Thursday, January 16, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 248

Number of Answers: 57

Points Needed for Genius: 174

Genius requires between 27 and 48 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% 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 248 was in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 12, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 57 possible answers rank it in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 12, 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 15, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
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 167
  • nana 167
  • lilt 132
  • till 132
  • tilt 132
  • tint 129
  • mama 123
  • mamma 123
  • nene 122
  • acacia 115
  • acai 115
  • onto 115
  • toon 115
  • anal 111
  • onion 110
  • boob 108
  • booboo 108
  • anon 107
  • baba 104
  • olio 104
  • papa 103
  • lull 102
  • lulu 102
  • tact 102
  • dodo 101
  • mitt 101
  • poop 101
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • call 99
  • calla 99
  • ratatat 99
  • tart 99
  • tartar 99
  • attar 98
  • tattoo 98
  • 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 95,913 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,409 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*:

  • abaya
  • abba
  • abolla
  • aboon
  • alba
  • albata
  • atabal
  • baal
  • baboo
  • babool
  • balata
  • balboa
  • ballon
  • bally
  • banty
  • batata
  • batt
  • blotty
  • bobbly
  • bobby
  • bobo
  • bota
  • bott
  • boyla
  • boyo
  • looby
  • nobby
  • obol
  • talbot
  • toby
  • yabby
  • yobbo
  • yobby

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

abbot

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

ably

adverb
  1. In an able manner; with great ability.

attaboy

noun
  1. A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade.
interjection
  1. Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.

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.

baboon

noun
  1. An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
  2. A foolish or boorish person.

baby

noun
  1. A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
  2. Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chickens for the babies of birds. See for more.
  3. Unborn young; a fetus.
  4. A person who is immature, infantile or feeble.
  5. A person who is new to or inexperienced in something.
  6. The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.
  7. A term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse.
  8. A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
  9. A pet project or responsibility.
  10. An affectionate term for anything.
  11. A small image of an infant; a doll.
verb
  1. To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
  2. To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over.
adjective
  1. Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
  2. Of an animal: young.
  3. Intended for babies.
  4. (of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes).

ball

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
  2. A round or ellipsoidal object.
  3. (mildly, usually in the plural) A testicle.
  4. A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
  5. A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
verb
  1. To form or wind into a ball.
  2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
  3. To have sexual intercourse with.
  4. To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
  5. (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
  6. To play basketball.
  7. To punish by affixing a ball and chain
interjection
  1. An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This is heard almost any time an opposition player is tackled, without regard to whether the rules about "prior opportunity" to dispose of the ball are fulfilled.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A formal dance.
  2. A very enjoyable time.

ballboy

noun
  1. A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

balloon

noun
  1. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
  2. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
  3. Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
  4. A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
  5. A speech bubble.
  6. A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
  7. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
  8. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
  9. A bomb or shell.
  10. A game played with a large inflated ball.
  11. (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
  12. A woman's breast.
  13. A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
verb
  1. To increase or expand rapidly.
  2. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
  3. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
  4. To inflate like a balloon.
  5. To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
noun
  1. An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.

ballot

noun
  1. Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
  2. The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
  3. The total of all the votes cast in an election.
  4. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
verb
  1. To vote or decide by ballot.
  2. To draw lots.

banal

adjective
  1. Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
  2. (history) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

banally

No Definition Found.

banana

noun
  1. An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
  2. The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
  3. A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
  4. (mildly) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare coconut or Oreo.
  5. A banana equivalent dose.
  6. A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
  7. The penis.
  8. A banana kick.
adjective
  1. Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.

banyan

noun
  1. An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
  2. A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
  3. A type of loose gown worn in India.
  4. A vest; an undershirt; a singlet.
  5. (Naval slang) A camping excursion on shore, to give a ship's crew a break from shipboard routine.

baobab

noun
  1. A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

batboy

No Definition Found.

baton

noun
  1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
  2. The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  3. An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
  4. A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
  5. An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
  6. A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
  7. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
verb
  1. To strike with a baton.

batty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mad, crazy, silly.
  2. Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
  2. A homosexual man.

blab

noun
  1. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
  2. Gossip; prattle.
verb
  1. To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.

blabby

No Definition Found.

blat

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
  2. To make a senseless noise.
  3. To talk inconsiderately.
  4. To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

blatant

adjective
  1. Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
  2. Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

blatantly

adverb
  1. In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.

