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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 206

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 144

Genius requires between 23 and 42 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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 206 was in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 3, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 3, 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 2, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 186
  • 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 107
  • 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 100,752 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*:

  • choc
  • chott
  • coco
  • cocotte
  • codded
  • codec
  • cohoe
  • cooch
  • coocoo
  • cooee
  • cooeed
  • coted
  • couchette
  • coude
  • doodoo
  • douce
  • dout
  • douted
  • eddo
  • hoodooed
  • hootch
  • hotch
  • hotched
  • hotted
  • oche
  • octette
  • ohed
  • oohed
  • otto
  • ouched
  • outecho
  • outechoed
  • thoued
  • toco
  • totted

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

code

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
  2. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
  3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
  4. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
  5. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
  6. A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
  7. Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
  8. (scientific programming) A program.
  9. A particular lect or language variety.
  10. An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
verb
  1. To write software programs.
  2. To add codes to a dataset.
  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
  4. To encode.
  5. To encode a protein.
  6. To call a hospital emergency code.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

coded

verb
  1. To write software programs.
  2. To add codes to a dataset.
  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
  4. To encode.
  5. To encode a protein.
  6. To call a hospital emergency code.
verb
  1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
adjective
  1. Encoded; written in code or cipher.

coed

noun
  1. A young woman who attends college.
  2. A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute.
adjective
  1. Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females.
  2. Of any location, that mixes males and females.

coho

noun
  1. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.

cooed

verb
  1. To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
  2. To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

coot

noun
  1. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  2. A foolish or eccentric fellow
  3. (with the) A success; something excellent.
  4. Body louse (Pediculus humanus).

cote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cottage or hut.
  2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To quote.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

couch

noun
  1. Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

couched

adjective
  1. Couché.

couth

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
  2. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
  3. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
  4. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
  5. To know.
adjective
  1. Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
  2. Variant of couthie.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
  2. A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.
adjective
  1. Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

cutout

noun
  1. A hole or space produced when something is removed by cutting.
  2. A piece cut out of something.
  3. A trusted middleman or intermediary, especially in espionage.
  4. Clip art.
  5. Any of several devices that halts the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.
  6. A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
  7. A railway cutting.
  8. The separation of a group of cattle from a herd; the place where they are collected.

deco

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (underwater diving) Decompression.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins.

decoct

verb
  1. To make an infusion.
  2. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
  3. To heat as if by boiling.
  4. To reduce or diminish.
  5. To digest in the stomach.
  6. To devise.

decocted

verb
  1. To make an infusion.
  2. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
  3. To heat as if by boiling.
  4. To reduce or diminish.
  5. To digest in the stomach.
  6. To devise.

decode

noun
  1. A product of decoding
  2. Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
verb
  1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
  2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

decoded

verb
  1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
  2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

dodo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Fried plantain.

doeth

verb
  1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
  2. To perform; to execute.
  3. To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  4. To suffice.
  5. To be reasonable or acceptable.
  6. (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
  7. To fare, perform (well or poorly).
  8. (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  9. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  10. To cook.
  11. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  12. To treat in a certain way.
  13. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
  14. To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  15. To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
  16. To impersonate or depict.
  17. (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  18. To kill.
  19. To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  20. To punish for a misdemeanor.
  21. To have sex with. (See also do it)
  22. To cheat or swindle.
  23. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  24. To finish.
  25. To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  26. (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  27. To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  28. (ditransitive) To make or provide.
  29. To injure (one's own body part).
  30. To take drugs.
  31. (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

dote

noun
  1. A darling, a cutie.
  2. An imbecile; a dotard.
verb
  1. (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
  2. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.

doted

verb
  1. (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
  2. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
adjective
  1. Stupid; foolish
  2. Half-rotten

doth

verb
  1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
  2. To perform; to execute.
  3. To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  4. To suffice.
  5. To be reasonable or acceptable.
  6. (ditransitive) To have (as an effect).
  7. To fare, perform (well or poorly).
  8. (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  9. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
  10. To cook.
  11. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  12. To treat in a certain way.
  13. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
  14. To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
  15. To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
  16. To impersonate or depict.
  17. (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
  18. To kill.
  19. To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
  20. To punish for a misdemeanor.
  21. To have sex with. (See also do it)
  22. To cheat or swindle.
  23. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  24. To finish.
  25. To work as a domestic servant (with for).
  26. (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
  27. To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
  28. (ditransitive) To make or provide.
  29. To injure (one's own body part).
  30. To take drugs.
  31. (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.

