Saturday, June 14, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 218

Number of Answers: 56

Points Needed for Genius: 153

Genius requires between 25 and 48 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 218 was in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on June 13, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 56 possible answers rank it in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 7, 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 June 11, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 202
  • loll 198
  • toot 189
  • naan 172
  • nana 172
  • lilt 140
  • till 140
  • tilt 140
  • tint 136
  • nene 133
  • mama 132
  • mamma 132
  • acacia 124
  • acai 124
  • onto 124
  • toon 124
  • onion 121
  • anal 117
  • olio 116
  • anon 115
  • boob 112
  • booboo 112
  • dodo 112
  • baba 109
  • papa 109
  • poop 109
  • tact 109
  • lull 106
  • lulu 106
  • call 105
  • calla 105
  • mitt 105
  • ratatat 105
  • tart 105
  • tartar 105
  • attar 104
  • tatty 104
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • tattoo 102
  • ammo 101
  • cocci 101
  • momma 101
  • tutu 101
  • epee 99
  • loon 99
  • peep 99
  • roar 96


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 102,643 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,627 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*:

  • demode
  • demoded
  • doodoo
  • doum
  • dout
  • douted
  • duomo
  • eddo
  • homo
  • hoodooed
  • hotted
  • meou
  • meoued
  • modemed
  • moho
  • mome
  • motmot
  • mott
  • motte
  • ohed
  • oohed
  • otto
  • teetotum
  • tetotum
  • thoued
  • tommed
  • toom
  • totted

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

demo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A demonstration or visual explanation.
  2. A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
  3. An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
  4. A march or gathering to make a political protest.
  5. An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
  6. A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
  7. A democrat.
  8. (collective) A demographic group.
  9. Demolition.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
  2. To demonstrate.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To demolish (especially a house or fixture).

demoed

verb
  1. To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
  2. To demonstrate.
verb
  1. To demolish (especially a house or fixture).

demote

verb
  1. To lower the rank or status of.
  2. To relegate.

demoted

verb
  1. To lower the rank or status of.
  2. To relegate.

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.

dome

noun
  1. A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere; a cupola
  2. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover
  3. Head (uppermost part of one's body)
  4. Head, oral sex
  5. A building; a house; an edifice
  6. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
  7. A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form
verb
  1. To give a domed shape to.
  2. To perform fellatio on.

domed

adjective
  1. In the form of a dome.

doom

noun
  1. Destiny, especially terrible.
  2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
  3. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  4. A law.
  5. A judgment or decision.
  6. A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
  7. Death.
  8. (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
verb
  1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

doomed

verb
  1. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
adjective
  1. Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.

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.

emote

noun
  1. A virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than a direct message.
  2. (Twitch-speak) Short for emoticon.
verb
  1. To display emotions openly, especially while acting.
  2. To induce an emotion in.
  3. To perform a virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than sending a direct message.

emoted

verb
  1. To display emotions openly, especially while acting.
  2. To induce an emotion in.
  3. To perform a virtual action, presented to other users as reported speech, rather than sending a direct message.

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.

home

noun
  1. A dwelling.
  2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
  3. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
  4. A focus point.
verb
  1. (of animals) To return to its owner.
  2. (always with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  2. (except in phrases) That strikes home; direct, pointed.
  3. Personal, intimate.
  4. Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).
adverb
  1. To one's home
  2. At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home
  3. To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.
  4. Into the goal
  5. Into the right, proper or stowed position
noun
  1. A directory that contains a user's files.

homed

verb
  1. (of animals) To return to its owner.
  2. (always with "in on") To seek or aim for something.

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

memo

noun
  1. A short note; a memorandum.
  2. A record of partial results that can be reused later without recomputation.
verb
  1. To record something; to make a note of something.
  2. To send someone a note about something, for the record.

method

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):
  2. (often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Constantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
  3. A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object, synonym of member function
  4. Marijuana.
  5. An instruction book systematically arranged.
verb
  1. To apply a method
  2. (casting, by extension) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A trick where the boarder grabs the heel edge of the board with their back hand, between their feet, and then pulls the board towards their back, while arching their back and bending knees.

mode

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One of several ancient Greek scales.
  2. One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
  3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
  4. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
  5. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
  6. A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
  7. One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
  8. A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
  9. A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
  10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
  11. That which exists only as a quality of substance.
  12. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
  13. The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
  14. A woman's mantle with a hood.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

modem

noun
  1. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
verb
  1. To transmit by modem.

mood

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mental or emotional state, composure.
  2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
  3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
  4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
  5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
  6. A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
  7. Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

mooed

verb
  1. Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

moot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A moot court.
  2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
  3. A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
  4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  5. An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
  6. A ring for gauging wooden pins.
adjective
  1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  2. Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  3. Having no practical impact or relevance.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
  2. (rural) Talk.
verb
  1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  2. To discuss or debate.
  3. To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  5. To talk or speak.
  6. To say, utter, also insinuate.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Vagina.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
verb
  1. To take root and begin to grow.
  2. To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.

mooted

verb
  1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  2. To discuss or debate.
  3. To make or declare irrelevant.
  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  5. To talk or speak.
  6. To say, utter, also insinuate.
verb
  1. To take root and begin to grow.
  2. To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
adjective
  1. Made, or proven to be, moot.

mote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small particle; a speck.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. May or might.
  2. Must.
  3. Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A meeting for discussion.
  2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
  3. A place of meeting for discussion.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.

motet

noun
  1. A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

moth

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
  2. Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
verb
  1. To hunt for moths.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small particle; a speck.
noun
  1. A meeting for discussion.
  2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
  3. A place of meeting for discussion.
noun
  1. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
noun
  1. A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.

motto

noun
  1. A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
  2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
  3. A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

moue

noun
  1. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.

mouth

noun
  1. The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
  2. The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
  3. An outlet, aperture or orifice.
  4. A loud or overly talkative person.
  5. (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  6. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  7. Cry; voice.
  8. Speech; language; testimony.
  9. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
verb
  1. To speak; to utter.
  2. To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
  3. To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
  4. To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
  5. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
  6. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
  7. To make mouths at.

mouthed

verb
  1. To speak; to utter.
  2. To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
  3. To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
  4. To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
  5. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
  6. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
  7. To make mouths at.
adjective
  1. (in combination) Having a specified type of mouth.

odeum

noun
  1. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
  2. A theatre or concert hall.

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.

outmode

No Definition Found.

outmoded

verb
  1. To render no longer fashionable.
adjective
  1. Unfashionable
  2. Obsolete

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.

tome

noun
  1. One in a series of volumes.
  2. A large or scholarly book.

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.

totem

noun
  1. Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.
  2. The representation of such object or creature.
  3. The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature.
  4. An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.

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.