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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 285

Number of Answers: 60

Points Needed for Genius: 200

Genius requires between 30 and 50 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 285 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 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 60 possible answers rank it in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 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 April 15, 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 195
  • loll 189
  • toot 184
  • naan 169
  • nana 169
  • lilt 137
  • till 137
  • tilt 137
  • tint 134
  • nene 130
  • mama 128
  • mamma 128
  • acacia 121
  • acai 121
  • onto 120
  • toon 120
  • onion 115
  • anal 113
  • anon 111
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • olio 109
  • baba 108
  • dodo 105
  • papa 105
  • tact 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • lull 104
  • lulu 104
  • poop 104
  • ratatat 103
  • tart 103
  • tartar 103
  • attar 102
  • mitt 102
  • tattoo 101
  • tatty 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • mono 99
  • moon 99
  • tutu 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • roar 95
  • loon 94


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 99,947 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,562 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*:

  • agee
  • agene
  • aglee
  • agley
  • agly
  • agnate
  • alang
  • anga
  • anlage
  • anlagen
  • egal
  • gaen
  • galanga
  • galatea
  • galea
  • galeae
  • galeate
  • galena
  • gallate
  • gallet
  • galleta
  • gally
  • gane
  • gangle
  • gantlet
  • gateleg
  • gayal
  • gayety
  • gean
  • gelant
  • gelate
  • gellant
  • gelly
  • genet
  • genette
  • genteelly
  • geta
  • gleet
  • gleety
  • gleg
  • glegly
  • gley
  • gnatty
  • lagan
  • lang
  • langley
  • naga
  • nagana
  • taggant
  • tallage
  • tanga
  • tangental
  • tannage
  • tegg
  • telega
  • tenge
  • tentage
  • yage
  • yatagan
  • yegg

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

agate

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
  2. The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.
  3. One fourteenth of an inch
  4. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
  5. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
  6. A marble made from agate.
  7. (usually in the plural) A testicle.

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. On the way; agoing.

agent

noun
  1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act
  2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another
  3. A person who looks for work for another person
  4. Someone who works for an intelligence agency
  5. An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect
  6. In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
  7. (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
  8. A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.

aglet

noun
  1. The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
  2. A catkin.
noun
  1. A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
  2. An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.

alga

noun
  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

algae

noun
  1. Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
noun
  1. Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth.
  2. A particular kind of algae.

algal

noun
  1. An alga.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to, or like, algae

allege

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To state under oath, to plead.
  2. To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  3. To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  4. To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To lighten, diminish.

angel

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
  2. (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
  3. A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
  4. Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
  5. (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic church.
  6. An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
  7. (originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
  8. An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
  9. An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity; an angel investor.
  10. The person who funds a show.
verb
  1. To support by donating money.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A person who has Angelman syndrome.

angle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
  2. The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
  3. A corner where two walls intersect.
  4. A change in direction.
  5. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
  6. The focus of a news story.
  7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  8. A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
  9. An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
  10. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  11. Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
verb
  1. (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
  2. To change direction rapidly.
  3. To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  4. (cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
verb
  1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  2. (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

eagle

noun
  1. Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
  2. A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
  3. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I.
  4. A score of two under par for a hole.
verb
  1. To score an eagle.

eaglet

noun
  1. The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.

eggy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Covered with or dipped in egg.
  2. Resembling eggs in some way.
  3. Of or relating to an egg or eggs.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Slightly annoyed.

elegant

adjective
  1. Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
  2. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
  3. Fine; doing well.

elegantly

adverb
  1. Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.

elegy

noun
  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
  2. A composition of mournful character.

engage

verb
  1. (heading) To interact socially.
  2. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
  3. (heading) To interact contractually.
  4. (heading) To interact mechanically.
  5. To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
  6. To entangle.

entangle

verb
  1. To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated
  2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult
  3. , to ensnare
  4. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

gaga

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mentally senile.
  2. Crazy.
  3. Infatuated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

gage

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  2. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
verb
  1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  2. To wager, to bet.
  3. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
  2. An act of measuring.
  3. An estimate.
  4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
  5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
  6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
  7. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
  8. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
  9. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
  10. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
  11. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
  12. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
  13. A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
  14. (by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
  15. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
verb
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. To estimate.
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A quart pot.
  2. A pint pot.
  3. (metonymically) A drink.
  4. A tobacco pipe.
  5. A chamberpot.
  6. A small quantity of anything.
  7. Marijuana

gaggle

noun
  1. (collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
  2. (by extension) Any group or gathering of related things.
verb
  1. To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

gala

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Pomp, show, or festivity.
  2. A showy and festive party.
adjective
  1. Celebratory; festive.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

galangal

noun
  1. Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.

