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Number of Pangrams: 5

Maximum Puzzle Score: 325

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 227

Genius requires between 23 and 46 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 93% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 60% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 325 was in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 28, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 52 possible answers rank it in the 81st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 4, 2025.
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 9-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on December 10, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.4.
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 190
  • loll 181
  • toot 176
  • naan 166
  • nana 166
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 127
  • mama 123
  • mamma 123
  • nene 121
  • acacia 115
  • acai 115
  • onto 115
  • toon 115
  • anal 110
  • onion 110
  • anon 107
  • boob 107
  • booboo 107
  • olio 104
  • baba 102
  • papa 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • poop 101
  • tact 101
  • dodo 100
  • mitt 100
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • call 99
  • calla 99
  • ratatat 99
  • tart 99
  • tartar 99
  • attar 98
  • tattoo 97
  • tatty 97
  • tutu 97
  • cocci 96
  • mono 96
  • moon 96
  • ammo 95
  • momma 95
  • epee 94
  • peep 94
  • loon 91
  • nanny 91


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 95,415 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,404 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*:

  • aahing
  • agha
  • agnathan
  • ahing
  • anhinga
  • ataghan
  • galah
  • ghat
  • gnathal
  • hagging
  • haha
  • haint
  • halala
  • halalah
  • halalling
  • haling
  • hallah
  • hallal
  • hallalling
  • hangtag
  • hant
  • hanting
  • hatting
  • higgling
  • hight
  • highth
  • highting
  • hila
  • hili
  • hilting
  • lahal
  • laigh
  • laith
  • lathi
  • lighttight
  • lithia
  • nighing
  • nihil
  • nilghai
  • tahina
  • tallith
  • tathata
  • thali
  • thalli
  • thang
  • thill

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

alight

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount.
  2. (with on or at) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
  3. (followed by upon) To find by accident; to come upon.
  4. To befall or betide.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To light; light up; illuminate.
  2. To set light to; light.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Lit, on fire, switched on.
  2. Lit; on fire, burning.

alighting

verb
  1. (with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount.
  2. (with on or at) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop.
  3. (followed by upon) To find by accident; to come upon.
  4. To befall or betide.
verb
  1. To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate.
verb
  1. To light; light up; illuminate.
  2. To set light to; light.
noun
  1. The act of one who alights.

annihilating

verb
  1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  2. To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
  3. To treat as worthless, to vilify.
  4. To render null and void; to abrogate.

anthill

noun
  1. A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

haggling

verb
  1. To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
  2. To hack (cut crudely)
  3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
noun
  1. The act of one who haggles.

hail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
verb
  1. Of hail, to fall from the sky.
  2. To send or release hail.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.
  3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
  4. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
adjective
  1. Healthy, whole, safe.

hailing

verb
  1. Of hail, to fall from the sky.
  2. To send or release hail.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.
verb
  1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.
  3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
  4. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
noun
  1. The act by which somebody is hailed.

halal

verb
  1. To make halal.
adjective
  1. Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
  2. (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
adverb
  1. In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.

hall

noun
  1. A corridor; a hallway.
  2. A meeting room.
  3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
  4. A building providing student accommodation at a university.
  5. The principal room of a secular medieval building.
  6. Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
  7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
  8. A living room.

halt

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  4. To waver.
  5. To falter.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
  2. A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
verb
  1. To stop marching.
  2. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  3. To bring to a stop.
  4. To cause to discontinue.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Lameness; a limp.
adjective
  1. Lame, limping.

halting

verb
  1. To limp; move with a limping gait.
  2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
  3. To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
  4. To waver.
  5. To falter.
verb
  1. To stop marching.
  2. To stop either temporarily or permanently.
  3. To bring to a stop.
  4. To cause to discontinue.
noun
  1. The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
adjective
  1. Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

hang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The way in which something hangs.
  2. A grip, understanding.
  3. An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
  4. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
  5. A mass of hanging material.
  6. The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
verb
  1. To be or remain suspended.
  2. To float, as if suspended.
  3. (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  4. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
  5. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
  6. To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  7. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  8. (used in maledictions) To damn.
  9. To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
  10. To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  11. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  12. To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  13. To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
  14. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
  15. To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
  16. To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  17. To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  18. To be vulnerable to capture.
  19. Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG.

