Friday, May 9, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 133

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 93

Genius requires between 14 and 27 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 133 was in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on May 2, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 26th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on May 2, 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 4, 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 199
  • loll 193
  • toot 186
  • naan 171
  • nana 171
  • lilt 138
  • till 138
  • tilt 138
  • tint 136
  • nene 131
  • mama 129
  • mamma 129
  • acacia 123
  • acai 123
  • onto 122
  • toon 122
  • onion 119
  • anal 115
  • olio 113
  • anon 112
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 108
  • dodo 107
  • papa 107
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • poop 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • ratatat 104
  • tart 104
  • tartar 104
  • attar 103
  • mitt 103
  • mono 102
  • moon 102
  • tatty 102
  • tattoo 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • tutu 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 97
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 100,969 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,578 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*:

  • dirl
  • dorr
  • drily
  • irid
  • liri
  • lory
  • ordo
  • roily
  • wirily
  • yird
  • yirr

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

dolor

noun
  1. Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
  2. A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.

door

noun
  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. A means of approach or access.
  5. A barrier.
  6. A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
verb
  1. To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

dory

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
adjective
  1. Of a bright yellow or golden color.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.

dowry

noun
  1. Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
  2. Payment by the groom or his family to the bride's family: bride price.
  3. Dower.
  4. A natural gift or talent.
verb
  1. To bestow a dowry upon.

drill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
  2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  3. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
  4. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
  5. A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
verb
  1. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
  2. To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
  3. To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
  4. To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
  5. To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
  6. To hit or kick with a lot of power.
  7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  8. To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
  2. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
  3. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
verb
  1. To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small trickling stream; a rill.
verb
  1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
  2. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

droid

noun
  1. A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.

droll

noun
  1. A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
verb
  1. To jest, to joke.
adjective
  1. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

drolly

adverb
  1. In a droll, odd or humorous manner.

drool

noun
  1. Saliva trickling from the mouth.
  2. Stupid talk.
verb
  1. To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
  2. To secrete any substance in a similar way.
  3. To react to something with uncontrollable desire.
  4. To talk nonsense; drivel.

drooly

No Definition Found.

dryly

adverb
  1. In a dry manner.

lord

noun
  1. The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor
  2. One possessing similar mastery over others; any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
  3. One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
  4. The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
  5. A hunchback.
  6. (via Cockney rhyming slang) Sixpence.
verb
  1. Domineer or act like a lord.
  2. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

lordly

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a lord.
  2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
  3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
  4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
adverb
  1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.

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.

odor

noun
  1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
  2. A strong, pervasive quality.
  3. Esteem.
  4. Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

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.

rood

noun
  1. A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
  2. A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
  3. A measure of five and a half yards in length.

rowdily

No Definition Found.

rowdy

noun
  1. A boisterous person; a brawler.
adjective
  1. Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

wiry

adjective
  1. Thin, muscular and flexible.

word

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
  2. Something like such a unit of language:
  3. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
  4. Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
  5. A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
  6. A proverb or motto.
  7. News; tidings (used without an article).
  8. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
  9. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
  10. A brief discussion or conversation.
  11. (in the plural) See words.
  12. (sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
  13. (sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
verb
  1. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
  2. To flatter with words, to cajole.
  3. To ply or overpower with words.
  4. To conjure with a word.
  5. To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
interjection
  1. Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
  2. (stereotypically) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (except in set phrases) To be, become, betide.

wordily

No Definition Found.

wordy

adjective
  1. Using an excessive number of words.

world

noun
  1. (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general.
  2. The Universe.
  3. (with "the") The Earth.
  4. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
  5. A very large extent of country.
  6. (speculation) A realm, such as planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
  7. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
  8. The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
  9. A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
  10. The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
  11. A great amount.
  12. Age, era
verb
  1. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.
  2. To make real; to make worldly.

worldly

adjective
  1. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
  2. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
  3. Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
adverb
  1. In a worldly manner.

worry

noun
  1. A strong feeling of anxiety.
  2. An instance or cause of such a feeling.
verb
  1. To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
  2. Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
  3. To harass; to irritate or distress.
  4. To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
  5. To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
  6. To strangle.

wryly

adverb
  1. In a wry manner.

lordy

interjection
  1. Expressing mild emotion, such as exasperation or frustration.
  2. Expressing strong emotion, such as amazement.