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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 356

Number of Answers: 71

Points Needed for Genius: 249

Genius requires between 36 and 59 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 73% 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 356 was in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 23, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 71 possible answers rank it in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 9, 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 30, 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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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 135
  • nene 131
  • mama 129
  • mamma 129
  • acacia 123
  • acai 123
  • 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 100,702 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,575 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*:

  • acanthi
  • acanthine
  • acetin
  • acini
  • acinic
  • actin
  • actinia
  • actiniae
  • actinian
  • actinic
  • aecia
  • aitch
  • antiacne
  • antithetic
  • atactic
  • atechnic
  • attaint
  • cachectic
  • cachinnate
  • cain
  • cannie
  • canthi
  • canthic
  • cantic
  • catechin
  • cathectic
  • cattie
  • centai
  • chaine
  • chicane
  • chinch
  • chine
  • cine
  • echinate
  • echini
  • ectatic
  • enatic
  • encaenia
  • enceinte
  • encina
  • enthetic
  • entia
  • ethician
  • etic
  • haint
  • hinnie
  • ichnite
  • ictic
  • incent
  • incitant
  • inia
  • inti
  • intine
  • nannie
  • nictate
  • nictitant
  • nictitate
  • niente
  • nitchie
  • taenia
  • taeniae
  • taenite
  • tahina
  • tain
  • tattie
  • technic
  • tectite
  • tein
  • tenia
  • teniae
  • tentie
  • tetanic
  • thein
  • theine
  • thetic
  • tian
  • tictac
  • tinea
  • titanate
  • titania
  • titanite
  • titch
  • titchie
  • titi
  • titian
  • tittie

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

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

acetic

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
  2. Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives

ancient

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who is very old.
  2. A person who lived in ancient times.
  3. One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
  4. A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
adjective
  1. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
  2. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
  3. (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
  4. Experienced; versed.
  5. Former; sometime.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
  2. The bearer of a flag; ensign

anti

noun
  1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.
adjective
  1. Opposed to something.
  2. That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
preposition
  1. Alternative form of anti-

antic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
  2. A caricature.
  3. (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
  4. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
verb
  1. To perform antics, caper.
  2. To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
  3. To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
adjective
  1. Playful, funny, absurd
  2. Grotesque, incongruous.
  3. Grotesque, bizarre
adjective
  1. Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
  2. Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
  3. Designating a style of type.
  4. Embossed without gilt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping

attain

verb
  1. To gain (an object or desired result).
  2. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  3. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
  4. To get at the knowledge of.
  5. To reach in excellence or degree.
  6. To reach a person after being behind them.

attic

noun
  1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

cacti

noun
  1. Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
  2. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

canine

noun
  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  2. Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  4. A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
adjective
  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  2. Dog-like.
  3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  4. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

cantina

noun
  1. A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
  2. Abbreviated form of cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer

chai

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A female gypsy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Short for masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.

chain

noun
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
  4. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
  5. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
  8. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  9. A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
  10. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
  11. (in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  12. The warp threads of a web.
verb
  1. To fasten something with a chain.
  2. To link multiple items together.
  3. To secure someone with fetters.
  4. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  5. To obligate.
  6. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  7. To be chained to another data item.
  8. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  9. (associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).

chia

noun
  1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
  2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

chianti

noun
  1. A Tuscan red wine.

chic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Good form; style.
  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.
adjective
  1. Elegant, stylish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

chica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

chichi

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

chin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  2. Talk.
  3. A lie, a falsehood.
  4. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
  5. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
  6. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
verb
  1. To talk.
  2. To talk to or with (someone).
  3. To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
  4. To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
  5. To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
  6. To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
  7. To put one's chin on (something).
  8. To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A chinchilla.

china

noun
  1. The plant Smilax china, a liana of much of eastern Asia.
noun
  1. A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
  2. A plant or flower of one of the class of hybrids developed from Rosa chinensis.
  3. Synonym of elderflower rose, Rosa cymosa.
noun
  1. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, native to east Asia.
noun
  1. Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
  2. Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
  3. Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
  4. Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
  5. (games) A glazed china marble.
  6. A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
noun
  1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
  2. (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
  3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
noun
  1. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
  2. An associate who provides assistance.
  3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
  4. A person who backs or supports something.
  5. An object or idea that can be used for good.
  6. (used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
  7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
  8. A spring-loaded camming device.
  9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
  10. A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
noun
  1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
noun
  1. (usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
  2. (now usually plural) An object made of porcelain, art objects or items of tableware.
  3. (often capitalized) A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
noun
  1. Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
  2. A string of such beads.
  3. Money.

chit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The embryonic growing bud of a plant
  2. An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
verb
  1. To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
  2. To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
  3. To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
  2. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
  3. A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
  4. A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
  5. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  6. A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Shit.
interjection
  1. Shit.

chitchat

noun
  1. Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.
  2. Gossip.
verb
  1. To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

chitin

noun
  1. A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.

