
  1. Expression of annoyance.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small conical pile of hay.
verb
  1. To form into piles.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

Etymology 5

proper noun
  1. A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

cocoa

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
  3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
  4. A serving of this drink.
  5. A light to medium brown colour.
adjective
  1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Coconut palm.
  2. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.

coda

noun
  1. A person born hearing to deaf parents.
noun
  1. A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
  2. The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
  3. In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
  4. A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

cook

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who prepares food.
  2. The head cook of a manor house
  3. The degree or quality of cookedness of food
  4. One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  5. A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  6. A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  2. To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  3. To be cooked.
  4. To be uncomfortably hot.
  5. To execute by electric chair.
  6. To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
  7. To concoct or prepare.
  8. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
  9. To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
  10. To play music vigorously.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To throw.

cookbook

noun
  1. A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
  2. (by extension) Any book of strategies.

cord

noun
  1. A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
  2. A straight line between two points of a curve.
  3. A horizontal member of a truss.
  4. The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.
  5. An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.
  6. A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.
  7. The string of a musical instrument.
  8. A cord.
  9. An edge that is not part of a cycle but connects two vertices of the cycle.
noun
  1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
  2. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
  3. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
  4. Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord.
  5. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve.
verb
  1. To furnish with cords
  2. To tie or fasten with cords
  3. To flatten a book during binding
  4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

cork

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
  2. A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
  3. An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
  4. The cork oak, Quercus suber.
  5. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
verb
  1. To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
  2. To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
  3. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
  4. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
  5. To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
  6. To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
verb
  1. To perform such a maneuver.
adjective
  1. Having the property of a head over heels rotation.

corkboard

noun
  1. A kind of strawboard or cardboard in which ground cork is mixed with the paper pulp.

croak

noun
  1. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
  2. The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
  3. The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
verb
  1. To make a croak.
  2. To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
  3. (of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry.
  4. To die.
  5. To kill someone or something.
  6. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

croc

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A crocodile.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A plastic slip-on shoe.

crock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  2. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  3. A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
  4. An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
  5. Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
  6. A low stool.
  7. A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
verb
  1. To break something or injure someone.
  2. (leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
  3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
  4. To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
  2. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
verb
  1. To give off crock or smut.

crook

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
  4. A lock or curl of hair.
  5. A gibbet.
  6. A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
  7. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
  8. A bishop's staff of office.
  9. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  10. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
  11. A pothook.
  12. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
verb
  1. To bend, or form into a hook.
  2. To become bent or hooked.
  3. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
  2. Ill, sick.
  3. Annoyed, angry; upset.

dock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
  2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
  2. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
  3. The buttocks or anus.
  4. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
verb
  1. To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
  2. To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  3. To cut off, bar, or destroy.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  2. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
  3. The body of water between two piers.
  4. The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
  5. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
  6. A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
  7. A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
  8. An act of docking; joining two things together.
verb
  1. To land at a harbour.
  2. To join two moving items.
  3. To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  4. To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

dodo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fried plantain.

doodad

noun
  1. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.

door

noun
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. A means of approach or access.
  5. A barrier.
  6. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
verb
  1. To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

dorado

noun
  1. Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

dork

noun
  1. A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
  2. (Midwest US) A penis; dork.
  3. (Midwest US) A socially unacceptable person; an oddball.

kabob

noun
  1. A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  2. A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.
  3. The outward growing portions of a shish kebab structure.
  4. A Muslim, usually of southern European, Middle Eastern, or North African descent.
  5. The vulva.
verb
  1. To roast in the style of a kebab
  2. To stab or skewer

kook

noun
  1. An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
  2. (kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

odor

noun
  1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
  2. A strong, pervasive quality.
  3. Esteem.
  4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

okra

noun
  1. The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
  2. The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.

orca

noun
  1. A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.

road

noun
  1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
  2. A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.
  3. A path chosen in life or career.
  4. An underground tunnel in a mine.
  5. A railway or a single railway track.
  6. The act of riding on horseback.
  7. A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
  8. (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
  9. A journey, or stage of a journey.
  10. A way or route.
adjective
  1. At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
  2. (Slang) Having attributes, primarily masculine, suggesting a tendency towards minor crime. Usually used by youths endearingly; glorifying crime.

roar

noun
  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
  2. The cry of the lion.
  3. The deep cry of the bull.
  4. A loud resounding noise.
  5. A show of strength or character.
verb
  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. To proceed vigorously.
  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. (North Midlands) to cry

rock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A formation of minerals, specifically:
  2. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
  3. Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
  4. A lump or cube of ice.
  5. A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
  6. A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
  7. An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
  8. An Afrikaner.
  9. An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
  10. Any of several fish:
  11. A basketball.
  12. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
  13. A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
  14. A crystal used to control the radio frequency.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
verb
  1. To move gently back and forth.
  2. To cause to shake or sway violently.
  3. To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
  4. (of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
  5. To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
  6. To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
  7. To make love to or have sex with.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.
verb
  1. To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
  2. To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
  3. To thrill or excite, especially with rock music
  4. To do something with excitement yet skillfully
  5. To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Distaff.
  2. The flax or wool on a distaff.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
noun
  1. Rocuronium.

rococo

noun
  1. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the rococo style.
  2. Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
  3. Old-fashioned.

rood

noun
  1. A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. A measure of five and a half yards in length.

rook

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
  2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  3. A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  4. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
  5. A bad deal, a rip-off.
verb
  1. To cheat or swindle.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  2. A castle or other fortification.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A rookie.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Mist; fog; roke

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To squat; to ruck.

Etymology 6

verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of look.

boba

noun
  1. Short for boba tea.
noun
  1. A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.

barbacoa

noun
  1. Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.