hanging

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To be or remain suspended.
  2. To float, as if suspended.
  3. (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  4. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
  5. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
  6. To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  7. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  8. (used in maledictions) To damn.
  9. To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
  10. To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  11. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  12. To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  13. To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
  14. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
  15. To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
  16. To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  17. To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  18. To be vulnerable to capture.
  19. Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
adjective
  1. Suspended.
  2. (of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
  3. (of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.
  4. (of a person) ugly; very unattractive

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
  2. A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.
  3. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
  4. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

hangnail

noun
  1. A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.
  2. A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.

hath

verb
  1. To possess, own.
  2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
  3. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
  4. To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
  5. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
  6. To experience, go through, undergo.
  7. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
  8. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
  9. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
  10. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
  11. To give birth to.
  12. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  13. To accept as a romantic partner.
  14. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  15. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  16. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  17. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  18. To defeat in a fight; take.
  19. (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
  20. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  21. To trick, to deceive.
  22. (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
  23. (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
  24. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
  25. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
  26. (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
  27. To make an observation of (a bird species).

hating

verb
  1. To dislike intensely or greatly.
  2. To experience hatred.

hiatal

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high

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  2. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
  3. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  4. A drug that gives such a high.
  5. A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  6. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
  7. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
  8. The highest card dealt or drawn.
verb
  1. To rise.
adjective
  1. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
  2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  3. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
  4. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
  5. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
  6. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
  7. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
  8. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
  9. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
  10. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
  11. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
  12. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
  13. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
  14. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
  15. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
  16. Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
  17. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
  18. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  19. Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
  20. (of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
adverb
  1. In or to an elevated position.
  2. In or at a great value.
  3. At a pitch of great frequency.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thought; intention; determination; purpose.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To hie; to hasten.

highlight

noun
  1. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
  2. An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
  3. A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
verb
  1. To make prominent; emphasize.
  2. To be a highlight of.
  3. To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
  4. To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
  5. To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.

highlighting

verb
  1. To make prominent; emphasize.
  2. To be a highlight of.
  3. To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
  4. To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
  5. To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
noun
  1. The visual emphasis of text by means of a highlight.
  2. An area of the skin or hair containing highlights.
adjective
  1. Causing emphasis, drawing attention; revealing.

hightail

verb
  1. (usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.

hightailing

verb
  1. (usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.

hill

noun
  1. An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
  2. A sloping road.
  3. A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  4. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
  5. The pitcher’s mound.
verb
  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.

hilling

verb
  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.
noun
  1. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

hilt

noun
  1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
  2. The base of the penis.
verb
  1. To provide with a hilt.
  2. To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

hinging

verb
  1. To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
  2. (with on or upon) To depend on something.
  3. The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
  4. To bend.

hint

noun
  1. A clue.
  2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
  3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  4. Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
  5. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
verb
  1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
  3. To develop and add hints to a font.

hinting

verb
  1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
  3. To develop and add hints to a font.
noun
  1. The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
  2. A display adjustment for fonts on digital media, causing letters to be aligned with a rasterized grid.

hitting

verb
  1. (heading, physical) To strike.
  2. To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
  3. To switch on.
  4. To briefly visit.
  5. To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
  6. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
  7. To affect negatively.
  8. To attack.
  9. (heading, games) To make a play.
  10. To use; to connect to.
  11. To have sex with.
  12. To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
noun
  1. A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
  2. The skill of hitting.

inhalant

noun
  1. Something, especially a medication, that is inhaled
adjective
  1. Intended for inhaling

inhaling

verb
  1. To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  2. To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  3. To eat very quickly.
noun
  1. Inhalation

lath

noun
  1. A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
verb
  1. To cover or line with laths

lathing

verb
  1. To invite; bid; ask.
verb
  1. To shape with a lathe.
  2. To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
noun
  1. A covering of laths.

