Friday, November 29, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 115

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 81

Genius requires between 11 and 30 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% 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 115 was in the 23rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 26, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 35th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 28, 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 November 24, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 187
  • loll 180
  • toot 172
  • naan 165
  • nana 165
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 125
  • mama 120
  • mamma 120
  • nene 117
  • acacia 113
  • acai 113
  • onto 113
  • toon 113
  • anal 110
  • onion 107
  • anon 106
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • olio 103
  • papa 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 100
  • dodo 100
  • mitt 99
  • poop 99
  • allay 97
  • ally 97
  • tact 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • tutu 95
  • tattoo 94
  • epee 93
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • peep 93
  • ammo 92
  • momma 92
  • loon 91
  • roar 91


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 93,793 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,355 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*:

  • acta
  • backout
  • batata
  • batt
  • battu
  • bota
  • bott
  • butut
  • catboat
  • coact
  • cockboat
  • cotta
  • kata
  • koto
  • otaku
  • otto
  • outa
  • outact
  • outcook
  • outta
  • tabu
  • taka
  • toco

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

abbot

noun
  1. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
  2. The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
  3. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
  4. (British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
  5. (British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.

about

adjective
  1. Moving around; astir.
  2. In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
  3. Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
adverb
  1. On all sides; around.
  2. Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
  3. From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
  4. Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
  5. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
  6. Near; in the vicinity.
  7. To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
  8. In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
  9. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
preposition
  1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
  2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
  3. Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
  4. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
  5. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
  6. Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
  7. On one's person; nearby the person.
  8. In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.

abut

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
  2. To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

attack

noun
  1. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
  2. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
  3. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
  4. (by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
  5. An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
  6. Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
  7. Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
  8. The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
  9. The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
  10. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
  11. The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
  12. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
verb
  1. To apply violent force to someone or something.
  2. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
  3. To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
  4. To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
  5. To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
  6. To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
  7. To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
  8. To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
  9. To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

auto

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An automobile.
  2. A setting for automatic operation.
  3. An automatic gearbox / transmission.
  4. A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
verb
  1. To travel by automobile.
adjective
  1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
  2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
  3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
  4. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
  5. (of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
  6. (of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
  7. (of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An autorickshaw.

boat

noun
  1. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
  2. A full house.
  3. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
  4. One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
  5. The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
verb
  1. To travel by boat.
  2. To transport in a boat.
  3. To place in a boat.

bobcat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin

boot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  3. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  4. (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  5. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  7. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  8. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  9. (police) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
  10. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  11. The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
  12. Unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")
  13. A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
  14. A bobbled ball.
  15. The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
verb
  1. To kick.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  4. To forcibly eject.
  5. To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  6. To vomit.
  7. (criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Remedy, amends.
  2. Profit, plunder.
  3. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
  4. Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  5. Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
  6. A medicinal cure or remedy.
verb
  1. To avail, benefit, profit.
  2. To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
verb
  1. To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A bootleg recording.

bout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
  2. A boxing match.
  3. An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
  4. A roller derby match.
  5. A fighting competition.
  6. A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
  7. The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
verb
  1. To contest a bout.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
  2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
  3. Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
  4. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
  5. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
  6. Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
  7. On one's person; nearby the person.
  8. In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.

butt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
  2. The waste end of anything
  3. (generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
  4. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
verb
  1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
  2. A thrust in fencing.
verb
  1. To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
  2. To strike bluntly with the head.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
  2. A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A heavy two-wheeled cart.
  2. A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

buttock

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.
  2. The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.

coat

noun
  1. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
  2. A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
  3. The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
  4. Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
  5. A petticoat.
  6. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
  7. A coat of arms.Wp
  8. A coat card.
verb
  1. To cover with a coating of some material.
  2. To cover like a coat.
  3. To clothe.

cockatoo

noun
  1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
  2. A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal.

cookout

noun
  1. A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.

coot

noun
  1. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  2. A foolish or eccentric fellow
  3. (with the) A success; something excellent.
  4. Body louse (Pediculus humanus).

cutback

noun
  1. A reduction of some sort in an existing program.
  2. Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
  3. (roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
  4. An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.

cutout

noun
  1. A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
  2. A piece cut out of something.
  3. A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
  4. Clip art.
  5. Any of several devices that halts the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
  6. A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
  7. A railway cutting.
  8. The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.

outback

noun
  1. The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
adjective
  1. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
adverb
  1. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.

taboo

noun
  1. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
  2. (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
verb
  1. To mark as taboo.
  2. To ban.
  3. To avoid.
adjective
  1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
  2. Culturally forbidden.

tack

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small nail with a flat head.
  2. A thumbtack.
  3. A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
  4. The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
  5. A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
  6. A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
  7. The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
  8. The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
  9. A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
  10. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
  11. The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
  12. Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
  13. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
  14. A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
  15. Confidence; reliance.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
  2. To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
  3. To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
  4. To add something as an extra item.
  5. Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A stain; a tache.
  2. A peculiar flavour or taint.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.

taco

noun
  1. A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa.
  2. The vulva.
  3. A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.
verb
  1. To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.

tact

noun
  1. The sense of touch; feeling.
  2. The stroke in beating time.
  3. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
  4. A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
verb
  1. To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun
  1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
  2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
  3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

tattoo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  2. A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
verb
  1. To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
  2. To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
  2. A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
  3. A military display or pageant.
verb
  1. To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

taut

verb
  1. To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
adjective
  1. Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
  2. (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
  3. (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
  4. Experiencing anxiety or stress.
  5. (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
  6. Strong; uncompromising.

tobacco

noun
  1. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
  2. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
  3. A variety of tobacco.
verb
  1. To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
  2. To treat with tobacco.

toccata

noun
  1. A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.

tock

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took

verb
  1. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
  2. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  3. To remove.
  4. To have sex with.
  5. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  6. To grasp or grip.
  7. To select or choose; to pick.
  8. To adopt (select) as one's own.
  9. To carry or lead (something or someone).
  10. To use as a means of transportation.
  11. To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  12. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  13. To consume.
  14. To experience, undergo, or endure.
  15. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  16. To regard in a specified way.
  17. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  18. To understand (especially in a specified way).
  19. To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  20. To believe, to accept the statements of.
  21. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  22. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  23. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  24. To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  25. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  26. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  27. (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
  28. (of a ship) To let in (water).
  29. To require.
  30. To proceed to fill.
  31. To fill, to use up (time or space).
  32. To avail oneself of.
  33. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
  34. To assume or perform (a form or role).
  35. To bind oneself by.
  36. To move into.
  37. To go into, through, or along.
  38. To have and use one's recourse to.
  39. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  40. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  41. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  42. To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  43. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  44. (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  45. To deal with.
  46. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  47. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
  48. To accept as an input to a relation.
  49. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  50. To engage, take hold or have effect.
  51. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  52. (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  53. An intensifier.
  54. To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  55. (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

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.

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.

tuba

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
  2. A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
  3. A large reed stop in organs.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A tube or tubular organ.

tuck

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
  2. A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
  3. A curled position.
  4. A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
  5. (piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
  6. A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
  7. The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
verb
  1. To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
  2. To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
  3. (often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.
  4. To fit neatly.
  5. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
  6. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
  7. To full, as cloth.
  8. (of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
  9. (when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rapier, a sword.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The beat of a drum.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Food, especially snack food.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.