Monday, April 28, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 138

Number of Answers: 28

Points Needed for Genius: 97

Genius requires between 13 and 24 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, 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 138 was in the 35th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on April 27, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 28 possible answers rank it in the 20th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 17, 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on April 19, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
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 171
  • nana 171
  • 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 115
  • 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 100,444 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*:

  • aahed
  • ahed
  • hade
  • haded
  • haed
  • haen
  • haha
  • haniwa
  • headend
  • hided
  • hied
  • hinnie
  • hinnied
  • hwan
  • waah
  • wheen
  • whid
  • whidah
  • whidded
  • whin

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

ahead

adverb
  1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
  2. In the direction one is facing or moving.
  3. In or for the future.
  4. At an earlier time.
  5. Having progressed more.

deadhead

noun
  1. A fan of the rock band The Grateful Dead.
noun
  1. A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
  2. An employee of a transportation company, especially a pilot, traveling as a passenger for logistical reasons, for example to return home or travel to their next assignment.
  3. Anyone traveling for free.
  4. A train or truck moved between cities with no passengers or freight, in order to make it available for service.
  5. A person staying at a lodging, such as a hotel or boarding house, without paying rent; freeloader.
  6. A stupid or boring person; dullard.
  7. A tree or tree branch fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable body of water, partially submerged or rising nearly the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk; snag.
  8. Driftwood.
  9. A zombie.
verb
  1. To admit to a performance without charge.
  2. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  3. To drive an empty vehicle.
  4. To send (a person or message) for free.
  5. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.

deadheaded

verb
  1. To admit to a performance without charge.
  2. To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.
  3. To drive an empty vehicle.
  4. To send (a person or message) for free.
  5. To remove spent or dead blossoms from a plant.

hand

noun
  1. The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
  2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.
  3. In linear measurement:
  4. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
  5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  6. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
  7. An instance of helping.
  8. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
  9. A person's autograph or signature.
  10. Personal possession; ownership.
  11. (usually in the plural, hands) Management, domain, control.
  12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
  13. Applause.
  14. A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
  15. The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
  16. A whole rhizome of ginger.
  17. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
  18. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
  19. Agency in transmission from one person to another.
  20. Rate; price.
verb
  1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
  2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
  3. To manage.
  4. To seize; to lay hands on.
  5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  6. (said of a sail) To furl.
  7. To cooperate.

handed

verb
  1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
  2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
  3. To manage.
  4. To seize; to lay hands on.
  5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
  6. (said of a sail) To furl.
  7. To cooperate.
adjective
  1. (in combination) Having a certain kind or number of hands.
  2. (in combination) Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others.
  3. With hands joined; hand in hand.

hawed

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head

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
  2. The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
  3. (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
  4. A significant or important part.
  5. Headway; progress.
  6. Topic; subject.
  7. Denouement; crisis.
  8. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
  9. Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
  10. The glans penis.
  11. A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
  12. Power; armed force.
verb
  1. To be in command of. (See also head up.)
  2. To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  3. To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  4. To move in a specified direction.
  5. To remove the head from a fish.
  6. To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  7. To form a head.
  8. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  9. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  10. To behead; to decapitate.
  11. To go in front of.
  12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
  13. (by extension) To check or restrain.
  14. To set on the head.
adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Foremost in rank or importance.
  2. Placed at the top or the front.
  3. Coming from in front.

headed

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. pre-printed at the top.
  2. (in combination) Having a head with specified characteristics.
  3. (in combination) Heading in a certain direction.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To be in command of. (See also head up.)
  2. To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  3. To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  4. To move in a specified direction.
  5. To remove the head from a fish.
  6. To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  7. To form a head.
  8. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
  9. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
  10. To behead; to decapitate.
  11. To go in front of.
  12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
  13. (by extension) To check or restrain.
  14. To set on the head.

headwind

noun
  1. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.

heed

noun
  1. Careful attention.
verb
  1. To guard, protect.
  2. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  3. To pay attention, care.

heeded

verb
  1. To guard, protect.
  2. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  3. To pay attention, care.

heehaw

noun
  1. The cry of an ass or donkey.
  2. Nothing.
verb
  1. To utter the cry of an ass or donkey.
interjection
  1. The cry of an ass or donkey.

heehawed

verb
  1. To utter the cry of an ass or donkey.

heinie

noun
  1. The buttocks.

henna

noun
  1. A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
  2. A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.
  3. A rich reddish-brown colour.
verb
  1. To dye or tattoo with henna.
adjective
  1. Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

hennaed

verb
  1. To dye or tattoo with henna.
adjective
  1. Dyed with henna

hewed

verb
  1. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  2. To shape; to form.
  3. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.

hewn

verb
  1. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
  2. To shape; to form.
  3. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to.
adjective
  1. Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
  2. Having been cut or mown down.

hidden

adjective
  1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
  2. Obscure.
verb
  1. To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  2. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

hide

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  2. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The skin of an animal.
  2. The human skin.
  3. (usually United States) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  4. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  5. A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
  6. A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
verb
  1. To beat with a whip made from hide.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

hind

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
  2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

wahine

noun
  1. A Polynesian or Maori woman.
  2. A female surfer.

whee

interjection
  1. An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.

when

noun
  1. The time at which something happens.
adverb
  1. (interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
  2. At an earlier time and under different, usually less favorable, circumstances.
  3. (relative) At which, on which, during which: often omitted or replaced with that.
pronoun
  1. (interrogative) What time; which time.
  2. The time that.
conjunction
  1. At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
  2. During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
  3. At what time; at which time.
  4. Since; given the fact that; considering that.
  5. Whereas; although; at the same time as; in spite of the fact that.
interjection
  1. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
  2. Expressing impatience. (Compare what.)

whew

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
interjection
  1. An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.
  2. An expression of amazement or surprise.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To bustle about.

whine

noun
  1. A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
  2. A complaint or criticism
verb
  1. To utter a high-pitched cry.
  2. To make a sound resembling such a cry.
  3. To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
  4. To move with a whining sound.
  5. To utter with the sound of a whine.

whined

verb
  1. To utter a high-pitched cry.
  2. To make a sound resembling such a cry.
  3. To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
  4. To move with a whining sound.
  5. To utter with the sound of a whine.

whinnied

verb
  1. (of a horse) To make a gentle neigh.