light

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation (light) in the wavelength range of about 400 to 750 nanometers. Nearby shorter and longer wavelength ranges, although not visible, are commonly called ultraviolet and infrared light.
  2. A source of illumination.
  3. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  4. (in the plural) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
  5. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
  6. The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
  7. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
  8. A flame or something used to create fire.
  9. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
  10. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
  11. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
  12. A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  13. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  14. The power of perception by vision.
  15. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  16. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler who is receiving instructions.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To start (a fire).
  2. To set fire to; to set burning.
  3. To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
  4. To become ignited; to take fire.
  5. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  6. To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
  2. Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
  3. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
  2. See lights.
verb
  1. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
  2. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
adjective
  1. Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
  2. Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
  3. Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
  4. Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
  5. Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
  6. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
  7. Easy to endure or perform.
  8. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  9. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
  10. Unchaste, wanton.
  11. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  12. Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
  13. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
  14. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  15. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
adverb
  1. Carrying little.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To find by chance.
  2. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
  3. To alight; to land or come down.

lighting

verb
  1. To start (a fire).
  2. To set fire to; to set burning.
  3. To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
  4. To become ignited; to take fire.
  5. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  6. To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
verb
  1. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
  2. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
verb
  1. To find by chance.
  2. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
  3. To alight; to land or come down.
noun
  1. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
  2. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
  3. The process of annealing metals.

lightning

noun
  1. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  2. A discharge of this kind.
  3. Anything that moves very fast.
  4. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
verb
  1. To produce lightning.
adjective
  1. Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

nigh

verb
  1. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
adjective
  1. Near, close by
  2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
adverb
  1. Almost, nearly.
preposition
  1. Near; close to

night

noun
  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
  2. (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  3. (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
  4. An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
  5. A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
  6. Nightfall.
  7. Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
  8. A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
  9. A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
verb
  1. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
interjection
  1. Ellipsis of good night

nightlight

noun
  1. A small, dim light or lamp left on overnight
  2. Light that shines at night such as moonlight, starlight, etc.

ninth

noun
  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.
  2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.
  3. The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb
  1. To lose a ninth
  2. To divide by nine
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number nine.

tahini

noun
  1. A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

taillight

noun
  1. One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

than

adverb
  1. At that time; then.
preposition
  1. Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
conjunction
  1. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
  2. (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

that

noun
  1. Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
adverb
  1. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
  2. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
  3. To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
pronoun
  1. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
  2. The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.
  3. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
  4. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.
  5. Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
conjunction
  1. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
  2. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
  3. Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
  4. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
  5. Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
  6. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
  7. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
  8. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.

thigh

noun
  1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
  2. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

thin

noun
  1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
  2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
verb
  1. To make thin or thinner.
  2. To become thin or thinner.
  3. To dilute.
  4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
adjective
  1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
  5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
  7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adverb
  1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

thing

noun
  1. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
  2. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
  3. An individual object or distinct entity.
  4. A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
  5. Whatever can be owned.
  6. Corporeal object.
  7. (somewhat obsolete, with the) The latest fad or fashion.
  8. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
  9. A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
  10. A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
  11. A penis.
  12. A living being or creature.
  13. That which matters; the crux.
  14. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
  15. That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
  16. A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
  17. A romantic relationship.
verb
  1. To express as a thing; to reify.

thinning

verb
  1. To make thin or thinner.
  2. To become thin or thinner.
  3. To dilute.
  4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
noun
  1. Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
  2. Wood, leaves, or other plant parts removed during the process of thinning
  3. The action or result of reducing thickness, density, or number
adjective
  1. Becoming less thick, dense, or numerous

tight

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tilth

noun
  1. Agricultural labour; husbandry.
  2. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
  3. Rich cultivated soil.

tithing

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  2. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  3. To compose the tenth part of something.
verb
  1. To grant, concede.
noun
  1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, :
  2. Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor).
  3. A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
  4. A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
  5. Decimation: the killing of every tenth person or (less often) the killing of every person except each tenth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A reward, grant, or concession.

hatha

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