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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 159

Number of Answers: 38

Points Needed for Genius: 111

Genius requires between 14 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 90% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 61% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 159 was in the 46th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 7, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 38 possible answers rank it in the 48th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 7, 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 March 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 192
  • loll 184
  • toot 181
  • naan 168
  • nana 168
  • lilt 135
  • till 135
  • tilt 135
  • tint 134
  • mama 126
  • mamma 126
  • nene 126
  • acacia 119
  • acai 119
  • onto 118
  • toon 118
  • anal 113
  • onion 113
  • anon 109
  • boob 109
  • booboo 109
  • baba 107
  • olio 105
  • dodo 103
  • lull 103
  • lulu 103
  • papa 103
  • tact 103
  • call 102
  • calla 102
  • mitt 102
  • poop 101
  • ratatat 100
  • tart 100
  • tartar 100
  • tatty 100
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • attar 99
  • tattoo 99
  • tutu 99
  • ammo 97
  • cocci 97
  • epee 97
  • momma 97
  • mono 97
  • moon 97
  • peep 97
  • nada 93
  • loon 92


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 98,158 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,487 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*:

  • cleek
  • eellike
  • icelike
  • inkle
  • inklike
  • keck
  • keckle
  • keek
  • keet
  • kelt
  • kent
  • ketene
  • kike
  • killick
  • killie
  • kiltie
  • kiltlike
  • kine
  • kinetin
  • kinin
  • kinnikinnick
  • kitelike
  • kittel
  • kittle
  • klick
  • klik
  • leke
  • linelike
  • necklet
  • necklike
  • nickelic
  • nickle
  • tekkie
  • tektite
  • tektitic
  • tentlike
  • tike
  • tilelike
  • tinlike

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

click

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
  2. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  3. Sound made by a dolphin.
  4. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  5. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
  6. A pawl or similar catch.
verb
  1. To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  2. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
  3. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  4. To visit a web site.
  5. To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
  6. To emit a click.
  7. To make sense suddenly.
  8. To get on well.
  9. To tick.
  10. To take (a photograph) with a camera.
interjection
  1. The sound of a click.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
  2. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  3. Sound made by a dolphin.
  4. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  5. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
  6. A pawl or similar catch.
noun
  1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  2. The latch of a door.
noun
  1. A kilometer.
  2. (usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  2. The latch of a door.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To snatch.

keel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Red chalk; ruddle.
verb
  1. To mark with ruddle.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  2. To render inoperative.
  3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
  4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
  5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
  6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  7. To use up or to waste.
  8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
  10. To force a company out of business.
  11. To produce intense pain.
  12. To punish severely.
  13. To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
  14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
  15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  16. To cause to assume the value zero.
  17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  18. To deadmelt.

keen

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make cold, to sharpen.
adjective
  1. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
  2. Fierce, intense, vehement.
  3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
  4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
  5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
  6. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
  7. Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
  8. Marvelous.
  9. Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.

kennel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A house or shelter for a dog.
  2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
  3. (collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
  4. The hole of a fox or other animal.
verb
  1. To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
  2. To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
  3. To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
  2. A puddle.

kente

noun
  1. A type of fabric made of interwoven cloth strips, native to Ghana.

kettle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
  2. The quantity held by a kettle.
  3. A vessel for boiling water for tea.
  4. A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  5. (collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  6. A steam locomotive
  7. A kettledrum.
  8. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
verb
  1. (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.

kick

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
  2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
  3. Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
  4. The removal of a person from an online activity.
  5. Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
  6. Piquancy.
  7. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
  8. A pass played by kicking with the foot.
  9. The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
  10. A recoil of a gun.
  11. Pocket.
  12. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
verb
  1. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
  2. To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
  3. To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
  4. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
  5. To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
  6. To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
  7. To move or push suddenly and violently.
  8. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
  9. To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
  10. To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
  11. To show opposition or resistance.
  12. To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
noun
  1. One who kicks.
  2. One who takes kicks.
  3. The kicking strap.
  4. An outboard motor.
  5. An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
  6. An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
  7. An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
  8. Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
  9. The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
  10. A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
  11. A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
  12. A launch ramp.
  13. The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
  14. A relaxed party.
  15. A backlight positioned at an angle.
noun
  1. A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.
noun
  1. An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.
  2. A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.
  3. A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To die.

kill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of killing.
  2. Specifically, the death blow.
  3. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  4. The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
verb
  1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  2. To render inoperative.
  3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
  4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
  5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
  6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  7. To use up or to waste.
  8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
  10. To force a company out of business.
  11. To produce intense pain.
  12. To punish severely.
  13. To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
  14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
  15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  16. To cause to assume the value zero.
  17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  18. To deadmelt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (north-east US) A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A kiln.

kiln

noun
  1. An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
verb
  1. To bake in a kiln.

kilt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
  2. Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid
  3. A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19th century USA.
  4. A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.
verb
  1. To gather up (skirts) around the body.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  2. To render inoperative.
  3. To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
  4. To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
  5. To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.
  6. To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  7. To use up or to waste.
  8. To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  9. To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
  10. To force a company out of business.
  11. To produce intense pain.
  12. To punish severely.
  13. To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
  14. To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.
  15. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  16. To cause to assume the value zero.
  17. (IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  18. To deadmelt.

