Wednesday, January 8, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 207

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 145

Genius requires between 21 and 45 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 207 was in the 69th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 5, 2025.
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 5, 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on January 7, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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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 128
  • 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
  • papa 103
  • baba 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • mitt 101
  • poop 101
  • tact 101
  • dodo 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 95,555 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,405 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*:

  • appal
  • arapaima
  • atap
  • atrip
  • impi
  • lamplit
  • lapilli
  • limpa
  • lipa
  • milliamp
  • milpa
  • pali
  • pallia
  • pallial
  • palmar
  • palpal
  • palpi
  • papillar
  • pappi
  • para
  • paramatta
  • parr
  • parral
  • patamar
  • pattamar
  • pial
  • pilar
  • pili
  • pima
  • pipa
  • pipal
  • pitta
  • praam
  • priapi
  • prill
  • prima
  • primatal
  • primatial
  • primi
  • primipara
  • riprap
  • tampala
  • trapt
  • tripart

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

apart

adjective
  1. (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
  2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
adverb
  1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
  2. Separately, exclusively, not together
  3. Aside; away.
  4. In or into two or more parts.

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

apparat

noun
  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.

armpit

noun
  1. The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  2. Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable.

impair

verb
  1. To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
  2. To grow worse; to deteriorate.
adjective
  1. Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.

impala

noun
  1. An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.

impart

verb
  1. To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
  2. To give a part or to share.
  3. To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
  4. To hold a conference or consultation.
  5. To obtain a share of; to partake of.

impartial

adjective
  1. Treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased

lamp

noun
  1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
verb
  1. To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
  2. To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
  3. To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

limp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
  2. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
verb
  1. To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
  2. (of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
  3. To move or proceed irregularly.
  4. To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
verb
  1. To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
adjective
  1. Flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
  2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy
  3. (of a penis) not erect
  4. (of a man) not having an erect penis
  5. Physically weak

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To happen; befall; chance.
  2. To come upon; meet.

pail

noun
  1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
  2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

pair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
  2. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
  3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)
  4. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
  5. A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
  6. A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
  7. A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
  8. A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
  9. A boat for two sweep rowers.
  10. A pair of breasts
  11. The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
  12. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
  13. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
  14. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
verb
  1. To group into one or more sets of two.
  2. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
  3. To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
  4. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To impair, to make worse.
  2. To become worse, to deteriorate.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

palatal

noun
  1. A palatal consonant.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to the palate.
  2. Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
  3. Articulated at the hard palate.

palatial

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a palace.
  2. On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

palm

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
  2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
  3. (by extension) Triumph; victory.
  4. Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  2. The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
  3. A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
  4. (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
  5. The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
  6. The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
verb
  1. To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
  2. To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
  3. To move something with the palm of the hand.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

pampa

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papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papilla

noun
  1. A nipple-like anatomical structure.

part

noun
  1. A portion; a component.
  2. Duty; responsibility.
  3. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  4. In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3â…“ seconds.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
verb
  1. To leave the company of.
  2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  3. To divide in two.
  4. To be divided in two or separated; shed.
  5. To divide up; to share.
  6. To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  10. To leave; to quit.
  11. To leave (an IRC channel).
adjective
  1. Fractional; partial.
adverb
  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.

partial

noun
  1. A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
  2. Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
  3. Dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
  4. (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
  5. A fragment of a template containing markup.
verb
  1. To take the partial regression coefficient.
adjective
  1. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete
  2. Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
  3. Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
  4. (followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
  5. Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
  6. Subordinate

partita

noun
  1. A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century

pill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
  3. A comical or entertaining person.
  4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. A baseball.
  7. A bullet (projectile).
  8. A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
verb
  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The peel or skin.
verb
  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

pillar

noun
  1. A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  2. Something resembling such a structure.
  3. An essential part of something that provides support.
  4. A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
  5. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
verb
  1. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

pimp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
  2. A man who can easily attract women.
verb
  1. To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
  2. To prostitute someone.
  3. To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).
  4. To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).
  5. To promote, to tout.
  6. To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.
adjective
  1. Excellent, fashionable, stylish

