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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 212

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 148

Genius requires between 20 and 37 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 212 was in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 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 42 possible answers rank it in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 30, 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 30, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
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 187
  • loll 180
  • toot 172
  • naan 165
  • nana 165
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 125
  • mama 120
  • mamma 120
  • nene 117
  • acacia 114
  • acai 114
  • onto 113
  • toon 113
  • anal 110
  • onion 107
  • anon 106
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • olio 103
  • papa 102
  • baba 101
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • dodo 100
  • mitt 99
  • poop 99
  • tact 98
  • allay 97
  • ally 97
  • call 97
  • calla 97
  • 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 93,896 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*:

  • aahed
  • abba
  • abbe
  • agee
  • aggada
  • aggadah
  • aggie
  • agha
  • ahed
  • bedad
  • begad
  • dada
  • dagga
  • dahabeah
  • dahabiah
  • dahabieh
  • debag
  • debagged
  • degage
  • gabba
  • gaddi
  • gadi
  • gadid
  • gaed
  • gaged
  • giga
  • hade
  • haded
  • haed
  • haggada
  • haggadah
  • hagged
  • haha

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

abed

adverb
  1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
  2. To childbed

abide

verb
  1. To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
  2. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
  3. To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
  4. To wait in expectation.
  5. To pause; to delay.
  6. To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
  7. To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
  8. To endure; to remain; to last.
  9. To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
  10. To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  11. To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

abided

verb
  1. To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
  2. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
  3. To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
  4. To wait in expectation.
  5. To pause; to delay.
  6. To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
  7. To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
  8. To endure; to remain; to last.
  9. To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
  10. To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  11. To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

adage

noun
  1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
  2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim

added

verb
  1. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally.
  3. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
  4. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
  5. To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
  6. To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
  7. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
  8. To summon minions or reinforcements.

aged

verb
  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  2. To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  3. To categorize by age.
  4. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
noun
  1. Old people, collectively.
adjective
  1. Old.
  2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
  3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

ahead

adverb
  1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
  2. In the direction one is facing or moving.
  3. In or for the future.
  4. At an earlier time.
  5. Having progressed more.

aide

noun
  1. An assistant.
  2. An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

aided

verb
  1. To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
  2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

baaed

verb
  1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

baba

noun
  1. A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
  2. (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
  3. An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
  4. (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
  5. (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
  6. A baby, child.
  7. In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.

babe

noun
  1. A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
  2. An attractive person, especially a young woman.
  3. Darling (term of endearment).

babied

adjective
  1. Spoiled or coddled.
verb
  1. To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
  2. To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.

baddie

noun
  1. A person of bad character in a work of fiction.

bade

verb
  1. To issue a command; to tell.
  2. To invite; to summon.
  3. To utter a greeting or salutation.

badge

noun
  1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
  2. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  3. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  4. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  5. (thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
  6. A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  7. A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
  8. A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
  9. An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
verb
  1. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
  2. To show a badge to.
  3. To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

badged

verb
  1. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
  2. To show a badge to.
  3. To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

baggage

noun
  1. (usually uncountable) Luggage; traveling equipment
  2. Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
  3. A woman.
  4. An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.

bagged

verb
  1. To put into a bag.
  2. To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  4. To furnish or load with a bag.
  5. (African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  6. (African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
  7. To criticise sarcastically.
  8. To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  9. To fit with a bag to collect urine.
  10. To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
  11. To hang like an empty bag.
  12. To drop away from the correct course.
  13. To swell with arrogance.
  14. To become pregnant.
adjective
  1. Having been placed in a bag.
  2. Having been caught or successfully hunted.

baggie

noun
  1. A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.

bead

noun
  1. Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
  2. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
  3. A small, round object.
  4. (heading) A ridge, band, or molding.
  5. Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
  6. A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.
  7. Front sight of a gun.
verb
  1. To form into a bead.
  2. To apply beads to.
  3. To form into a bead.
  4. To cause beads to form on (something).

beaded

verb
  1. To form into a bead.
  2. To apply beads to.
  3. To form into a bead.
  4. To cause beads to form on (something).
adjective
  1. Made from, or decorated with, beads.
  2. Having formed in beads or a bead-like shape.

bedhead

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
  2. The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.

behead

verb
  1. To remove the head of; to cut someone's head off.