cinch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  2. Something that is very easy to do.
  3. A firm hold.
verb
  1. To bring to certain conclusion.
  2. To tighten down.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
verb
  1. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

cite

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A citation

echinacea

noun
  1. Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers.
  2. A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants.

enchain

verb
  1. To restrain with, or as if with, chains.
  2. To link together.

entice

verb
  1. To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

ethic

noun
  1. A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
  2. The morality of an action.
adjective
  1. Moral, relating to morals.

ethnic

noun
  1. An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
  2. An ethnic minority.
  3. A heathen, a pagan.
  4. (in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
  2. Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
  3. Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
  4. Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

hectic

noun
  1. A hectic fever.
  2. A flush like one produced by such a fever.
adjective
  1. Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
  2. Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
  3. Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.

heinie

noun
  1. The buttocks.

hint

noun
  1. A clue.
  2. A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
  3. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  4. Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
  5. An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
verb
  1. To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
  2. To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
  3. To develop and add hints to a font.

hitch

noun
  1. A sudden pull.
  2. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.
  3. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
  4. A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
  5. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
  6. A period of time spent in the military.
verb
  1. To pull with a jerk.
  2. To attach, tie or fasten.
  3. To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
  4. Contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
  5. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
  6. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
  7. To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

inane

noun
  1. That which is void or empty.
adjective
  1. Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
  2. Purposeless; pointless

incant

verb
  1. To state solemnly, to chant.
  2. To recite an incantation.

inch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
  4. A very short distance.
verb
  1. (followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
  2. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
  3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small island

incite

verb
  1. To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

initiate

noun
  1. A new member of an organization.
  2. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
verb
  1. To begin; to start.
  2. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  3. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  4. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
adjective
  1. Unpractised; untried; new.
  2. Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.

innate

verb
  1. To cause to exist; to call into being.
adjective
  1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
  2. Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
  3. Instinctive; coming from instinct.
  4. Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

intact

adjective
  1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged
  2. Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull.
  3. Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.

intent

noun
  1. A purpose; something that is intended.
  2. The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence.
adjective
  1. Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
  2. Engrossed.
  3. Unwavering from a course of action.

itch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
  2. A constant teasing desire or want.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
  2. To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
  3. To cause to feel an itch.
  4. To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

niacin

noun
  1. A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.

nice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Niceness.
adjective
  1. Pleasant, satisfactory.
  2. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  3. Respectable; virtuous.
  4. (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
  5. Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  6. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
  7. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  8. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  9. Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
  10. Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
adverb
  1. Nicely.
interjection
  1. Used to signify a job well done.
  2. Used to signify approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

niche

noun
  1. A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
  2. A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
  3. (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
  4. An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
verb
  1. To place in a niche.
  2. To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.

niece

noun
  1. A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

nine

noun
  1. The digit or figure 9.
  2. A playing card with nine pips.
  3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  4. (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

nineteen

numeral
  1. The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

nineteenth

noun
  1. The person or thing in the nineteenth position.
  2. One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number nineteen.

ninetieth

noun
  1. The person or thing in the ninetieth position.
  2. One of ninety equal parts of a whole.
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number ninety.

ninth

noun
  1. The person or thing in the ninth position.
  2. One of nine equal parts of a whole.
  3. The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb
  1. To lose a ninth
  2. To divide by nine
adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number nine.

nite

noun
  1. The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
  2. (Astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  3. (Legal) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
  4. An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
  5. A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
  6. Nightfall.
  7. Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
  8. A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
  9. A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

tacit

adjective
  1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
  2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

tactic

noun
  1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
  2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
  3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective
  1. Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
  2. Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

tactician

noun
  1. A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.

tahini

noun
  1. A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.

taint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
  3. Tincture; hue; colour
  4. Infection; corruption; deprivation
  5. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
verb
  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
  5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
  6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
verb
  1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
  2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
  3. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The perineum.

tannic

adjective
  1. Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.

tannin

noun
  1. Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

techie

noun
  1. One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.
  2. A person who works on the technical side of events.

technician

noun
  1. A person who studies or practises technology.

thin

noun
  1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
  2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
verb
  1. To make thin or thinner.
  2. To become thin or thinner.
  3. To dilute.
  4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
adjective
  1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
  5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
  7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adverb
  1. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

thine

pronoun
  1. Singular second person possessive pronoun; yours

tinct

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tine

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
  2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
  3. A wild vetch or tare.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Small, diminutive

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Trouble; distress; teen.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To kindle; to set on fire.
  2. To rage; to smart.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To shut in, or enclose.

tint

noun
  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
  4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
verb
  1. To shade, to color.

titan

noun
  1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

titanic

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Having great size, or great strength, force or power.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium

tithe

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tenth.
  2. The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses.
  3. A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church)
  4. A small part or proportion.
verb
  1. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  2. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
  3. To compose the tenth part of something.
adjective
  1. Tenth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A boon (a grant or concession).
verb
  1. To grant, concede.
adjective
  1. Receiving a concession or grant; successful in prayer or request.

innie

noun
  1. A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
  2. A vagina with inner labia minora