Thursday, May 15, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 193

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 135

Genius requires between 20 and 42 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 193 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 14, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 47 possible answers rank it in the 70th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 8, 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 May 14, 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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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 199
  • loll 194
  • toot 186
  • naan 171
  • nana 171
  • lilt 138
  • till 138
  • tilt 138
  • tint 136
  • nene 131
  • mama 130
  • mamma 130
  • acacia 123
  • acai 123
  • onto 122
  • toon 122
  • onion 119
  • anal 115
  • olio 114
  • anon 112
  • boob 112
  • booboo 112
  • 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 103
  • moon 103
  • tatty 102
  • tattoo 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • ammo 100
  • momma 100
  • tutu 100
  • cocci 99
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 97
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 101,192 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,585 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*:

  • amah
  • cachaca
  • cathect
  • chachka
  • chacma
  • chaeta
  • chaetae
  • cham
  • chatchka
  • chatchke
  • chem
  • chetah
  • cheth
  • eath
  • eche
  • echt
  • hacek
  • hackee
  • hackmatack
  • haem
  • haet
  • haha
  • hakeem
  • hame
  • hammam
  • hatcheck
  • heth
  • hmmm
  • khat
  • khet
  • kheth
  • mach
  • machaca
  • mache
  • mech
  • tacamahac
  • tache
  • takahe
  • tathata
  • teth
  • thack
  • thae
  • theca
  • thecae
  • thecate
  • thema

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

ache

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
verb
  1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Parsley

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

ahem

noun
  1. A use of the interjection, ahem.
interjection
  1. The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
  2. An exclamation or cough to get attention
  3. An exclamation of disapproval or annoyance
  4. An exclamation to indicate sarcasm

attach

verb
  1. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
  2. To adhere; to be attached.
  3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
  4. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
  5. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
  6. To take, seize, or lay hold of.
  7. To arrest, seize.

attache

noun
  1. A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.

cache

noun
  1. A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  2. A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  3. (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb
  1. To place in a cache.

cachet

noun
  1. A seal, as of a letter.
  2. A special characteristic or quality; prestige.
  3. A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
  4. A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
  5. A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
  6. A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
verb
  1. To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.

catch

noun
  1. The act of seizing or capturing.
  2. The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
  3. The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
  4. The game of catching a ball.
  5. Something which is captured or caught.
  6. (by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
  7. A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
  8. A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
  9. (sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
  10. A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
  11. A fragment of music or poetry.
  12. A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
  13. A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
  14. A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
  15. A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
  16. The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
  17. The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
  18. A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
  19. The first contact of an oar with the water.
  20. A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
  21. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
  22. A slight remembrance; a trace.
verb
  1. (heading) To capture, overtake.
  2. (heading) To seize hold of.
  3. (heading) To intercept.
  4. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
  5. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
  6. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
  7. (heading) To obtain or experience

chat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Informal conversation.
  2. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
  3. (totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.
  4. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
  5. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
  6. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
verb
  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
  2. To talk more than a few words.
  3. To talk of; to discuss.
  4. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A louse (small, parasitic insect).

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

cheat

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
  2. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
  3. To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
  4. To deceive; to fool; to trick.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
  2. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
  3. The weed cheatgrass.
  4. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
  5. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.

check

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
  2. An inspection or examination.
  3. A control; a limit or stop.
  4. A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
  5. An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
  6. A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
  7. A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
  8. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
  9. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
  10. A mark, certificate or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
  11. The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
  12. A small chink or crack.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To inspect; to examine.
  2. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
  3. (often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
  4. To control, limit, or halt.
  5. To verify or compare with a source of information.
  6. To leave in safekeeping.
  7. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
  8. To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
  9. To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
  10. To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
  11. To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
  12. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
  13. To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
  14. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
  15. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
  16. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
  17. To clash or interfere.
  18. To act as a curb or restraint.
  19. To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
  2. Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
verb
  1. To mark with a check pattern.
adjective
  1. Divided into small squares by transverse, perpendicular, and horizontal lines.

checkmate

noun
  1. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
  2. (by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
verb
  1. To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
  2. (by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
interjection
  1. Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
  2. (by extension) Said when one has checkmated someone (placed them in a losing situation with no escape.)

cheek

noun
  1. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
  2. (usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
  3. Impudence.
  4. One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
  5. One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
  6. (in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
  7. Either side of an axehead.
  8. The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
verb
  1. To be impudent towards.
  2. To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.

cheetah

noun
  1. A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

each

noun
  1. (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
adverb
  1. For one; apiece; per.
pronoun
  1. Every one; every thing.

etch

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  2. To engrave a surface.
  3. To make a lasting impression.
  4. To sketch; to delineate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.

hack

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tool for chopping.
  2. A hacking blow.
  3. A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
  4. A dry cough.
  5. A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
  6. A try, an attempt.
  7. The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
  8. A mattock or a miner's pickaxe.
  9. An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date.
  10. An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
  11. A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
  12. An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
  13. A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
  14. Time check.
  15. A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter.
  16. A kick on the shins in football.
  17. Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
verb
  1. To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
  2. To cough noisily.
  3. To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
  4. To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
  5. To accomplish a difficult programming task.
  6. To work with something on an intimately technical level.
  7. (by extension) To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
  8. To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
  9. (by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
  10. To strike an opponent's leg with one's hockey stick.
  11. To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
  12. To swing at a pitched ball.
  13. (soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
  14. To strike in a frantic movement.
  15. To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
  2. A food-rack for cattle.
  3. A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
  4. A grating in a mill race.
verb
  1. To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
  2. To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
  2. A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
  3. Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
  4. A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
  5. A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
  6. A hearse.
  7. (authorship) An untalented writer.
  8. One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
  9. A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
  10. A political agitator. (slightly derogatory)
  11. A writer who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.
  12. A procuress.
verb
  1. To make common or cliched; to vulgarise.
  2. To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
  3. To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
  4. To live the life of a drudge or hack.
  5. To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
  6. To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
verb
  1. To play hackeysack.