beheaded

verb
  1. To remove the head of; to cut someone's head off.
adjective
  1. Having had one's head cut off.

bighead

noun
  1. (especially used by children) A person having an inflated opinion of himself; a conceited or arrogant person.
  2. One of several species of fish having a large head.
  3. One of several animal diseases that cause swelling of the head.

bigheaded

adjective
  1. Arrogant, having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities.

dabbed

verb
  1. To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
  2. To apply a substance in this way.
  3. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  4. To apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
  5. To perform the dab dance move, by moving both arms to one side of the body parallel with your head.

dead

noun
  1. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
noun
  1. (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
noun
  1. (usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
verb
  1. To prevent by disabling; stop.
  2. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
  3. To kill.
adjective
  1. No longer living.
  2. Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  3. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  4. Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
  5. Without emotion.
  6. Stationary; static.
  7. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  8. Unproductive.
  9. (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.
  10. (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
  11. Broken or inoperable.
  12. No longer used or required.
  13. Not imparting motion or power by design.
  14. Not in play.
  15. (of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
  16. (1800s) Tagged out.
  17. Full and complete.
  18. Exact.
  19. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
  20. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
  21. Bringing death; deadly.
  22. Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
  23. (often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
adverb
  1. (degree) Exactly.
  2. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.
  3. Suddenly and completely.
  4. As if dead.

deadhead

noun
  1. A fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead.
noun
  1. A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
  2. An employee of a transportation company, especially a pilot, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to their next assignment.
  3. Anyone traveling for free.
  4. A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
  5. A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
  6. A stupid or boring person; dullard.
  7. A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
  8. Driftwood.
  9. A zombie.
verb
  1. To admit to a performance without charge.
  2. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  3. To drive an empty vehicle.
  4. To send (a person or message) for free.
  5. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.

deadheaded

verb
  1. To admit to a performance without charge.
  2. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  3. To drive an empty vehicle.
  4. To send (a person or message) for free.
  5. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.

egad

interjection
  1. A mild exclamation of surprise, contempt, outrage, etc.

egghead

noun
  1. A bald person, especially a man.
  2. A bald head.
  3. A coldly out of personal touch intellectual.

eggheaded

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gabbed

verb
  1. To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
  2. To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
  3. To speak or tell falsely.

gadded

verb
  1. To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

gaga

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mentally senile.
  2. Crazy.
  3. Infatuated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

gage

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  2. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
verb
  1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  2. To wager, to bet.
  3. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
  2. An act of measuring.
  3. An estimate.
  4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
  5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
  6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
  7. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
  8. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  9. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
  10. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
  11. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
  12. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
  13. A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
  14. (by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
  15. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
verb
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. To estimate.
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A quart pot.
  2. A pint pot.
  3. (metonymically) A drink.
  4. A tobacco pipe.
  5. A chamberpot.
  6. A small quantity of anything.
  7. Marijuana

gagged

verb
  1. To experience the vomiting reflex.
  2. To cause to heave with nausea.
  3. To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
  4. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
  5. To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
  6. To choke; to retch.
  7. To deceive (someone); to con.

head

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
  2. The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  3. (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
  4. A significant or important part.
  5. Headway; progress.
  6. Topic; subject.
  7. Denouement; crisis.
  8. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
  9. Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
  10. The glans penis.
  11. A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
  12. Power; armed force.
verb
  1. To be in command of. (See also head up.)
  2. To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  3. To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  4. To move in a specified direction.
  5. To remove the head from a fish.
  6. To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  7. To form a head.
  8. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  9. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  10. To behead; to decapitate.
  11. To go in front of.
  12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
  13. (by extension) To check or restrain.
  14. To set on the head.
adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Foremost in rank or importance.
  2. Placed at the top or the front.
  3. Coming from in front.

headed

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
  2. (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
  3. (in combination) Heading in a certain direction.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To be in command of. (See also head up.)
  2. To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  3. To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  4. To move in a specified direction.
  5. To remove the head from a fish.
  6. To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  7. To form a head.
  8. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  9. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  10. To behead; to decapitate.
  11. To go in front of.
  12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
  13. (by extension) To check or restrain.
  14. To set on the head.

idea

noun
  1. An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
  2. The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
  3. The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
  4. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
  5. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
  6. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
  7. A purposeful aim or goal; intent
  8. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
  9. A musical theme or melodic subject.