Etymology 2

numeral
  1. Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting

pipit

noun
  1. Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

pita

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
  2. The plant which yields the fiber.

pitapat

noun
  1. A series of quick tapping sounds
verb
  1. To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate
adverb
  1. With a quick tapping sound

plait

noun
  1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
  2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
verb
  1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
  2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid

plat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A plot of land; a lot.
  2. A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
  3. A plot, a scheme.
verb
  1. To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
  2. Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
verb
  1. (obsolete except regional England) To braid, to plait.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. (obsolete except Scotland) Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
adverb
  1. (obsolete except Scotland) Flatly, plainly.

pram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position; a perambulator.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
  2. A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
  3. A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

prat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
adjective
  1. Cunning, astute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
  2. A fool.
  3. The female genitals.

prim

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make affectedly precise or proper.
  2. To dress or act smartly.
adjective
  1. Prudish, straight-laced
  2. Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (plants) privet

primal

noun
  1. A primal cut (of meat).
verb
  1. To take part in primal therapy.
adjective
  1. Being the first in time or in history.
  2. Of greatest importance; primary.
  3. (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.

primp

verb
  1. To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
  2. To dress in an affected manner.

ramp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
  4. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)
  5. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  6. A speed bump.
  7. A leap or bound.
  8. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
verb
  1. To behave violently; to rage.
  2. To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  3. To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  4. To stand in a rampant position.
  5. To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
  6. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
  2. A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.

rampart

noun
  1. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
  2. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
  3. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
  4. (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
verb
  1. To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

rapt

noun
  1. An ecstasy; a trance.
  2. Rapidity.
verb
  1. To transport or ravish.
  2. To carry away by force.
adjective
  1. Snatched, taken away; abducted.
  2. Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
  3. Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
  4. Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

rattrap

noun
  1. A device (trap) used to catch rats.
  2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
  3. A difficult, entangling situation.

taillamp

noun
  1. A taillight.

tamp

verb
  1. (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
  2. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
  3. To reduce the intensity of.

tapa

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

tapir

noun
  1. Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.

tarp

noun
  1. A tarpaulin.
verb
  1. To cover something with a tarpaulin.

tilapia

noun
  1. Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.

tipi

noun
  1. Alternative form of teepee

tramp

noun
  1. (sometimes derogatory) A homeless person; a vagabond.
  2. A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut.
  3. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
  4. A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area.
  5. (in apposition) Of objects, stray and intrusive and unwanted
  6. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
verb
  1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
  2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
  3. To hitchhike.
  4. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
  5. To travel or wander through.
  6. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water.
noun
  1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
  2. Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages

trap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
  4. A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
  5. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
  6. The game of trapball itself.
  7. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
  8. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
  9. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
  10. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
  11. A person's mouth.
  12. (in the plural) Belongings.
  13. A cubicle (in a public toilet).
  14. Trapshooting.
  15. A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
  16. An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
  17. A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
  18. A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
  19. A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
  20. A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
  21. A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
  22. The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
verb
  1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
  2. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. To provide with a trap.
  4. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
  5. To leave suddenly, to flee.
  6. To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
  7. To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
  8. To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The trapezius muscle.

trip

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt
  2. A stumble or misstep
  3. An error; a failure; a mistake
  4. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  5. A faux pas, a social error
  6. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
  7. A mechanical cutout device
  8. A trip-switch or cut-out
  9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
  10. A small piece; a morsel; a bit
  11. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
  12. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
verb
  1. To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
  2. (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
  3. To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
  4. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
  5. To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
  6. To be activated, as by a signal or an event
  7. To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
  8. To journey, to make a trip
  9. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
  10. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
  11. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
  12. (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
adjective
  1. Of or relating to trips

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  2. A troop of men; a host
  3. A flock of wigeons