Saturday, January 11, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 131

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 92

Genius requires between 14 and 30 words. You need at least a 6-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 131 was in the 31st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on January 10, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 10, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on January 10, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 131
  • till 131
  • tilt 131
  • tint 128
  • mama 123
  • mamma 123
  • nene 122
  • 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 102
  • lulu 102
  • dodo 101
  • mitt 101
  • poop 101
  • tact 101
  • 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 95,678 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,406 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*:

  • amadou
  • aoudad
  • apod
  • ardour
  • audad
  • dada
  • dado
  • damar
  • dammar
  • doodoo
  • dopa
  • dorp
  • dorr
  • doum
  • douma
  • doura
  • duad
  • duma
  • duomo
  • dura
  • duro
  • durr
  • durra
  • maduro
  • maud
  • mudra
  • odour
  • orad
  • ordo
  • papadam
  • papadom
  • papadum
  • pappadam
  • pappadum
  • parador
  • pard
  • pauropod
  • pood
  • poppadom
  • poppadum
  • pudu
  • purda
  • rudd
  • rumdum
  • uropod

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

ardor

noun
  1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
  2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
  3. Intense heat.

armada

noun
  1. A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
  2. Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
  3. A large flock of anything.

damp

noun
  1. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
  2. Fog; fogginess; vapor.
  3. Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
  4. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
verb
  1. To dampen; to make moderately wet
  2. To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
  3. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
adjective
  1. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  2. Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
  3. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

dodo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fried plantain.

doodad

noun
  1. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.

doom

noun
  1. Destiny, especially terrible.
  2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
  3. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  4. A law.
  5. A judgment or decision.
  6. A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
  7. Death.
  8. (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
verb
  1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

door

noun
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. A means of approach or access.
  5. A barrier.
  6. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
verb
  1. To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

dorado

noun
  1. Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.

dorm

verb
  1. To reside in a dorm.
noun
  1. A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
  2. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
  3. A dormitory town.

dour

adjective
  1. Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  2. Unyielding and obstinate.
  3. Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

dram

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
  2. A coin worth one drachma.
  3. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
  4. A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
noun
  1. A small unit of weight, variously:
  2. Any similarly minute quantity, a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
  3. A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
verb
  1. To drink drams.
  2. To ply with drams of drink.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.

drama

noun
  1. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
  2. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
  3. Theatrical plays in general
  4. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play
  5. Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.

droop

noun
  1. Something which is limp or sagging
  2. A condition or posture of drooping
verb
  1. To hang downward; to sag.
  2. To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
  3. To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
  4. To allow to droop or sink.
  5. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.

drop

noun
  1. A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
  2. A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
  3. (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general.
  4. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid globule: a hanging diamond ornament or earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
  5. A thing which drops or hangs down:
  6. A fall, descent; an act or instance of dropping.
  7. A release (of music, a vdeo game, etc).
  8. A decline in quantity, quality, rate, or degree; a decline (when going from one value to another).
  9. A thing, person, etc which is dropped:
  10. An unsolicited credit card issue.
  11. The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
  12. The distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall; the distance to which someone or something drops; a steep slope.
  13. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
  14. The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
  15. The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
  16. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop) or secretly or illegaly (as in espionage or crime); a drop-off point.
  17. A drop-back.
  18. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
  19. A drop target.
verb
  1. To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
  2. To drip (a liquid).
  3. Generally, to fall (straight down).
  4. To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
  5. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
  6. To lower; to move to a lower position.
  7. To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.
  8. To sink quickly to the ground.
  9. To fall dead, or to fall in death.
  10. To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
  11. To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
  12. To part with or spend (money).
  13. To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).
  14. To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
  15. To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.
  16. To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
  17. To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
  18. (of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.
  19. To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
  20. To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
  21. To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
  22. To drop out of the betting.
  23. (rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
  24. To impart.
  25. To release to the public.
  26. To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
  27. To enter public distribution.
  28. To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
  29. To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
  30. (fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
  31. (of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
  32. (of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
  33. (of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
  34. To give birth to.
  35. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
  36. (of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

drum

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.
  2. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
  3. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
  4. The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
  5. Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
  6. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
  7. A tip; a piece of information.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small hill or ridge of hills.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
  2. A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel.

dumdum

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact to cause a gaping wound.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An ignorant person; an idiot.

dump

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
  2. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
  3. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
  4. An act of dumping, or its result.
  5. A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
  6. A storage place for supplies, especially military.
  7. An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
  8. (often with the verb "take") An act of defecation; a defecating.
  9. (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency
  10. Absence of mind; revery.
  11. A pile of ore or rock.
  12. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
  13. An old kind of dance.
  14. A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
  15. A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
verb
  1. To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
  2. To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
  3. To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
  4. To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
  5. To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
  6. To end a relationship with.
  7. To knock heavily; to stump.
  8. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
  9. To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thick, ill-shapen piece.
  2. A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.

durum

noun
  1. Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.

madam

noun
  1. A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
  2. The mistress of a household.
  3. A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
  4. A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
verb
  1. To address as "madam".

maraud

verb
  1. To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
  2. To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
  3. To raid and pillage.

mood

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
  3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
  4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
  5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
  6. A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
  7. Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

mudroom

noun
  1. A room used as a barrier between outdoors and indoors.

odor

noun
  1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
  2. A strong, pervasive quality.
  3. Esteem.
  4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

paradrop

noun
  1. A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute
verb
  1. To deliver goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute

pompadour

noun
  1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
  2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
  3. A crimson or pink colour.
  4. A corsage with low square neck.
  5. A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
verb
  1. To style hair into a pompadour

prod

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
  2. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
  3. A poke.
  4. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
verb
  1. To poke, to push, to touch.
  2. To encourage, to prompt.
  3. To prick with a goad.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A production.

proud

adjective
  1. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
  2. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
  3. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
  4. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  5. (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
  6. Standing out or raised; swollen.
  7. Brave, valiant; gallant.
  8. Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

radar

noun
  1. A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
  2. A type of system using such method, differentiated by platform, configuration, frequency, power, and other technical attributes.
  3. An installation of such a system or of the transmitting and receiving apparatus.
  4. A superior ability to detect something.
verb
  1. To scan with radar, or as if with radar.

ramada

noun
  1. A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.

ramrod

noun
  1. Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  2. Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  3. An erect penis.
verb
  1. To force.

road

noun
  1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
  2. A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.
  3. A path chosen in life or career.
  4. An underground tunnel in a mine.
  5. A railway or a single railway track.
  6. The act of riding on horseback.
  7. A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
  8. (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
  9. A journey, or stage of a journey.
  10. A way or route.
adjective
  1. At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
  2. (Slang) Having attributes, primarily masculine, suggesting a tendency towards minor crime. Usually used by youths endearingly; glorifying crime.

rood

noun
  1. A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. A measure of five and a half yards in length.

updo

noun
  1. A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck

roadmap

noun
  1. A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or rail roads.
  2. A plan of action, laying out the future actions of participants.
  3. A structured representation of objects to display a development plan. Road maps are used in business for strategic planning and communications.
verb
  1. To construct a plan of action regarding (something).