kinetic

adjective
  1. Relating to motion
  2. Relating to kinesis or motor function

kink

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
verb
  1. To laugh loudly.
  2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
  2. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  3. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
  4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  5. A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation
verb
  1. To form a kink or twist.
  2. To be formed into a kink or twist.

kite

No Definition Found.

kitten

noun
  1. A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
  2. A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.
  3. A moth of the genus Furcula.
  4. A term of endearment, especially for a woman.
verb
  1. To give birth to kittens.

knee

noun
  1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
  2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
  3. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
  4. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
  5. An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
  6. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
  7. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
verb
  1. To kneel to.
  2. To poke or strike with the knee.
  3. To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

kneel

verb
  1. To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
  2. To cause to kneel.
  3. To rest on (one's) knees

knell

noun
  1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
  2. A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
verb
  1. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  2. To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
  3. To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

knelt

verb
  1. To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
  2. To cause to kneel.
  3. To rest on (one's) knees

knit

noun
  1. A knitted garment.
  2. A session of knitting.
verb
  1. To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
  2. To join closely and firmly together.
  3. To become closely and firmly joined; become compacted.
  4. To grow together.
  5. To combine from various elements.
  6. Of bones: to heal following a fracture.
  7. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
  8. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

leek

noun
  1. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
  2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

lick

noun
  1. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
  2. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
  3. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
  4. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
  5. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
  6. A stroke or blow.
  7. A small amount; a whit.
  8. An attempt at something.
  9. A short motif.
  10. A rate of speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.)
  11. An act of cunnilingus.
verb
  1. To stroke with the tongue.
  2. To lap; to take in with the tongue.
  3. To beat with repeated blows.
  4. To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
  5. To overcome.
  6. To perform cunnilingus.
  7. To do anything partially.
  8. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.

like

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
  2. An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
verb
  1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
  2. To please.
  3. To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
  4. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
  5. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
  6. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
  7. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
  8. To liken; to compare.
  9. To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
  10. (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (sometimes as the likes of') Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
  2. The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
adjective
  1. Similar.
  2. Likely; probable.
adverb
  1. Likely.
  2. In a like or similar manner.
preposition
  1. Similar to, reminiscent of.
  2. Typical of
  3. Approximating
  4. In the manner of, similarly to.
  5. Such as
  6. As if there would be.
conjunction
  1. As, the way.
  2. As if; as though.
interjection
  1. Used to place emphasis upon a statement.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To be likely.

liken

verb
  1. (followed by to or unto) To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).

littleneck

No Definition Found.

neck

noun
  1. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
  2. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  3. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
  4. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
  5. The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
  6. The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  7. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  8. A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
  9. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
  10. The gorgerin of a capital.
  11. The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  12. A person's life.
  13. A falsehood; a lie.
  14. Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore
verb
  1. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
  2. To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
  3. To drink rapidly.
  4. To decrease in diameter.

neckline

noun
  1. The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.

necktie

noun
  1. A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. See also bowtie.

netlike

No Definition Found.

nick

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small cut in a surface.
  2. Senses connoting something small.
  3. Often in the expressions in bad nick and in good nick: condition, state.
  4. (law enforcement) A police station or prison.
verb
  1. To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.
  2. To fit into or suit, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.
  3. To make a cut at the side of the face.
  4. To steal.
  5. (law enforcement) To arrest.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.
noun
  1. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
  2. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A nix or nixie.

nickel

noun
  1. A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
  2. A coin worth 5 cents.
  3. (by extension) Five dollars.
  4. (by extension) Five hundred dollars.
  5. (sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
  6. A playing card with the rank of five
  7. A five-year prison sentence.
  8. A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.
verb
  1. To plate with nickel.

telekinetic

No Definition Found.

tick

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
  2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
  3. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  4. A short period of time, particularly a second.
  5. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
  6. A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
  7. A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
  8. The whinchat.
verb
  1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  2. To make a tick or checkmark.
  3. To work or operate, especially mechanically.
  4. To strike gently; to pat.
  5. To add a bird to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Ticking.
  2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Credit, trust.
verb
  1. To go on trust, or credit.
  2. To give tick; to trust.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. (place names) A goat.

ticket

noun
  1. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
  2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
  3. A citation for a traffic violation.
  4. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
  5. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
  6. A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
  7. A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
  8. A little note or notice.
  9. A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
  10. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
  11. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
  12. A visiting card.
verb
  1. To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
  2. To mark with a ticket.

tickle

noun
  1. The act of tickling.
  2. An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
  3. A light tap of the ball.
  4. A narrow strait.
verb
  1. To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
  2. To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal.
  3. (of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
  4. To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
  5. To cause delight or amusement in.
  6. To feel titillation.
  7. To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
  8. To be excited or heartened.
adjective
  1. Changeable, capricious; insecure.

tiki

noun
  1. Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.

tinkle

noun
  1. A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
  2. A telephone call.
  3. An act of urination.
verb
  1. To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
  2. To cause to tinkle.
  3. To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
  4. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
  5. To urinate.