Monday, September 30, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 201

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 141

Genius requires between 22 and 43 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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 201 was in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 27, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on September 28, 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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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 181
  • loll 173
  • toot 164
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 129
  • till 129
  • tilt 129
  • tint 122
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 110
  • anal 107
  • onto 107
  • toon 107
  • 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 95
  • tart 95
  • tartar 95
  • tatty 95
  • attar 94
  • cocci 93
  • tact 92
  • mono 91
  • moon 91
  • nanny 90
  • tattoo 90
  • tutu 90
  • epee 89
  • loon 89
  • nada 89
  • peep 89
  • radar 89


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 91,166 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,266 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*:

  • deme
  • demode
  • demoded
  • demoi
  • denimed
  • domine
  • dominie
  • emodin
  • idem
  • imid
  • imide
  • imido
  • imine
  • imino
  • immix
  • immixed
  • medii
  • meed
  • meinie
  • meninx
  • meno
  • midden
  • midnoon
  • mimeoed
  • modemed
  • modi
  • mome
  • momi
  • monde
  • monie
  • neem
  • nimmed
  • nome
  • nomen
  • nomoi
  • nonmen
  • omened
  • omnimode
  • oxim
  • oxime

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

deem

noun
  1. An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
verb
  1. To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
  2. To adjudge, to decree.
  3. To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
  4. (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
  5. To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

deemed

verb
  1. To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
  2. To adjudge, to decree.
  3. To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
  4. (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
  5. To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
adjective
  1. An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.

demimonde

noun
  1. A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group.
  2. (by extension) A group having little respect or reputation.
  3. (by extension) A member of such a class or group of persons.

demo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A demonstration or visual explanation.
  2. A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
  3. An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
  4. A march or gathering to make a political protest.
  5. An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
  6. A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
  7. A democrat.
  8. (collective) A demographic group.
  9. Demolition.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
  2. To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To demolish (especially a house or fixture).

demoed

verb
  1. To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
  2. To demonstrate.
verb
  1. To demolish (especially a house or fixture).

demon

noun
  1. An evil supernatural spirit.
  2. A neutral supernatural spirit.
  3. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
  4. A form of patience (known as Canfield in the US).
  5. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.

denim

noun
  1. A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

dime

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
  3. A small amount of money
  4. An assist
  5. A playing card with the rank of ten
  6. Ten dollars
  7. A thousand dollars
  8. A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
  9. Payment responsibility
  10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
  11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
  2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

dimmed

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.

dome

noun
  1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola
  2. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover
  3. Head (uppermost part of one's body)
  4. Head, oral sex
  5. A building; a house; an edifice
  6. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
  7. A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form
verb
  1. To give a domed shape to.
  2. To perform fellatio on.

domed

adjective
  1. In the form of a dome.

dominion

noun
  1. Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
  2. Predominance; ascendancy
  3. (sometimes figurative) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
  4. An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.

domino

noun
  1. A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
  2. A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
  3. A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.
  4. The mask itself.
  5. The person wearing the costume.
  6. A polyomino made up of two squares.
  7. A mistake in performing.
verb
  1. To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
  2. To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.

doom

noun
  1. Destiny, especially terrible.
  2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
  3. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  4. A law.
  5. A judgment or decision.
  6. A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
  7. Death.
  8. (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
verb
  1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

doomed

verb
  1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
adjective
  1. Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

emend

verb
  1. To correct and revise (text or a document).

emended

verb
  1. To correct and revise (text or a document).

idiom

noun
  1. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.
  2. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
  3. An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.
  4. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
  5. A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

meme

noun
  1. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
  2. Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
  3. A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
verb
  1. To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
  2. To create and use humorous memes.
  3. To joke around.

memo

noun
  1. A short note; a memorandum.
  2. A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
verb
  1. To record something; to make a note of something.
  2. To send someone a note about something, for the record.

mend

noun
  1. A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
  2. The act of repairing.
verb
  1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
  2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  4. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

mended

verb
  1. To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
  2. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
  3. To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  4. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

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.

mien

noun
  1. Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
  2. A specific facial expression.

mime

noun
  1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
  2. A pantomime actor.
  3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
  4. A performer of such a farce.
  5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

mimed

verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

mimeo

noun
  1. A mimeograph.
  2. An unpublished academic paper.
verb
  1. To mimeograph.

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.

minded

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.
adjective
  1. Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things.
  2. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.

mine

Etymology 1

pronoun
  1. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  2. Any source of wealth or resources.
  3. A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  4. A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
  5. A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To remove (ore) from the ground.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
  3. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  4. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  7. (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. To pick one's nose.
  9. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
  2. A specific facial expression.

mined

verb
  1. To remove (ore) from the ground.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
  3. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  4. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  7. (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. To pick one's nose.
  9. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

mini

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Miniature, tiny, small.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A miniskirt.
  2. A minicomputer.

minim

noun
  1. A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
  2. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
  3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
  4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
  5. The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
  6. A little man or being; a dwarf.
  7. A small fish; a minnow.
  8. A short poetical encomium.

minion

noun
  1. The lowest limit.
  2. The smallest amount.
  3. A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
  4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
  5. The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
noun
  1. A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
  2. A sycophantic follower.
  3. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
  4. An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
  5. The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.
adjective
  1. Favoured, beloved; "pet".

minx

noun
  1. A mink.

mixed

verb
  1. To stir together.
  2. To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
  3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
  4. To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
  5. To combine (several tracks).
  6. To produce a finished version of (a recording).
  7. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
adjective
  1. Having two or more separate aspects.
  2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
  3. Including both male(s) and female(s).
  4. Stemming from two or more races or breeds

mode

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One of several ancient Greek scales.
  2. One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
  3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
  4. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
  5. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
  6. A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
  7. One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
  8. A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
  9. A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
  10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
  11. That which exists only as a quality of substance.
  12. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
  13. The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
  14. A woman's mantle with a hood.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

modem

noun
  1. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
verb
  1. To transmit by modem.

mondo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Big, large; major, significant.
adverb
  1. Very, extremely, really.

monied

adjective
  1. Affluent; rich
  2. Paid for; funded

mono

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Monochrome.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An injective homomorphism
  2. The absence of sexual dimorphism
  3. A morphism n such that for any other morphisms f and g, if n \circ f = n \circ g then f = g.

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A monogamous person.
adjective
  1. Monoamorous, monogamous.

Etymology 7

adjective
  1. Monosexual.

monoxide

noun
  1. Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit

mood

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
  3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
  4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
  5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
  6. A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
  7. Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

mooed

verb
  1. Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

moon

proper noun
  1. The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
  2. The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
  3. A surname.
  4. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
noun
  1. (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
  2. A month, particularly a lunar month.
  3. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
  4. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
  5. The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  6. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
verb
  1. To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
  2. (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
  3. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  4. To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  5. To adorn with moons or crescents.
  6. (cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.
  7. To shoot the moon.

mooned

verb
  1. To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
  2. (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
  3. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  4. To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  5. To adorn with moons or crescents.
  6. (cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.
  7. To shoot the moon.
adjective
  1. Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.

moxie

noun
  1. Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
  2. Verve.
  3. Wit, smarts, skill.

nominee

noun
  1. A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
  2. A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
  3. A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.

omen

noun
  1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
  2. A thing of prophetic significance.
verb
  1. To be an omen of.
  2. To divine or predict from omens.

memed

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