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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 298

Number of Answers: 58

Points Needed for Genius: 209

Genius requires between 30 and 48 words. You need at least a 7-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 69% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 298 was in the 94th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 30, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 58 possible answers rank it in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 11, 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 31, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.7.
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 92,590 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,316 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*:

  • avidin
  • daven
  • davened
  • davening
  • deave
  • deaved
  • deaving
  • deva
  • devi
  • gaingiving
  • ganev
  • geneva
  • gingiva
  • gingivae
  • naevi
  • navaid
  • neve
  • nevi
  • nieve
  • vagi
  • vaginae
  • vanda
  • vaned
  • vang
  • vanned
  • vanning
  • veena
  • vega
  • vegie
  • veining
  • vena
  • venae
  • vendee
  • venene
  • venge
  • venged
  • venging
  • venin
  • venine
  • viand
  • vide
  • viga
  • vigia
  • vina
  • vined
  • vining
  • viva
  • vive

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

agave

noun
  1. A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.

avenge

noun
  1. An act of vengeance; a revenge.
verb
  1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  2. To take vengeance.
  3. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

avenged

verb
  1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  2. To take vengeance.
  3. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

avenging

verb
  1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
  2. To take vengeance.
  3. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
noun
  1. The act by which somebody is avenged.

avian

noun
  1. A bird.
  2. A bird-like or flying creature.
  3. (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.
adjective
  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

avid

adjective
  1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

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.

deveining

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

diva

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.

divan

noun
  1. A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
  2. The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.
  3. Any council or assembly.
  4. A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.
  5. A smoking-room.
  6. A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.

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.)

dividing

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.
noun
  1. An act of division.
adjective
  1. Serving to divide or separate.

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.

diving

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.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
  2. The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
  3. Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
  4. The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure a undeserved penalty.
adjective
  1. That or who dives or dive.

divining

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.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to divine in any sense.
adjective
  1. That or who divines (in any sense of the verb).

divvied

verb
  1. To divide into portions.

eave

noun
  1. Eaves: the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.

eaved

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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.

evade

verb
  1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
  2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

evaded

verb
  1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
  2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

evading

verb
  1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from
  2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
  3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

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.

evening

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
  2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
  3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
  4. A party or gathering held in the evening.

Etymology 2

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 3

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

gavage

noun
  1. A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
  2. A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
  3. Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
verb
  1. To stuff or glut with something

gave

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
  3. To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  4. To collapse under pressure or force.
  5. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  6. To lead (onto or into).
  7. To provide a view of.
  8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
  9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
  10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
  11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
  12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
  13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
  14. To grant power or permission to; to allow.
  15. To devote or apply (oneself).
  16. To become soft or moist.
  17. To shed tears; to weep.
  18. To have a misgiving.
  19. To be going on, to be occurring

give

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
verb
  1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
  3. To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  4. To collapse under pressure or force.
  5. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  6. To lead (onto or into).
  7. To provide a view of.
  8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
  9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
  10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
  11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
  12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
  13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
  14. To grant power or permission to; to allow.
  15. To devote or apply (oneself).
  16. To become soft or moist.
  17. To shed tears; to weep.
  18. To have a misgiving.
  19. To be going on, to be occurring

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

given

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
  3. To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  4. To collapse under pressure or force.
  5. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  6. To lead (onto or into).
  7. To provide a view of.
  8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
  9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
  10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
  11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
  12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
  13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
  14. To grant power or permission to; to allow.
  15. To devote or apply (oneself).
  16. To become soft or moist.
  17. To shed tears; to weep.
  18. To have a misgiving.
  19. To be going on, to be occurring
noun
  1. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
adjective
  1. Already arranged.
  2. Currently discussed.
  3. Particular, specific.
  4. Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
  5. (with to) Prone, disposed.
preposition
  1. Considering; taking into account.

giving

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
  2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
  3. To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  4. To collapse under pressure or force.
  5. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  6. To lead (onto or into).
  7. To provide a view of.
  8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
  9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
  10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
  11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
  12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
  13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
  14. To grant power or permission to; to allow.
  15. To devote or apply (oneself).
  16. To become soft or moist.
  17. To shed tears; to weep.
  18. To have a misgiving.
  19. To be going on, to be occurring
noun
  1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
  2. A gift; a benefaction.
  3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
adjective
  1. Having the tendency to give; generous

invade

verb
  1. To move into.
  2. To enter by force in order to conquer.
  3. To infest or overrun.
  4. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  5. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.

invaded

verb
  1. To move into.
  2. To enter by force in order to conquer.
  3. To infest or overrun.
  4. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  5. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.

invading

verb
  1. To move into.
  2. To enter by force in order to conquer.
  3. To infest or overrun.
  4. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  5. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.

ivied

adjective
  1. Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.

naive

noun
  1. A naive person; a greenhorn.
adjective
  1. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
  2. Not having been exposed to something.
  3. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
  4. Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

nave

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hub of a wheel.
  2. The navel.

vagina

noun
  1. The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
  2. A similar part in some invertebrates.
  3. A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
  4. The vulva.

vain

adjective
  1. Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
  2. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
  3. Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
  4. Showy; ostentatious.

vane

noun
  1. A weather vane
  2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid
  3. The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
  4. A sight on a sextant or compass
  5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile

vegan

noun
  1. A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
  2. A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
adjective
  1. (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
  2. (of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
  3. Relating to vegans or veganism.

vegged

verb
  1. To vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest

veggie

noun
  1. A vegetable.
  2. A vegetarian.
adjective
  1. Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians
  2. Vegetable-like.

vegging

verb
  1. To vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest

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.

vending

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

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.

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.