bloat

noun
  1. Distention of the abdomen from death.
  2. Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
  3. Wasteful use of space or other resources.
  4. A worthless, dissipated fellow.
verb
  1. To cause to become distended.
  2. (veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
  3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  4. To become distended; to swell up.
  5. To fill with vanity or conceit.
  6. To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
adjective
  1. Bloated.

blob

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
  2. In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
  3. A bubble; a bleb.
  4. A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
  5. The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
  6. A score of zero.
verb
  1. To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
  2. To drop a blob or blobs onto, cover with blobs.
  3. To fall in the form of a blob or blobs.
  4. To relax idly and mindlessly; to veg out.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).

blobby

No Definition Found.

blot

noun
  1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  2. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  3. A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  4. An exposed piece in backgammon.
verb
  1. To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. To soak up or absorb liquid.
  3. To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  5. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  6. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  7. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
  8. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

blotto

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.
verb
  1. To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.
adjective
  1. (Very) drunk or intoxicated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Etymology 3

noun
  1. On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.

boat

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

bola

noun
  1. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.

boll

noun
  1. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
  2. An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
verb
  1. To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

bolo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
  2. A type of punch; an uppercut.
verb
  1. To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb
  1. To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb
  1. To dress (somebody) in a bolo.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A request for law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a suspect.

bolt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  5. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  6. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  7. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  8. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  9. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  10. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  11. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  12. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  13. A burst of speed or efficiency.
verb
  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
  3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
  4. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
  5. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  6. To escape.
  7. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
  8. To swallow food without chewing it.
  9. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
  10. To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
  11. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
adverb
  1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
verb
  1. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
  3. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  4. To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

bonbon

noun
  1. A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
  2. A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
  3. A Christmas cracker.

bonny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Merry; happy.
  2. Beautiful; pretty; attractive.
  3. Fine, good (often used ironically).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

bonobo

noun
  1. The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

bony

adjective
  1. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
  2. Full of bones
  3. With little flesh; skinny, thin
  4. Having prominent bones

boob

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Idiot, fool.
verb
  1. To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
  2. To make a mistake
adjective
  1. Idiotic, foolish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A prison; jail.

booboo

noun
  1. A mistake or error.
  2. (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
  3. (by or to young children) Feces.

booby

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A stupid person.
  2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the gannet family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid.
  3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket.
verb
  1. To behave stupidly; to act like a booby.
  2. To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A woman’s breast.

boon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A prayer; petition.
  2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
  3. A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
  4. An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Good; prosperous.
  2. Kind; bountiful; benign.
  3. (Now only in boon companion) gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

boot

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A bootleg recording.

booty

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
  2. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
  3. Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The buttocks.
  2. (not countable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
  3. Sexual intercourse.
  4. The vulva and vagina.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
  2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
  3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

botany

noun
  1. The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
  2. The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
  3. The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
  4. A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.

lobby

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
  2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
  3. A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
  4. A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
  5. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
  6. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
  7. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
verb
  1. To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Scouse (from lobscouse)

loblolly

noun
  1. Gruel.
  2. A thick stew; lobscouse or similar.
  3. (southern) A mudhole.
  4. (now mostly dialect) A bumpkin or lout.
  5. Loblolly pine, Pinus taeda.
  6. Loblolly bay (plant).
verb
  1. Behave in a loutish manner.

lobo

noun
  1. A wolf.

nabob

noun
  1. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
  2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
  3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

nanobot

noun
  1. A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some task.

nobly

adverb
  1. In a noble manner.

notably

adverb
  1. (focus) As a pointed example; in a notable manner.

tabby

noun
  1. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
  2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
  3. A brindled cat.
  4. An old maid or gossip.
verb
  1. To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
adjective
  1. Having a wavy or watered appearance
  2. Brindled; diversified in color

tabla

noun
  1. A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.

taboo

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

tallboy

noun
  1. A tall chest of drawers, or combination of chest on chest, or chest with a small wardrobe on top. Usually with low bracket feet but always resulting in a tall piece of furniture.
  2. A tall can of beer, either 16 ounces or one half litre.
  3. A kind of sail, a spanker.
  4. A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.
  5. A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

boba

noun
  1. Short for boba tea.
noun
  1. A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.

noob

noun
  1. (often pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.