Monday, April 7, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 217

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 152

Genius requires between 23 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 217 was in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 6, 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 55th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 6, 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 April 6, 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 193
  • loll 187
  • toot 183
  • naan 169
  • nana 169
  • lilt 137
  • till 137
  • tilt 137
  • tint 134
  • nene 130
  • mama 128
  • mamma 128
  • acacia 121
  • acai 121
  • onto 119
  • toon 119
  • onion 114
  • anal 113
  • anon 111
  • boob 110
  • booboo 110
  • baba 108
  • olio 108
  • tact 105
  • dodo 104
  • papa 104
  • call 103
  • calla 103
  • lull 103
  • lulu 103
  • mitt 102
  • poop 102
  • ratatat 102
  • tart 102
  • tartar 102
  • attar 101
  • tattoo 101
  • tatty 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • tutu 99
  • ammo 98
  • cocci 98
  • momma 98
  • mono 98
  • moon 98
  • epee 97
  • peep 97
  • loot 94
  • lotto 94


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 99,517 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,559 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*:

  • alanyl
  • aliya
  • allyl
  • anality
  • anility
  • atalaya
  • ayaya
  • ayin
  • inly
  • latinity
  • layin
  • linny
  • liny
  • lytta
  • nappy
  • natantly
  • nippily
  • nitty
  • nyala
  • painty
  • palatally
  • palatially
  • pally
  • paly
  • papayan
  • pattypan
  • paty
  • pily
  • piny
  • pinyin
  • pipy
  • pitaya
  • platy
  • playa
  • ptyalin
  • pyin
  • tattily
  • tinnily
  • titty
  • tiyin
  • tiyn
  • tyin
  • tyiyn
  • typal
  • typp
  • typy
  • yill

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

allay

noun
  1. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  2. An alloy.
verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

ally

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate.
  2. A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary.
  3. Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
  4. A closely related species, usually within the same family.
  5. A relative; a kinsman.
verb
  1. To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.
  2. To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
  2. The area between the outfielders.
  3. An establishment where bowling is played.
  4. An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
  5. The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
  6. A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
  7. A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
  8. (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
  9. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
noun
  1. A glass marble or taw.

anally

No Definition Found.

apply

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
  2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
  3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
  4. To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
  5. To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
  6. To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
  7. To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
  8. To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  9. To visit.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Resembling apples, apple-like.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, apples.

aptly

adverb
  1. In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; appropriately

illy

No Definition Found.

inanity

noun
  1. The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
  2. Something that is inane.

inaptly

No Definition Found.

initially

adverb
  1. At the beginning.

inlay

noun
  1. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
  2. A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
  3. The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD
verb
  1. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
  2. To place an inlay in a tooth.

laity

noun
  1. People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
  2. The common man or woman.
  3. The unlearned, untrained or ignorant.

lily

noun
  1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
  2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  3. The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
  5. (usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
  6. The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
adjective
  1. White (as a racial epithet).

linty

No Definition Found.

lippy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Having prominent lips.
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

litany

noun
  1. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
  2. A prolonged or tedious list.

nanny

noun
  1. A child's nurse.
  2. A grandmother.
  3. A godmother.
  4. A female goat.
verb
  1. To serve as a nanny.
  2. To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.

natality

noun
  1. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
  2. The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

nattily

No Definition Found.

natty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Smart and fashionable.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Knotty.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Someone whose muscle gains are natural and not aided by the use of steroids.
  2. A national championship
adjective
  1. Natural, as opposed to steroid enhanced.
  2. National

ninny

noun
  1. A silly or foolish person.

nippy

adjective
  1. Fast; speedy
  2. Of the weather, rather cold.
  3. Inclined to nip; bitey.
  4. Annoying; irritating
  5. Sharp in taste
  6. Curt
  7. Parsimonious

panty

noun
  1. (in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys.
  2. (usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
  3. A helmet cover.

papally

No Definition Found.

papaya

noun
  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

pappy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Like pap; soft; mushy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Father
  2. Grandfather

patly

No Definition Found.

patty

noun
  1. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
  2. A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.

pinny

noun
  1. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.
  2. A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups.

pity

noun
  1. A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
  2. Something regrettable.
  3. Piety.
verb
  1. To feel pity for (someone or something).
  2. To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
interjection
  1. Short form of what a pity.

plainly

adverb
  1. In a plain manner; simply; basically.
  2. Obviously; clearly.

platypi

No Definition Found.

play

noun
  1. Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  2. Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  3. The conduct, or course, of a game.
  4. An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  5. A short sequence of action within a game.
  6. (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  7. A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
  8. A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  9. A major move by a business or investor.
  10. A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
  11. The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  12. Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
  13. An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
  14. A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
  15. (now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
verb
  1. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
  2. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  3. To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
  4. To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  5. (heading) To produce music or theatre.
  6. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  7. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
  8. To move to and fro.
  9. To put in action or motion.
  10. To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
  11. To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.

pliantly

No Definition Found.

tally

Etymology 1

interjection
  1. Target sighted.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
  2. (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
  3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
  4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
  5. A tally shop.
  6. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
  7. A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.
noun
  1. A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To count something.
  2. To record something by making marks.
  3. To make things correspond or agree with each other.
  4. To keep score.
  5. To correspond or agree.
  6. To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Etymology 4

adverb
  1. In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

tatty

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Potato

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

tinily

No Definition Found.

tinny

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
  2. Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.
  3. Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A can of beer.
  2. A small open aluminium boat.
  3. Small package of drugs wrapped in foil.

tiny

noun
  1. A small child; an infant.
  2. Anything very small.
adjective
  1. Very small.

tippy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dandy.
adjective
  1. Fashionable, tip-top.
  2. (absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
  3. Clever, neat, smart.
  4. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.

yappy

adjective
  1. Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
  2. Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.

itty

No Definition Found.