Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 287

Number of Answers: 56

Points Needed for Genius: 201

Genius requires between 28 and 47 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 287 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 56 possible answers rank it in the 87th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 16, 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 23, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.7.
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 197
  • loll 192
  • toot 185
  • naan 170
  • nana 170
  • lilt 138
  • till 138
  • tilt 138
  • tint 134
  • nene 131
  • mama 129
  • mamma 129
  • acacia 122
  • acai 122
  • onto 121
  • toon 121
  • onion 117
  • anal 114
  • anon 112
  • olio 112
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 108
  • papa 106
  • dodo 105
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • poop 104
  • mitt 103
  • ratatat 103
  • tart 103
  • tartar 103
  • attar 102
  • tatty 102
  • tattoo 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • mono 100
  • moon 100
  • tutu 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 96
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 100,384 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,570 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*:

  • agio
  • agloo
  • agon
  • agonal
  • algolagnia
  • aloin
  • anglo
  • annona
  • anoa
  • galago
  • galloon
  • gaol
  • gaoling
  • glogg
  • glonoin
  • goaling
  • goanna
  • gogo
  • gonia
  • gonion
  • hallo
  • halloa
  • halloaing
  • halloing
  • halloo
  • hallooing
  • halon
  • hillo
  • hilloa
  • hilloaing
  • hilloing
  • hogg
  • holla
  • hollaing
  • hollo
  • holloa
  • holloaing
  • holloing
  • holloo
  • hollooing
  • holo
  • honan
  • hong
  • hongi
  • hongiing
  • ingoing
  • inion
  • lagoonal
  • laogai
  • lilo
  • linalol
  • linalool
  • lino
  • logan
  • logania
  • logia
  • logion
  • logoi
  • logon
  • looing
  • nano
  • naoi
  • ninon
  • nogg
  • nogging
  • noil
  • nolo
  • nona
  • nooning
  • ohia
  • ohing
  • olingo
  • olla
  • oogonia
  • oogonial
  • oohing

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

agog

adjective
  1. In eager desire, eager, astir.
  2. (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
adverb
  1. In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

aioli

noun
  1. A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.

aloha

noun
  1. Good wishes, love.
  2. An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
interjection
  1. Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.

along

adverb
  1. In company; together.
  2. Onward, forward, with progressive action.
preposition
  1. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
  2. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.

analog

noun
  1. Something that bears an analogy to something else
  2. An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
  3. A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element
adjective
  1. (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)

anion

noun
  1. A negatively charged ion.

anon

Etymology 1

adverb
  1. Straight away; at once.
  2. Soon; in a little while.
  3. At another time; then; again.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An anonymous person, especially an author.
  2. A work with an unknown author.
  3. A work without a title.
adjective
  1. Anonymous

gallon

noun
  1. A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
  2. Exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
  3. 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
  4. One-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
  5. (in the plural) A large quantity (of any liquid).

ganglion

noun
  1. An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
  2. Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
  3. (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
  4. A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.

gigolo

noun
  1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
  2. A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

goal

noun
  1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
  2. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
  3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
  4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
  5. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
verb
  1. To score a goal.

goggling

verb
  1. To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
  2. To roll the eyes.
noun
  1. A stare of curiosity or amazement.

going

verb
  1. To move:
  2. (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  3. To start; to begin (an action or process).
  4. To take a turn, especially in a game.
  5. To attend.
  6. To proceed:
  7. To follow or travel along (a path):
  8. To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  9. To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  10. To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
  11. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  12. To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  13. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  14. To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
  15. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  16. To tend (toward a result).
  17. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  18. To pass, to be used up:
  19. To die.
  20. To be discarded.
  21. To be lost or out:
  22. To break down or apart:
  23. To be sold.
  24. To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  25. To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  26. To have a certain record.
  27. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
  28. To say (something), to make a sound:
  29. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  30. To resort (to).
  31. To apply or subject oneself to:
  32. To fit (in a place, or together with something):
  33. To date.
  34. To attack:
  35. To be in general; to be usually.
  36. To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  37. To yield or weigh.
  38. To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  39. To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
  40. To urinate or defecate.
noun
  1. A departure.
  2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
  3. Progress.
  4. Conditions for advancing in any way.
  5. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
  6. (in the plural) Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
  7. (in the phrase "the going of") The whereabouts (of something).
adjective
  1. Likely to continue; viable.
  2. Current, prevailing.
  3. (especially after a noun phrase with a superlative) Available.

gong

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
  2. A medal or award, particularly Knight Bachelor.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
  2. To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
  3. To give an award or medal to.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
  2. The contents of an outhouse pit: shit.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
  2. An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.

gonging

verb
  1. To make the sound of a gong; to ring a gong.
  2. To send a signal to, using a gong or similar device.
  3. To give an award or medal to.
noun
  1. The sounding of a gong.

