Friday, June 27, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 97

Number of Answers: 22

Points Needed for Genius: 68

Genius requires between 10 and 20 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 97 was in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on June 23, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 22 possible answers rank it in the 4th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 3, 2025.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on June 26, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 203
  • loll 198
  • toot 191
  • naan 174
  • nana 174
  • lilt 140
  • till 140
  • tilt 140
  • tint 138
  • nene 135
  • mama 133
  • mamma 133
  • acacia 126
  • acai 126
  • onto 126
  • toon 126
  • onion 122
  • anal 118
  • anon 117
  • olio 116
  • boob 112
  • booboo 112
  • dodo 112
  • papa 111
  • tact 110
  • baba 109
  • poop 109
  • call 106
  • calla 106
  • lull 106
  • lulu 106
  • mitt 106
  • ratatat 105
  • tart 105
  • tartar 105
  • attar 104
  • tatty 104
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • tattoo 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • ammo 102
  • momma 102
  • cocci 101
  • tutu 101
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • loon 99
  • roar 98


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 103,168 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,635 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*:

  • deme
  • demic
  • emic
  • gemmed
  • gimmie
  • idem
  • imid
  • imide
  • imidic
  • medicide
  • medick
  • medii
  • meed
  • mick
  • migg

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

deem

noun
  1. An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
verb
  1. To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
  2. To adjudge, to decree.
  3. To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
  4. (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
  5. To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

deemed

verb
  1. To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
  2. To adjudge, to decree.
  3. To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
  4. (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
  5. To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
adjective
  1. An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.

dime

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
  3. A small amount of money
  4. An assist
  5. A playing card with the rank of ten
  6. Ten dollars
  7. A thousand dollars
  8. A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
  9. Payment responsibility
  10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
  11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
  2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

dimmed

verb
  1. To make something less bright.
  2. To become darker.
  3. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct
  4. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

emcee

noun
  1. A rapper.
  2. Initialism of main colour.
  3. Initialism of matching colour.
  4. Initialism of movie clip.
  5. Initialism of mail code.
  6. Initialism of main character.
  7. Initialism of military cross.
  8. Initialism of Member of Congress.
  9. Initialism of medical college.
  10. Initialism of Mars-crosser.
  11. Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.
noun
  1. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  2. (by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
  3. A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
  4. A group practice of several physicians.
  5. A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
  6. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
  7. A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
  8. One confined to bed by sickness.
  9. One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
verb
  1. To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
  2. To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
noun
  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
  2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  3. A place of lodging.
noun
  1. Someone who acts as a host at a formal event.
  2. Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.
  3. A rapper.
noun
  1. Dichloromethane
noun
  1. A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.
noun
  1. A group of individuals whose primary interests and activities involve motorcycles.
noun
  1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, on a spaceship (in science fiction).
  2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.

emceed

verb
  1. To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
  2. To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.

gimme

noun
  1. That which is easily obtained, or certain to occur.

gimmick

noun
  1. A trick or device used to attain some end.
  2. A clever ploy or strategy.
  3. A gimmick capacitor.
  4. A night out with one's friends.
verb
  1. To rig or set up with a trick or device.

gimmicked

verb
  1. To rig or set up with a trick or device.
adjective
  1. Furnished with gimmicks

medic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A doctor.
  2. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
  3. A medical student.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.

meek

verb
  1. (of horses) To tame; to break.
adjective
  1. Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
  2. Submissive, dispirited.

meme

noun
  1. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
  2. Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
  3. A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
verb
  1. To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
  2. To create and use humorous memes.
  3. To joke around.

mice

noun
  1. Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
  2. A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  3. A quiet or shy person.
  4. (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
  5. Hematoma.
  6. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
  7. A familiar term of endearment.
  8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  9. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
  10. A small cushion for a woman's hair.

midge

noun
  1. Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera
  2. Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge

midi

noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
  2. A doughnut with a sweet filling.
  3. A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.
noun
  1. A coat or skirt having such a hemline.
adjective
  1. Having a hemline at mid-calf length.

mike

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A microphone.
verb
  1. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
  2. To measure using a micrometer.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A minute.

miked

verb
  1. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on.
  2. To measure using a micrometer.

mime

noun
  1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
  2. A pantomime actor.
  3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
  4. A performer of such a farce.
  5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

mimed

verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

mimic

noun
  1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  2. An imitation.
verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

mimicked

verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

memed

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