Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 125

Number of Answers: 37

Points Needed for Genius: 88

Genius requires between 12 and 34 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 125 was in the 28th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 29, 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 46th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 29, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on October 28, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.0.
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 185
  • loll 178
  • toot 169
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 117
  • mamma 117
  • nene 113
  • acacia 112
  • acai 112
  • onto 111
  • toon 111
  • anal 107
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 104
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 99
  • papa 99
  • dodo 98
  • poop 98
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • tact 94
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • epee 92
  • peep 92
  • loon 91
  • tattoo 91
  • tutu 91
  • nanny 90
  • ammo 89
  • array 89


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 92,532 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,314 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*:

  • glogg
  • glout
  • gogo
  • hogg
  • hollo
  • holloo
  • holo
  • hullo
  • hulloo
  • logoff
  • logout
  • loof
  • loth
  • loto
  • lough
  • otto
  • outfool
  • outfoot
  • toff
  • toft
  • tolt
  • tolu
  • toluol
  • toothful

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

flog

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A contemptible, often arrogant person.
verb
  1. To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
  2. To use something to extreme; to abuse.
  3. To sell.
  4. To steal something.
  5. To defeat easily or convincingly.
  6. To exploit.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing strategy to promote some product or service.

flout

noun
  1. The act by which something is flouted; violation of a law.
  2. A mockery or insult.
verb
  1. To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
  2. To scorn.

fool

noun
  1. A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  2. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  3. Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  4. Buddy, dude, man.
  5. A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
  6. (often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
verb
  1. To trick; to deceive
  2. To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
adjective
  1. Foolish.

foot

noun
  1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
  3. (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
  8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
  9. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  10. (collective) Foot soldiers; infantry.
  11. (cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  12. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  13. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  14. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  15. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  16. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  17. The bottom edge of a sail.
  18. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  19. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  20. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  21. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  22. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  23. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
  24. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
verb
  1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. To pay (a bill).
  3. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
  4. To walk.
  5. To tread.
  6. To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
  8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.

fought

verb
  1. To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  2. To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  3. To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
  4. To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
  5. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  6. To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
  7. To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
  8. Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

foul

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
  2. (of words or a way of speaking) obscene, vulgar or abusive.
  3. Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
  4. Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
  5. Ugly; homely; poor.
  6. (of the weather) Unpleasant, stormy or rainy.
  7. Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
  8. Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
  9. Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
  2. A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
  3. A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
verb
  1. To make dirty.
  2. To besmirch.
  3. To clog or obstruct.
  4. To entangle.
  5. To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
  6. To hit outside of the baselines.
  7. To become clogged.
  8. To become entangled.
  9. To commit a foul.
  10. To hit a ball outside of the baselines.

ghoul

noun
  1. (Muslim demonology) A demon said to feed on corpses.
  2. A graverobber.
  3. A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.

golf

noun
  1. A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
  2. The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
verb
  1. To play the game of golf.
  2. To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

goof

noun
  1. A mistake or error.
  2. A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
  3. A child molester.
verb
  1. To make a mistake.
  2. To engage in mischief.

googol

numeral
  1. The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred.

goth

noun
  1. A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
  2. A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
  3. A person who is part of the goth subculture.
adjective
  1. Relating to this music or these people.

gout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
  3. A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
verb
  1. To spurt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Taste; relish

holt

noun
  1. A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
  2. The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.

hoof

noun
  1. The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  2. The human foot.
  3. An ungula.
verb
  1. To trample with hooves.
  2. To walk.
  3. To dance, especially as a professional.
  4. (football (soccer)) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

hoot

noun
  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
verb
  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

hotfoot

noun
  1. The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
verb
  1. To run (a distance).
adverb
  1. Hastily; without delay.

loft

noun
  1. (except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
  2. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
  3. The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
  4. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
  5. The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
  6. A floor or room placed above another.
verb
  1. To propel high into the air.
  2. To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
  3. To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
  4. To furnish with a loft space.
adjective
  1. Lofty; proud; haughty

loll

verb
  1. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
  2. To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
  3. To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

loot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of plundering.
  2. Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
  3. Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
  4. Items dropped by defeated enemies.
verb
  1. To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
  2. To steal from.
  3. To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.

lotto

noun
  1. A game of chance similar to bingo
  2. A lottery

lout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
  2. A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
verb
  1. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To bend, bow, stoop.

ought

noun
  1. Property; possession
  2. Duty; place; office

outfought

verb
  1. To fight or battle better than.

outgo

noun
  1. The act or process of going out.
  2. A quantity of a substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow.
  3. An expenditure, cost or outlay.
verb
  1. To go out, to set forth.
  2. To go further; to exceed or surpass; go beyond.
  3. To overtake; to travel faster than.
  4. To outdo; exceed; surpass.
  5. To come to an end.

outthought

verb
  1. To best an opponent by thinking.

thou

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though

adverb
  1. Despite that; however.
  2. (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
conjunction
  1. Despite the fact that; although.
  2. If, that, even if.

thought

verb
  1. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
  2. To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
  3. To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
  4. To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
  5. To guess; to reckon.
  6. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
  7. To presume; to venture.
verb
  1. To seem, to appear.
noun
  1. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
  2. The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
  3. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

thoughtful

adjective
  1. Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
  2. Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.

tofu

noun
  1. A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
  2. A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as □ or ժ)

toll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
  2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  3. A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
  4. A tollbooth.
  5. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
verb
  1. To impose a fee for the use of.
  2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  3. To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act or sound of tolling
verb
  1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  2. To summon by ringing a bell.
  3. To announce by tolling.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  2. To tear in pieces.
  3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.
  4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  2. To suspend.

tool

noun
  1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
  2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
  3. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  4. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
  5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
  6. Penis.
  7. (by extension) An obnoxious or uptight person.
verb
  1. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
  2. To equip with tools.
  3. To work very hard.
  4. To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
  5. To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
  6. To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
  7. To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
  8. To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

toot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. (by extension) A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkness.
  6. (pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A toilet.

tooth

noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
verb
  1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
  2. To indent; to jag.
  3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

tough

noun
  1. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
verb
  1. To endure.
  2. To toughen.
adjective
  1. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
  2. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
  3. Rugged or physically hardy.
  4. Stubborn.
  5. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
  6. Rowdy or rough.
  7. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
  8. Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
interjection
  1. Used to indicate lack of sympathy

tout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
  2. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
  3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
  4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.