Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 211

Number of Answers: 37

Points Needed for Genius: 148

Genius requires between 17 and 33 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 92% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 61% of the remaining points to reach genius.

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 211 was in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 20, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 37 possible answers rank it in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 23, 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 19, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.9.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 181
  • loll 172
  • toot 164
  • naan 161
  • nana 161
  • lilt 129
  • till 129
  • tilt 129
  • tint 122
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 110
  • onto 107
  • toon 107
  • anal 106
  • boob 105
  • booboo 105
  • onion 105
  • anon 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 99
  • papa 97
  • poop 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • dodo 96
  • mitt 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • ratatat 94
  • tart 94
  • tartar 94
  • tatty 94
  • attar 93
  • cocci 93
  • tact 92
  • mono 90
  • moon 90
  • nanny 90
  • tutu 90
  • epee 89
  • loon 89
  • peep 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • nada 88


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 90,941 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,263 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*:

  • adit
  • agamid
  • aggada
  • aidman
  • amidin
  • ananda
  • andantini
  • dada
  • dagga
  • daman
  • damiana
  • danging
  • diamin
  • digamma
  • dimidiating
  • dinning
  • dinting
  • dita
  • gaddi
  • gadi
  • gadid
  • gammadia
  • imid
  • indagating
  • indamin
  • indign
  • inditing
  • madding
  • maidan
  • mantid
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nidating
  • nidi
  • niding
  • nitid

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

adamant

noun
  1. An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
  2. An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
  3. A lodestone.
adjective
  1. (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
  2. (of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.

adding

verb
  1. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally.
  3. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
  4. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
  5. To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
  6. To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
  7. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
  8. To summon minions or reinforcements.

adman

noun
  1. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.

admin

noun
  1. Administration, or administrative work.
  2. A systems administrator; one who maintains a computer system or network.
  3. A user of a discussion forum, web site, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other uses.
verb
  1. To serve as an administrator for or of.

admit

verb
  1. To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
  2. To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  3. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
  4. To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  5. To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
  6. To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

admitting

verb
  1. To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
  2. To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  3. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny
  4. To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
  5. To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
  6. To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
noun
  1. An act of admission; an allowing to enter.

aiding

verb
  1. To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
  2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
noun
  1. The act of one who aids or assists.

amid

preposition
  1. In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.

damaging

verb
  1. To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  2. To undergo damage.
noun
  1. An act of causing damage.
adjective
  1. Harmful; injurious; causing damage.

damming

verb
  1. To block the flow of water.

dammit

noun
  1. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
interjection
  1. (mildly) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

damn

noun
  1. The use of "damn" as a curse.
  2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
verb
  1. To condemn to hell.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.
adjective
  1. Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
adverb
  1. Very; extremely.
interjection
  1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or suprise, etc. See also dammit.

damning

verb
  1. To condemn to hell.
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. To curse; put a curse upon.
  6. To invoke damnation; to curse.
noun
  1. A condemnation.
  2. An act of swearing with the word "damn".
adjective
  1. Condemning.

dang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
verb
  1. Damn.
adjective
  1. Damn.
interjection
  1. Damn.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
  3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. To fire or reject.
  5. To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
  6. To mishit (a golf ball).

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To dash.

data

noun
  1. (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
  2. (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.
  3. (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
  4. (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

dating

verb
  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
noun
  1. A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
  2. An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
  3. The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.

digging

verb
  1. To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
  2. To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
  3. To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
  4. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
  5. To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
  6. To thrust; to poke.
  7. To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
verb
  1. To understand or show interest in.
  2. To appreciate, or like.
noun
  1. The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
  2. A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
  3. Region; locality

digit

noun
  1. A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university or, in some countries, a college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
  2. A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1/360 of a circle's circumference.
  3. A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit.
  4. The sum of the exponents of a term; the order of a polynomial.
  5. The dimensionality of a field extension.
  6. The number of edges that a vertex takes part in; a valency.
  7. The number of logical connectives in a formula.
  8. The curvature of a circular arc, expressed as the angle subtended by a fixed length of arc or chord.
  9. A unit of measurement of latitude and longitude which together identify a location on the Earth's surface.
  10. (grammar) Any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb.
  11. (obsolete outside heraldry) A step on a set of stairs; the rung of a ladder.
  12. An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
  13. A stage of rank or privilege; social standing.
  14. (genealogy) A ‘step’ in genealogical descent.
  15. One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
  16. The amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity, extent.
noun
  1. The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
  2. A distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix.
  3. 1/12 the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
  4. A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, the English digit of 1/16 foot (about 1.9 cm).
  5. A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
  6. Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
verb
  1. To point at or point out with the finger.
noun
  1. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
  4. A very short distance.
noun
  1. A small island

dimming

verb
  1. To make something less bright.
  2. To become darker.
  3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
  4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
noun
  1. The process of becoming dim.

ding

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
  2. A rejection.
verb
  1. To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
  3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. To fire or reject.
  5. To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
  6. To mishit (a golf ball).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
  2. The act of levelling up.
verb
  1. To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
  2. To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
  3. To level up.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

dinging

verb
  1. To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
  3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. To fire or reject.
  5. To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
  6. To mishit (a golf ball).
verb
  1. To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
  2. To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
  3. To level up.

dining

verb
  1. To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
  2. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
  3. To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun
  1. Eating dinner as a social function.
  2. Entertaining someone to dinner.

dint

noun
  1. A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
  2. Force, power; especially in by dint of.
  3. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
verb
  1. To dent.

gadding

verb
  1. To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
noun
  1. The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously.

indignant

adjective
  1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

intimidating

verb
  1. To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence
adjective
  1. Threatening

madam

noun
  1. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  2. The mistress of a household.
  3. A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
  4. A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
verb
  1. To address as "madam".

madman

noun
  1. A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.

maid

noun
  1. A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
  2. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
  3. A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

mandating

verb
  1. To authorize
  2. To make mandatory

midi

noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
  2. A doughnut with a sweet filling.
  3. A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.
noun
  1. A coat or skirt having such a hemline.
adjective
  1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

mind

noun
  1. The ability for rational thought.
  2. The ability to be aware of things.
  3. The ability to remember things.
  4. The ability to focus the thoughts.
  5. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
  6. Judgment, opinion, or view.
  7. Desire, inclination, or intention.
  8. A healthy mental state.
  9. The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
  10. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
  1. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
  2. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  3. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  4. To be careful about.
  5. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
  6. To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
  7. To remember.
  8. To have in mind; to intend.
  9. To put in mind; to remind.

minding

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of taking heed of something.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
  2. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
  3. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
  4. To be careful about.
  5. Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
  6. To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
  7. To remember.
  8. To have in mind; to intend.
  9. To put in mind; to remind.

nada

pronoun
  1. Nothing.

naiad

noun
  1. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
  2. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
  3. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

tiding

verb
  1. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
  2. To pour a tide or flood.
  3. To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
verb
  1. To happen, occur.
noun
  1. (usually in the plural) news; new information

timid

adjective
  1. Lacking in courage or confidence.