Monday, February 10, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 194

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 136

Genius requires between 20 and 35 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 194 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 9, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 56th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 9, 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 February 9, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.5.
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 183
  • toot 180
  • naan 167
  • nana 167
  • lilt 134
  • till 134
  • tilt 134
  • tint 133
  • mama 125
  • mamma 125
  • nene 124
  • acacia 117
  • acai 117
  • onto 117
  • toon 117
  • anal 112
  • onion 112
  • boob 109
  • booboo 109
  • anon 107
  • baba 105
  • olio 105
  • papa 103
  • tact 103
  • lull 102
  • lulu 102
  • mitt 102
  • dodo 101
  • poop 101
  • call 100
  • calla 100
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • ratatat 99
  • tart 99
  • tartar 99
  • tutu 99
  • attar 98
  • tattoo 98
  • tatty 97
  • ammo 96
  • cocci 96
  • momma 96
  • mono 96
  • moon 96
  • epee 94
  • peep 94
  • loot 92
  • lotto 92


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 97,048 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,449 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*:

  • celt
  • cete
  • cheth
  • chuted
  • culet
  • cullet
  • cultch
  • cutch
  • cutlette
  • cuttled
  • declutch
  • declutched
  • deet
  • ductule
  • dudette
  • dueted
  • dutch
  • echt
  • educt
  • elute
  • eluted
  • heth
  • hutched
  • hutted
  • leet
  • letch
  • letched
  • lethe
  • letted
  • luted
  • teched
  • tedded
  • teel
  • tele
  • teledu
  • tetched
  • teth
  • teuch
  • tule
  • tutued

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

chute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A framework, trough or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
  2. A waterfall or rapid.
  3. The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A parachute.
verb
  1. To parachute.

clutch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
  2. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
  3. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
  4. The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
  5. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
  6. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
verb
  1. To seize, as though with claws.
  2. To grip or grasp tightly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
  2. A group or bunch (of people or things).
verb
  1. To hatch.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An important or critical situation.
adjective
  1. Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.

clutched

verb
  1. To seize, as though with claws.
  2. To grip or grasp tightly.
verb
  1. To hatch.

cult

noun
  1. A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
  2. Devotion to a saint.
  3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
  4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
  5. A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a cult.
  2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
adjective
  1. True to the ideology of black metal or a stereotypical manifestation of that subculture.

cute

adjective
  1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
  2. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
  3. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
  4. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

cutlet

noun
  1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
  2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
  3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
  4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

cuttle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A knife.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A foul-mouthed fellow.

deduct

verb
  1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

deducted

verb
  1. To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller by some amount.

delete

noun
  1. A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer.
noun
  1. A deletion.
  2. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

deleted

verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

delt

noun
  1. The deltoid muscle.

detect

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Detected.

detected

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Having been noticed.

duct

noun
  1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  2. An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
  3. Guidance; direction.
verb
  1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).

ducted

verb
  1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).
adjective
  1. Fitted with a duct

duet

noun
  1. A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
  2. A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
  3. A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
verb
  1. To perform a duet.
  2. (of pairs of animals) To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
  3. To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
  4. (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.

duetted

No Definition Found.

dulcet

adjective
  1. Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
  2. Generally pleasing; agreeable.
  3. Sweet to the taste.

elect

noun
  1. One chosen or set apart.
  2. In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
verb
  1. To choose or make a decision (to do something)
  2. To choose (a candidate) in an election
adjective
  1. Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
  2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

elected

verb
  1. To choose or make a decision (to do something)
  2. To choose (a candidate) in an election
noun
  1. One who is elected.

electee

No Definition Found.

etch

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  2. To engrave a surface.
  3. To make a lasting impression.
  4. To sketch; to delineate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.

etched

verb
  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  2. To engrave a surface.
  3. To make a lasting impression.
  4. To sketch; to delineate.
adjective
  1. Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
  2. (of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.

etude

noun
  1. A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

hutch

noun
  1. A cage for keeping rabbits, guinea pigs, etc.
  2. A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
  3. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
  4. The case of a flour bolt.
  5. A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
  6. A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
  7. A baker's kneading-trough.
verb
  1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
  2. To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

lettuce

noun
  1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  2. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
  3. United States paper currency; dollars.
  4. A strong yellow-green colour, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

lute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb
  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
  2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
verb
  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

tech

noun
  1. Technology
  2. Technician
  3. Technique
  4. (used in titles) technical college

teed

verb
  1. To draw; lead.
  2. To draw away; go; proceed.
verb
  1. To place a ball on a tee

teeth

noun
  1. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

teethe

verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

teethed

verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

tell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  2. That which is told; a tale or account.
  3. A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
verb
  1. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  2. To narrate.
  3. To convey by speech; to say.
  4. To instruct or inform.
  5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  7. To reveal.
  8. To be revealed.
  9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  12. (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

thee

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
  2. To use the word thee.
pronoun
  1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.
  2. Thou.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To thrive; prosper.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

thud

noun
  1. The sound of a dull impact.
  2. Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a dull impact.

thudded

verb
  1. To make the sound of a dull impact.

tulle

noun
  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tutee

noun
  1. A student of a tutor.

tutted

verb
  1. To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
verb
  1. To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.