hake

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A hook; a pot-hook.
  2. A kind of weapon; a pike.
  3. (in the plural) The draught-irons of a plough.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To loiter; to sneak.

hamate

noun
  1. The hamate bone.
adjective
  1. Hooked at the end.

hatch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
  2. A trapdoor.
  3. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.
  4. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
  5. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine
  6. A gullet.
  7. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
  8. A floodgate; a sluice gate.
  9. A bedstead.
  10. An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
verb
  1. To close with a hatch or hatches.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of hatching.
  2. Development; disclosure; discovery.
  3. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
  4. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
  5. A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."
verb
  1. (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  2. (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  3. To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  4. To devise.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
  2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.

hatchet

noun
  1. A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
verb
  1. To cut with a hatchet.

hate

noun
  1. An object of hatred.
  2. Hatred.
  3. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
verb
  1. To dislike intensely or greatly.
  2. To experience hatred.

hath

verb
  1. To possess, own.
  2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
  3. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
  4. To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
  5. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
  6. To experience, go through, undergo.
  7. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
  8. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
  9. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)
  10. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
  11. To give birth to.
  12. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  13. To accept as a romantic partner.
  14. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  15. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  16. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  17. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  18. To defeat in a fight; take.
  19. (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
  20. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  21. To trick, to deceive.
  22. (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
  23. (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
  24. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
  25. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
  26. (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
  27. To make an observation of (a bird species).

heat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Thermal energy.
  2. The condition or quality of being hot.
  3. An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
  4. A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
  5. An undesirable amount of attention.
  6. The police.
  7. One or more firearms.
  8. A fastball.
  9. A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.
  10. A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race
  11. One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.
  12. A hot spell.
  13. Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.
  14. The output of a heating system.
  15. In omegaverse fiction, a cyclical period in which alphas and omegas experience an intense, sometimes irresistible biological urge to mate.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
  2. To become hotter.
  3. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
  4. To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  5. To arouse, to excite (sexually).

heath

noun
  1. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  2. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
  3. Certain butterflies and moths

heck

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Hell.
interjection
  1. Hell.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The bolt or latch of a door.
  2. A rack for cattle to feed at.
  3. A door, especially one partly of latticework.
  4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  5. An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
  6. A bend or winding of a stream.

heme

noun
  1. The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.

ketch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (heading) To capture, overtake.
  2. (heading) To seize hold of.
  3. (heading) To intercept.
  4. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
  5. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
  6. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
  7. (heading) To obtain or experience

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A hangman.
verb
  1. To hang.

machete

noun
  1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
verb
  1. To cut or chop with a machete.
  2. To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.

mahatma

noun
  1. An epithet granted in India and Tibet to people thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity
  2. Such a person.

match

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
  2. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
  3. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
  4. A marriage.
  5. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  6. Suitability.
  7. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
  8. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  9. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
  10. An agreement or compact.
  11. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
verb
  1. To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
  2. To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
  3. To make a successful match or pairing.
  4. To equal or exceed in achievement.
  5. To unite in marriage, to mate.
  6. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

matchmake

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math

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
  2. A math course.
verb
  1. To do mathematical calculations
noun
  1. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
  2. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.

meth

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Methadone.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (Mancunian) A tramp.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A spiced mead, originally from Wales.

tach

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Tachometer

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (costers) A hat.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Tachycardia.

teach

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
  2. (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
  3. To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
  4. (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
  5. (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (usually as a term of address) teacher

tech

noun
  1. Technology
  2. Technician
  3. Technique
  4. (used in titles) technical college

teeth

noun
  1. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
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.

teethe

verb
  1. To grow teeth.
  2. To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.

that

noun
  1. Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
adverb
  1. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
  2. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
  3. To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
pronoun
  1. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
  2. The known (thing); used to refer to something just said.
  3. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality or proposition; used to emphatically affirm or deny a previous statement or question.
  4. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition.
  5. Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.
conjunction
  1. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
  2. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
  3. Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
  4. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
  5. Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
  6. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
  7. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
  8. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.

thatch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
  4. (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

thee

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
  2. To use the word thee.
pronoun
  1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.
  2. Thou.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To thrive; prosper.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.

them

pronoun
  1. (plural) Those ones.
  2. (singular) Him, her, or it; that one.

theme

noun
  1. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
  2. A recurring idea; a motif.
  3. An essay written for school.
  4. The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
  5. A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
  6. The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
  7. (grammar) The stem of a word.
  8. Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
  9. Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
  10. Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
  11. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
verb
  1. To give a theme to.
  2. To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

theta

noun
  1. The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
  2. The measure of an angle.
  3. The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
  4. Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).
  5. The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.

matcha

noun
  1. A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

hatha

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haka

noun
  1. A group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.
verb
  1. To perform the haka.