Thursday, May 22, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 163

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 114

Genius requires between 18 and 42 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 163 was in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on May 21, 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 21, 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 19, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.9.
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 187
  • naan 171
  • nana 171
  • lilt 139
  • till 139
  • tilt 139
  • tint 136
  • nene 131
  • mama 130
  • mamma 130
  • acacia 123
  • acai 123
  • onto 123
  • toon 123
  • onion 119
  • anal 116
  • olio 114
  • anon 112
  • boob 112
  • booboo 112
  • baba 108
  • papa 108
  • tact 108
  • dodo 107
  • poop 107
  • lull 105
  • lulu 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • ratatat 104
  • tart 104
  • tartar 104
  • attar 103
  • mitt 103
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • tatty 103
  • allay 101
  • ally 101
  • tattoo 101
  • tutu 101
  • ammo 100
  • momma 100
  • cocci 99
  • epee 99
  • peep 99
  • loon 97
  • loot 95


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 101,517 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,596 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*:

  • allopath
  • aphtha
  • apollo
  • appal
  • atap
  • calpac
  • caph
  • capot
  • catchpoll
  • chappal
  • chapt
  • clapt
  • coapt
  • collop
  • copal
  • coplot
  • holp
  • hoopoo
  • hotchpot
  • hotchpotch
  • opah
  • paca
  • pacha
  • palpal
  • pataca
  • patoot
  • phot
  • photocall
  • phpht
  • poco
  • poolhall
  • potlach
  • potto
  • tapalo
  • toph
  • topo

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

alcopop

noun
  1. An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.

alpaca

noun
  1. A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
  2. Wool from the alpaca.

alpha

noun
  1. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
  2. Latin alpha
  3. The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix.
  4. The return of a given asset or portfolio adjusted for systematic risk.
  5. A person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive; (see alpha male).
  6. (abbreviation) Alphabet.
  7. The first versions of a program, usually only available to the developer, and only tested by the developer.
  8. The level of translucency of a color, as determined by the alpha channel.
  9. The significance level of a statistical test; the alpha level.
  10. In omegaverse fiction, a person of a sexually-dominant (and sometimes secondary) gender/sex that is driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an omega, with males of this type often having canine-like genitalia.
adjective
  1. Designates the first in an order of precedence.
  2. (of person, object or action) exhibiting characteristics of the alpha male/female archetype.
  3. Designates some bright star, usually the brightest star, of a constellation.

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

atop

adverb
  1. On, to, or at the top.
preposition
  1. On the top of.
  2. On the top, with "of".

capo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  2. A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.

catalpa

noun
  1. Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

chap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
  2. A customer, a buyer.
  3. A child.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. A blow; a rap.
verb
  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. To strike, knock.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (often in the plural) The jaw.
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
  2. A section of a social or religious body.
  3. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
  4. A decretal epistle.
  5. A location or compartment.

chop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
  2. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
  3. A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
  4. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
  5. A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
  6. (with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
  7. A woodchopping competition.
  8. A crack or cleft; a chap.
verb
  1. To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
  2. To sever with an axe or similar implement.
  3. To give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
  4. To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
  5. To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
  6. To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
  7. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
  8. To interrupt; with in or out.
  9. (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
verb
  1. To exchange, to barter; to swap.
  2. To chap or crack.
  3. To vary or shift suddenly.
  4. To twist words.
  5. To converse, discuss, or speak with another.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
  2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
  3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An official stamp or seal, as in China and India.
  2. A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
  3. A license or passport that has been sealed.
  4. A complete shipment.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. An IRC channel operator.

clap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
  2. The explosive sound of thunder.
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
  4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
  5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
  6. The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  7. A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
verb
  1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
  2. To applaud.
  3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
  4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
  5. To come together suddenly with noise.
  6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
  7. To set or put, usually in haste.
  8. To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (with "the") Gonorrhea.

clop

noun
  1. The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
  2. My Little Pony-themed pornography
verb
  1. To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.

coop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
  2. A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
  3. A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
  4. A barrel or cask for holding liquids.
verb
  1. To keep in a coop.
  2. To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  3. To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
  4. (law enforcement) Of a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
  5. To make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
  2. A cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small heap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A unit of a housing co-operative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
  2. Any co-operative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
  3. Any shop owned by a co-operative.
  4. A co-operative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.

coopt

verb
  1. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.
  2. To commandeer, appropriate or take over.
  3. To absorb or assimilate into an established group.

hoop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
  3. A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
  4. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
  5. A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
  6. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  7. The rim part of a basketball net.
  8. (in plural, metonym) The game of basketball.
  9. A hoop earring.
  10. (metonym) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
  11. (usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
  12. (usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.
verb
  1. To bind or fasten using a hoop.
  2. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  2. The hoopoe.
verb
  1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  2. To whoop, as in whooping cough.

hoopla

noun
  1. A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
  2. A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.

hotpot

noun
  1. A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
  2. A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.
  3. A jacuzzi or hot tub.

laptop

noun
  1. A laptop computer.

lollop

verb
  1. To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
  2. To act lazily, loll, lie around.

loop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
  2. The opening so formed.
  3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  4. A ring road or beltway.
  5. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
  6. A complete circuit for an electric current.
  7. A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
  8. An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
  9. A path that starts and ends at the same point.
  10. A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
  11. A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
  12. A quasigroup with an identity element.
  13. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
  14. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
  15. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
  16. A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
noun
  1. A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To form something into a loop.
  2. To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  3. To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  4. To move something in a loop.
  5. To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  6. To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
  7. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
  8. To form a loop.
  9. To move in a loop.