gale

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To sing; charm; enchant.
  2. To cry; groan; croak.
  3. (of a person) To talk.
  4. (of a bird) To call.
  5. To sing; utter with musical modulations.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
  2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
  3. A light breeze.
  4. A song or story.
verb
  1. To sail, or sail fast.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

galette

noun
  1. A type of flat, round cake from France.
  2. Clipping of Breton galette: a crêpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France.

gall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
  2. The gall bladder.
  3. Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  4. A feeling of exasperation.
  5. Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
  6. A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
  7. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  8. A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
verb
  1. To bother or trouble.
  2. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  3. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  4. To exasperate.
  5. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
  6. To scoff; to jeer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
  2. A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
verb
  1. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

gallant

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Brave, valiant.
  2. Honorable.
  3. Grand, noble.
  4. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women.
  2. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
  3. Topgallant
verb
  1. To attend or wait on (a lady).
  2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner.
adjective
  1. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

gallantly

adverb
  1. In a gallant or gentlemanly manner; with social graces.
  2. In a brave or valiant manner.

galley

noun
  1. A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
  2. A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
  3. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
  4. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  5. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
  6. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
  7. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
  8. A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

gang

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To go; walk; proceed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
  2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
  3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
  5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
  6. A chain gang.
  7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
  8. A set; all required for an outfit.
  9. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
  10. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
  11. A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  12. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
  1. To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (obsolete outside Northumbria) To go.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To participate in a gangbang.
  2. To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.
  3. To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

gangly

adjective
  1. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.

gannet

noun
  1. Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
  2. A voracious eater; a glutton.

gate

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A doorlike structure outside a house.
  2. Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
  3. Movable barrier.
  4. A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
  5. The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
  6. The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
  7. (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
  8. Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
  9. The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  10. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
  11. The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
  12. The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
  13. A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
  14. A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
verb
  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
  3. To open a closed ion channel.
  4. To furnish with a gate.
  5. To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A way, path.
  2. A journey.
  3. A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
  4. Manner; gait.

gayly

No Definition Found.

gelee

No Definition Found.

gelt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A lunatic.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Gilding; gilt.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To castrate a male (usually an animal).
  2. To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.
noun
  1. A gelding.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Money.
  2. Tribute; tax.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
  2. Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
  3. Money.

gene

noun
  1. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
  2. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

gent

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A gentleman.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
  2. Neat; pretty; elegant

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Short for gentamicin.

genteel

adjective
  1. Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
  2. Polite and well-mannered.
  3. Stylish or elegant.
  4. Aristocratic

gentle

noun
  1. A person of high birth.
  2. A maggot used as bait by anglers.
  3. A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
verb
  1. To become gentle
  2. To ennoble
  3. (animal husbandry) to break; to tame; to domesticate
  4. To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
adjective
  1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
  3. Docile and easily managed.
  4. Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
  5. Polite and respectful rather than rude.
  6. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

gently

adverb
  1. In a gentle manner

glean

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A collection made by gleaning.
verb
  1. To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
  2. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
  3. To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
  4. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Cleaning; afterbirth

glee

noun
  1. Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
  2. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
  3. An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
verb
  1. To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).

glen

noun
  1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.

gnat

noun
  1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

lallygag

noun
  1. Horseplay, fooling around.
  2. A layabout, one who lallygags.
verb
  1. (See lollygag.) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
  2. To pet, kiss, or otherwise demonstrate overt affection, generally in public.

legally

adverb
  1. As permitted by law; not contrary to law.
  2. From a legal perspective.

legate

noun
  1. A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
  2. An ambassador or messenger.
  3. The deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome.
verb
  1. To leave as a legacy.

legatee

noun
  1. One who receives a legacy.

leggy

adjective
  1. (chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
  2. (chiefly of a woman) Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
  3. Taller or longer than usual.

naggy

No Definition Found.

negate

verb
  1. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
  2. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
  3. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
  4. To perform the NOT operation on.

tang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
  2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
  3. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
  4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
  5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
  6. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
  7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
  8. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
  9. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
  10. Tongue
  11. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
verb
  1. To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
  2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The vagina.
  2. Intercourse with a woman

tangent

noun
  1. A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
  2. A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
  3. A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
  4. A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
adjective
  1. Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
  2. Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.

tangle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tangled twisted mass.
  2. A complicated or confused state or condition.
  3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
  4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
  5. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
verb
  1. To become mixed together or intertwined
  2. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
  3. To mix together or intertwine
  4. To catch and hold; to ensnare.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
  2. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
  3. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

tangly

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tangy

adjective
  1. Having a sharp, pungent flavor

teenage

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Brushwood for fences and hedges.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

yang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided into 100 pun.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
verb
  1. To make the cry of the wild goose.

laggy

adjective
  1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
  2. Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.