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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 299

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 209

Genius requires between 28 and 41 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% 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 299 was in the 94th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 6, 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 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 17, 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 October 13, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.3.
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 184
  • loll 176
  • toot 167
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 116
  • mamma 116
  • nene 112
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • onto 110
  • toon 110
  • anal 107
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 104
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 99
  • papa 99
  • poop 98
  • dodo 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • cocci 95
  • ratatat 95
  • tart 95
  • tartar 95
  • tatty 95
  • attar 94
  • mono 92
  • moon 92
  • tact 92
  • epee 91
  • loon 91
  • peep 91
  • tattoo 91
  • tutu 91
  • nanny 90
  • array 89
  • nada 89


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 92,064 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,299 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*:

  • civie
  • devi
  • eventide
  • eventive
  • evincive
  • evite
  • evited
  • invected
  • neve
  • nevi
  • nieve
  • teevee
  • vedette
  • vendee
  • venene
  • venin
  • venine
  • viced
  • vide
  • vidette
  • vined
  • vinic
  • vive

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

civet

noun
  1. A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
  2. The musky perfume produced by the animal.
  3. Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
  4. Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.

civic

adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
  2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

deceive

verb
  1. To trick or mislead.

deceived

verb
  1. To trick or mislead.

detective

noun
  1. (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
  2. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
adjective
  1. Employed in detecting.

devein

verb
  1. To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).

deveined

verb
  1. To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
adjective
  1. Having had the veins removed.

device

noun
  1. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  2. A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  3. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  4. An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
  5. A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
  6. A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
  7. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  8. An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  9. An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
  10. A spectacle or show.
  11. Opinion; decision.

dive

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.

dived

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

divide

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

divided

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

dividend

noun
  1. A number or expression that is to be divided by another.
  2. A pro rata payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).
  3. Beneficial results from a metaphorical investment (of time, effort, etc.)

divine

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
  2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
  3. (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a god.
  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
  4. Beautiful, heavenly.
  5. Foreboding; prescient.
  6. (of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
  7. Relating to divinity or theology.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  2. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
  3. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
  4. To render divine; to deify.

divined

verb
  1. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  2. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
  3. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
  4. To render divine; to deify.
adjective
  1. Made divine, made holy.

divvied

verb
  1. To divide into portions.

endive

noun
  1. A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

envied

adjective
  1. That is the object of envy.
verb
  1. To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
  2. To have envious feelings (at).
  3. To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
  4. To show malice or ill will; to rail.
  5. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
  6. To hate.
  7. To emulate.

even

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (diminutive) An even number.
verb
  1. To make flat and level.
  2. To equal.
  3. To be equal.
  4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
  5. To set right; to complete.
  6. To act up to; to keep pace with.
adjective
  1. Flat and level.
  2. Without great variation.
  3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
  4. (of an integer) Divisible by two.
  5. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
  7. On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
  8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
  9. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
  10. Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
adverb
  1. Exactly, just, fully.
  2. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
  3. Emphasizing a comparative.
  4. Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Evening.

evened

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make flat and level.
  2. To equal.
  3. To be equal.
  4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
  5. To set right; to complete.
  6. To act up to; to keep pace with.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To occur; to happen; to come to pass.

event

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An occurrence; something that happens.
  2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
  3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
  4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
  5. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
  6. A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
  7. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
  8. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
  9. An episode of severe health conditions.
verb
  1. To occur, take place.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
  2. To expose to the air, ventilate.

evict

verb
  1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

evicted

verb
  1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

evictee

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evidence

noun
  1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  2. Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
  3. One who bears witness.
  4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
verb
  1. To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

evidenced

verb
  1. To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

evident

adjective
  1. Obviously true by simple observation.

evince

verb
  1. To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

evinced

verb
  1. To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

incentive

noun
  1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  2. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
adjective
  1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
  2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.

invective

noun
  1. An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
  2. A severe or violent censure or reproach.
  3. Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
  4. A harsh or reproachful accusation.
adjective
  1. Characterized by invection or railing.

invent

verb
  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
  3. To come upon; to find; to discover.

invented

verb
  1. To design a new process or mechanism.
  2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
  3. To come upon; to find; to discover.
adjective
  1. Fictional, made up, imaginary.

inventive

adjective
  1. Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
  2. Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
  3. Purposefully fictive

invite

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
  2. To request formally.
  3. To encourage.
  4. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An invitation.

invited

verb
  1. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
  2. To request formally.
  3. To encourage.
  4. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
adjective
  1. Having been asked to attend.
  2. Having an invitation.

invitee

noun
  1. A person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises

ivied

adjective
  1. Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.

vein

noun
  1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
  2. (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
  3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
  4. The nervure of an insect’s wing.
  5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
  6. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
  7. A style, tendency, or quality.
  8. A fissure, cleft or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
verb
  1. To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

veined

verb
  1. To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
adjective
  1. (sometimes in combination) Having veins or veinlike markings.

vend

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  2. The total sales of coal from a colliery.
verb
  1. To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
  2. To sell wares through a vending machine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y.

vended

verb
  1. To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
  2. To sell wares through a vending machine.

vent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
  2. A small aperture.
  3. The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
  4. A verbalized frustration.
  5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
  6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
  7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
  8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
  9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
  10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
verb
  1. To allow gases to escape.
  2. To allow to escape through a vent.
  3. To express a strong emotion.
  4. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Ventriloquism.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Sale; opportunity to sell; market
verb
  1. To sell; to vend.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A baiting place; an inn.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Ventilation or ventilator.
verb
  1. To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

vented

verb
  1. To allow gases to escape.
  2. To allow to escape through a vent.
  3. To express a strong emotion.
  4. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
verb
  1. To sell; to vend.
verb
  1. To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

vetted

verb
  1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
adjective
  1. Having undergone an investigation and been approved.

vice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A bad habit.
  2. Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
  3. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
  2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
  3. A grip or grasp.
  4. A winding or spiral staircase.
verb
  1. To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. One who acts in place of a superior.
adjective
  1. In place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
preposition
  1. Instead of, in place of

vied

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

vindictive

adjective
  1. Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
  2. Punitive

vine

noun
  1. The climbing plant that produces grapes.
  2. Any plant of the genus Vitis.
  3. (by extension) Any similar climbing or trailing plant.

vivid

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