opal

noun
  1. A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.
  2. A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
  3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

pact

noun
  1. An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
  2. An agreement between two or more nations
verb
  1. To form a pact; to agree formally.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

palatal

noun
  1. A palatal consonant.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to the palate.
  2. Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
  3. Articulated at the hard palate.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

patch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
  2. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
  3. A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
  4. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
  5. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
  6. A local region of professional responsibility.
  7. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
  8. A piece of material used to cover a wound.
  9. An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
  10. A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
  11. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
  12. A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
  13. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
  14. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
  15. (often patch cable, patch cord etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
  16. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
  17. An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
verb
  1. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
  2. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
  3. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
  4. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
  5. To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
  6. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
  7. To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:
  8. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

path

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
  2. A course taken.
  3. A Pagan tradition, for example witchcraft, Wicca, druidism, Heathenry.
  4. A metaphorical course.
  5. A method or direction of proceeding.
  6. A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.
  7. A sequence of vertices from one vertex to another using the arcs (edges). A path does not visit the same vertex more than once (unless it is a closed path, where only the first and the last vertex are the same).
  8. A continuous map f from the unit interval I = [0,1] to a topological space X.
  9. A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.
verb
  1. To make a path in, or on (something), or for (someone).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (abbreviation) Pathology.

phat

adjective
  1. (originally African American Vernacular English) Excellent; cool; very good.
  2. Sexy.
  3. Rich in texture; prominent.

photo

noun
  1. A photograph.
  2. A photo finish.
verb
  1. To take a photograph of.

plat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A plot of land; a lot.
  2. A map showing the boundaries of real properties (delineating one or more plots of land), especially one that forms part of a legal document.
  3. A plot, a scheme.
verb
  1. To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A braid; a plait (of hair, straw, etc.).
  2. Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.
verb
  1. (obsolete except regional England) To braid, to plait.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. (obsolete except Scotland) Flat; level; (by extension) frank, on the level.
adverb
  1. (obsolete except Scotland) Flatly, plainly.

plop

noun
  1. A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
  2. Excrement; derived from the "plop" sound made when it hits water in a toilet.
verb
  1. To make the sound of an object dropping into a body of liquid.
  2. To land heavily or loosely.
  3. To defecate; derived from the "plop" sound made when excrement hits water in a toilet.

plot

noun
  1. (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  2. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
  3. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
  4. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
  5. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
  6. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
  7. A plan; a purpose.
verb
  1. To conceive (a crime, etc).
  2. To trace out (a graph or diagram).
  3. To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
  4. To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

poach

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
verb
  1. To cook something in simmering liquid.
  2. To be cooked in simmering liquid
  3. To become soft or muddy.
  4. To make soft or muddy.
  5. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
  6. To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
  7. To begin and not complete.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
verb
  1. To take game or fish illegally.
  2. To take anything illegally or unfairly.
  3. To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

poll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
  2. A formal election.
  3. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places)
  4. (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows.
  5. (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
  6. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
  7. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
verb
  1. To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
  2. To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
  3. To vote at an election.
  4. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
  5. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
  6. To cut the hair of (a creature).
  7. To remove the horns of (an animal).
  8. To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
  9. (communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).
  10. (with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
  11. To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
  12. To impose a tax upon.
  13. To pay as one's personal tax.
  14. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one.
  15. To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.
adjective
  1. (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A pet parrot.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman.

polo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
  2. The ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
  3. A polo shirt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A dress shirt.

pooch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dog.
  2. A dog of mixed breed; a mongrel.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bulge, an enlarged part
  2. A distended or swelled condition.
verb
  1. To distend, to swell or extend beyond normal limits; usually used with out.

pooh

noun
  1. Feces.
  2. A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
  3. Cannabis resin.
  4. Champagne.
verb
  1. To defecate.
  2. To dirty something with feces.
interjection
  1. Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
noun
  1. Short for shampoo.
noun
  1. An instance of saying "pooh".
verb
  1. To say "pooh".
  2. To say "pooh" to.
interjection
  1. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
  2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.

pool

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.
  2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  3. A supply of resources.
  4. (by extension) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
  5. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
  6. A localized glow of light.
verb
  1. (of a liquid) To form a pool.
noun
  1. A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
  2. A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
  3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
  4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  5. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
  6. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
  7. A set of players in quadrille etc.
  8. A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  9. An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
verb
  1. To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
  2. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

poop

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Fecal matter, feces.
  2. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch.
verb
  1. To make a short blast on a horn
  2. To break wind.
  3. To defecate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To tire, exhaust. Often used with out.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The stern of a ship.
  2. The poop deck.
verb
  1. To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
  2. To embark a ship over the stern.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A slothful person.

poppa

noun
  1. (sometimes childish) father, papa.

potato

noun
  1. The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
  2. A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
  3. A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
  4. A mentally handicapped person.
  5. An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.

potlatch

noun
  1. A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
  2. (chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
verb
  1. To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
  2. To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.

tapa

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.

topcoat

noun
  1. A light overcoat.
  2. A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.
verb
  1. To apply a topcoat to.

captcha

noun
  1. A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that he/she is a human and not a computer program.