googling

verb
  1. To deliver googlies.
  2. To move as a ball in a googly.
verb
  1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
  2. (by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
  3. To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

googol

numeral
  1. The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred.

goon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  2. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
  3. An enforcer or fighter.
  4. (WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  5. A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A wine flagon or cask.
  2. Cheap or inferior cask wine.

halo

noun
  1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  2. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
  3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  4. Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
  6. (iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
  7. A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
  8. A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.
verb
  1. To encircle with a halo.

haloing

verb
  1. To encircle with a halo.

hogan

noun
  1. A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.

hogging

verb
  1. To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
  2. To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
  3. To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  4. To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
verb
  1. To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
noun
  1. The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem.
  2. Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it.
adjective
  1. Drooping at the ends; arching; in distinction from sagging.

holing

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make holes in (an object or surface).
  2. (by extension) To destroy.
  3. To go into a hole.
  4. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
  5. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass

honing

verb
  1. To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
  2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  3. To refine or master (a skill).
  4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.
verb
  1. To grumble.
  2. To pine, lament, or long.
noun
  1. The process by which something is honed.

hooligan

noun
  1. A violent and noisy football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams, often the member of a firm.
noun
  1. A person that causes trouble or violence.
  2. (Navy slang) A member of the coast guard.
  3. A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific.

igloo

noun
  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
  4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

lagoon

noun
  1. A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

lanolin

noun
  1. A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.

lingo

noun
  1. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

lion

noun
  1. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  2. (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
  3. A Chinese foo dog.
  4. An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
  5. A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
  6. A light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
  7. An old Scottish coin, with a lion on the obverse, worth 74 shillings.
adjective
  1. Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.

llano

noun
  1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

loan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
  2. A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
  3. The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
  4. The permission to borrow any item.
verb
  1. To lend (something) to (someone).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A lonnen.

loaning

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lend (something) to (someone).
noun
  1. The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to loan.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (Scottish and Northern English) A lane

loggia

noun
  1. A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.

logging

verb
  1. To cut trees into logs.
  2. To cut down (trees).
  3. To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
verb
  1. To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
  2. To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
  3. To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log.
verb
  1. To move to and fro; to rock.
noun
  1. An act or instance of logging (cutting trees).
  2. An act or instance of logging (making an entry in a log).

login

noun
  1. A combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.
  2. The process of logging in.

loin

noun
  1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
  2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

loll

verb
  1. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
  2. To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
  3. To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.

lolling

verb
  1. To laugh out loud.
verb
  1. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
  2. To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
  3. To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
noun
  1. The act of one who lolls.

long

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A long vowel.
  2. A long syllable.
  3. A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
  4. A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
  5. An entity with a long position in an asset.
  6. A long-term investment.
  7. The long summer vacation at the English universities.
verb
  1. To take a long position in.
adjective
  1. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
  2. Having great duration.
  3. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
  4. Not short; tall.
  5. Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
  6. Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
  7. (of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
  8. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Over a great distance in space.
  2. For a particular duration.
  3. For a long duration.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
adjective
  1. On account of, because of.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Longitude

Etymology 6

verb
  1. To belong.

longan

noun
  1. An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
  2. The fruit from the longan tree.

longing

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To take a long position in.
verb
  1. To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
verb
  1. To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
verb
  1. To belong.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
  2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

loon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An idler, a lout.
  2. A boy, a lad.
  3. A harlot; mistress.
  4. A simpleton.
  5. A crazy or deranged person.
  6. An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

noggin

noun
  1. A small mug, cup or ladle.
  2. (obsolete outside dialectal) A small measure of spirits equivalent to a gill.
  3. The head.
  4. A signalling molecule involved in embryo development, producing large heads at high concentrations.
noun
  1. A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts.
  2. Rough brick masonry used to fill open spaces.

nonagon

noun
  1. A polygon with nine sides and nine angles; an enneagon

nonagonal

No Definition Found.

nonillion

No Definition Found.

noon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  2. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  3. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  4. The highest point; culmination.
verb
  1. To relax or sleep around midday

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The letter ن in the Arabic script.

ogling

verb
  1. To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
noun
  1. Action of the verb to ogle.

oiling

verb
  1. To lubricate with oil.
  2. To grease with oil for cooking.
noun
  1. An application of oil.

olio

noun
  1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
  2. A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
  3. A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
  4. (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

ongoing

verb
  1. To be ongoing (occurring, happening); to last, proceed or continue.
noun
  1. Something that is going on; a happening.
adjective
  1. Continuing, permanent, lasting.
  2. Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

onion

noun
  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. The genus as a whole.
  4. A ball.
  5. A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

oolong

noun
  1. A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.

gonna

No Definition Found.