dotted

verb
  1. To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
  2. To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
  3. To mark by means of dots or small spots.
  4. To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
  5. To punch (a person).
adjective
  1. (of a line) Made up of a series of dots.
  2. (usually computing) That contains dots.
  3. (of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
  4. Covered with irregularly scattered objects.

douche

noun
  1. A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for vaginal irrigation.
  2. Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.
  3. A jet or spray of any liquid.
verb
  1. To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse
  2. To use a douche.
noun
  1. A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.
  2. A sterile container which holds the fluid used for giving a vaginal douche.
  3. Any social misfit; a doofus, dork, or nerd.

douched

verb
  1. To administer a douche to; to shower; to douse
  2. To use a douche.

echo

noun
  1. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
  2. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
  3. A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
  4. Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
  5. The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
  6. The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  7. (whist) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.
  8. (whist) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
verb
  1. (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
  2. To reflect back (a sound).
  3. (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
  4. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  5. (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.
noun
  1. The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
noun
  1. The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

echoed

verb
  1. (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
  2. To reflect back (a sound).
  3. (by extension) To repeat (another's speech, opinion etc.).
  4. To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.
  5. (whist) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.

hoed

verb
  1. To care, be anxious, long.
verb
  1. To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
  2. To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

hooch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.

hood

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
  2. A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
  3. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
  4. A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
  5. The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle: known as a bonnet in other countries.
  6. A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
verb
  1. To cover something with a hood.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Gangster, thug.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Neighborhood.
adjective
  1. Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Person wearing a hoodie.

hooded

verb
  1. To cover something with a hood.
adjective
  1. Wearing a hood.
  2. Covered with a hood.
  3. Shaped like a hood.
  4. (of an animal) Having a crest or similar elastic skin in the neck area.
  5. (of clothing) Fitted with a hood.
  6. (of eyes) Having thick, drooping eyelids.

hoodoo

noun
  1. A practitioner of voodoo.
  2. Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
  3. A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
verb
  1. To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.

hoot

noun
  1. A derisive cry or shout.
  2. The cry of an owl.
  3. A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
  4. A small particle.
verb
  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

hooted

verb
  1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
  2. To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
  3. To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
  4. To sound the horn of a vehicle

octet

noun
  1. A group or set of eight of something.
  2. A group of eight musicians performing together.
  3. A composition for such a group of musicians.
  4. A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
  5. A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.

ouch

Etymology 1

interjection
  1. An expression of one's own physical pain.
  2. An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
  3. A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
  4. An expression of disappointment.
  5. Expressing surprise at the high price of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A brooch or clasp for fastening a piece of clothing together, especially when valuable or set with jewels.

outdo

verb
  1. To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.

outed

verb
  1. To eject; to expel.
  2. To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc).
  3. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
  4. To reveal (a secret).
  5. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public or apparent.

thou

No Definition Found.

toed

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) toes.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
  2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
  3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
  4. To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
  5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
adjective
  1. Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

toot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
  2. (by extension) A fart; flatus.
  3. Cocaine.
  4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
  5. A spree of drunkness.
  6. (pronounced /tʊt/) Rubbish; tat.
  7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A toilet.

tooted

verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

tooth

noun
  1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  4. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
  5. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  6. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
  7. Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
  8. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
verb
  1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
  2. To indent; to jag.
  3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

toothed

No Definition Found.

tote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tote bag.
  2. A heavy burden.
  3. (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
verb
  1. To carry or bear.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
  2. Pari-mutuel betting.

toted

verb
  1. To carry or bear.
verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.

touch

No Definition Found.

touche

interjection
  1. An acknowledgement of a hit.
  2. An acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion.

touched

adjective
  1. Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
  2. Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.

tout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
  2. A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
  3. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
  4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

touted

verb
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
  2. To look upon or watch.
  3. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
  4. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
  5. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
  6. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
  7. To look for, try to obtain; used with for.