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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 109

Number of Answers: 29

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 12 and 26 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, 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 109 was in the 18th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on April 24, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 29 possible answers rank it in the 23rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 28, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on May 1, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.0.
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 193
  • 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
  • olio 113
  • anon 112
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 108
  • dodo 106
  • papa 106
  • 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 100,631 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,574 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*:

  • gilly
  • glogg
  • gooly
  • gorily
  • groovily
  • grrrl
  • lilo
  • liri
  • loggy
  • logily
  • logoi
  • lolly
  • lory
  • oilily
  • ology
  • oology
  • orology
  • ovoli
  • ovolo
  • roily
  • vill
  • villi
  • virl
  • yill

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

giggly

adjective
  1. Prone to giggling.

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.

gill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
  2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
  3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
  4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
  5. The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
  6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments
verb
  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
  2. To catch (a fish) in a gillnet
  3. To be or become entangled in a gillnet

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint)
  2. A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Rivulet
  2. Ravine

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A leech

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A female ferret
  2. A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
  3. A prostitute
verb
  1. To act as a prostitute.

girl

noun
  1. A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
  2. A young female animal.
  3. (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman
  4. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
  5. A queen (the playing card.)
  6. A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
  7. One's girlfriend.
  8. One's daughter.
  9. A roebuck two years old.
  10. Cocaine, especially in powder form.
  11. (somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
  12. A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
verb
  1. To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
  2. (somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.

girly

noun
  1. Girl.
adjective
  1. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.

glory

noun
  1. Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
  2. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
  4. Worship or praise.
  5. An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
  6. Victory; success.
  7. An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
  8. The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
  9. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
verb
  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  2. To boast; to be proud.
  3. To shine radiantly.

goggly

No Definition Found.

golly

Etymology 1

interjection
  1. God!

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
  2. (racist) A black person.
  3. A hairy caterpillar.
  4. A receiver of stolen goods.
  5. Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A galosh.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (juvenile) Chewing gum.
  2. (juvenile) Saliva or phlegm.
verb
  1. (juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat.

googly

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (of the eyes) Bulging.
  2. (usually of eyes, sometimes of persons) Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

googol

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

grill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  3. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
  4. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
  5. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
  6. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
  7. A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  8. (by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
verb
  1. To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
  2. To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – broil, salamander.
  3. To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
  4. To feel very hot; to swelter.
  5. To stamp or mark with a grill.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make angry; provoke; incite.
  2. To terrify; make tremble.
  3. To tremble; shiver.
  4. To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Harm.
adjective
  1. Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

groggily

No Definition Found.

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.

illy

No Definition Found.

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).

logroll

No Definition Found.

logy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A term formed with the -logy suffix.

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.

lorry

noun
  1. A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck.
  2. A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
  3. A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
  4. A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled wagon without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.
verb
  1. To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

oily

noun
  1. A marble with an oily lustre.
  2. (in the plural) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
adjective
  1. Relating to or resembling oil.
  2. Covered with or containing oil.
  3. Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.

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.

rill

noun
  1. A very small brook; a streamlet.
verb
  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
noun
  1. A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

roil

verb
  1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  2. To annoy; to make someone angry.
  3. To bubble, seethe.
  4. To wander; to roam.
  5. To romp.

roll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
  2. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
  3. Something which rolls.
  4. A swagger or rolling gait.
  5. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
  6. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  7. The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
  8. The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
  9. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
  10. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
  11. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
  12. A training match for a fighting dog.
  13. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
  14. (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized.
verb
  1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
  2. To turn over and over.
  3. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
  4. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  5. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
  6. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
  7. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
  8. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
  9. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
  10. To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
  11. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  12. To leave or begin a journey.
  13. To compete, especially with vigor.
  14. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  15. To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  16. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  17. To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
  18. To throw dice.
  19. To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
  20. To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
  21. To generate a random number.
  22. (of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
  23. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
  24. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
  25. To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
  26. To betray secrets.
  27. To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
  28. (of a camera) To (cause to) film.
  29. To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
  30. To have a rolling aspect.
  31. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
  32. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
  33. To move and cause an effect on someone
  34. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
  35. To utter with an alveolar trill.
  36. To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
  37. To create a customized version of.
  38. To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is rolled up.
  2. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  3. An official or public document; a register; a record
  4. A catalogue or list
  5. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
  6. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  7. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
  8. Part; office; duty; rôle.
  9. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
  10. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.

vigil

noun
  1. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
  2. A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
  3. The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
  4. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

viol

noun
  1. A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
verb
  1. To play the viol.

virology

noun
  1. The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.

vlog

noun
  1. A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
verb
  1. To contribute to a video weblog.
  2. To post (something) to a video weblog.