Sunday, July 13, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 314

Number of Answers: 57

Points Needed for Genius: 220

Genius requires between 27 and 49 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 314 was in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 9, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 57 possible answers rank it in the 87th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 9, 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on July 9, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.9.
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 205
  • loll 200
  • toot 192
  • naan 175
  • nana 175
  • lilt 142
  • till 142
  • tilt 142
  • tint 138
  • nene 135
  • mama 133
  • mamma 133
  • acacia 128
  • acai 128
  • onto 127
  • toon 127
  • onion 123
  • anon 119
  • anal 118
  • olio 116
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • dodo 113
  • papa 111
  • poop 111
  • tact 111
  • baba 109
  • lull 108
  • lulu 108
  • call 107
  • calla 107
  • mitt 107
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • attar 105
  • tattoo 104
  • tatty 104
  • cocci 103
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • ammo 102
  • momma 102
  • tutu 102
  • epee 100
  • loon 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 98


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 103,980 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,671 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*:

  • adit
  • aggada
  • agin
  • ananda
  • andantini
  • anga
  • anna
  • annuitant
  • anta
  • antiaging
  • antigang
  • antigun
  • anting
  • atigi
  • attaint
  • attainting
  • audad
  • auding
  • dada
  • dagga
  • danging
  • daut
  • dauting
  • dita
  • duad
  • gaddi
  • gadi
  • gadid
  • gaging
  • gaiting
  • gaud
  • gaun
  • giga
  • guan
  • guanidin
  • guanin
  • gutta
  • ignatia
  • iguanian
  • iguanid
  • indagating
  • induna
  • inia
  • inundant
  • naga
  • nagana
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nanna
  • nidating
  • nutant
  • nutating
  • taggant
  • tain
  • tanga
  • tanging
  • tautaug
  • tauting
  • tian
  • titania
  • titian
  • unaging
  • unai
  • unau
  • ungag

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

adding

verb
  1. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally.
  3. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
  4. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
  5. To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
  6. To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
  7. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
  8. To summon minions or reinforcements.

again

adverb
  1. Another time; once more.
  2. Over and above a factor of one.
  3. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
  4. Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
  5. Back (to a former place or state).
  6. In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
  7. In any other place.
  8. On the other hand.
  9. Moreover; besides; further.
preposition
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Against.

aging

verb
  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  2. To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  3. To categorize by age.
  4. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
noun
  1. The process of becoming older or more mature.
  2. The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
  3. Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
  4. Wear, wear and tear.
adjective
  1. Becoming elderly.

agita

noun
  1. Dyspepsia
  2. Mental aggravation; annoyance

agitating

verb
  1. To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
  2. To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
  3. To set in motion; to actuate.
  4. To discuss or debate.
  5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.

aiding

verb
  1. To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
  2. To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
noun
  1. The act of one who aids or assists.

angina

noun
  1. An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
  2. Short for angina pectoris.
  3. A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.

anti

noun
  1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.
adjective
  1. Opposed to something.
  2. That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
preposition
  1. Alternative form of anti-

attain

verb
  1. To gain (an object or desired result).
  2. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  3. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
  4. To get at the knowledge of.
  5. To reach in excellence or degree.
  6. To reach a person after being behind them.

attaining

verb
  1. To gain (an object or desired result).
  2. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
  3. To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
  4. To get at the knowledge of.
  5. To reach in excellence or degree.
  6. To reach a person after being behind them.

attuning

verb
  1. To bring into musical accord.
  2. To tune (an instrument).
  3. To bring into harmony or accord.

audit

noun
  1. A judicial examination.
  2. An examination in general.
  3. An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
  4. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
  5. Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
  6. A general receptacle or receiver.
  7. An audience; a hearing.
verb
  1. To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
  2. To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
  3. To counsel spiritually.
  4. To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.

auditing

verb
  1. To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
  2. To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
  3. To counsel spiritually.
  4. To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.
noun
  1. The act or result of performing an audit.

aunt

noun
  1. The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
  2. The female cousin of one’s parent.
  3. A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
  4. Any elderly woman.
  5. A procuress or bawd.

dang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
verb
  1. Damn.
adjective
  1. Damn.
interjection
  1. Damn.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
  3. To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. To fire or reject.
  5. To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
  6. To mishit (a golf ball).

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To dash.

data

noun
  1. (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
  2. (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.
  3. (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
  4. (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

dating

verb
  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
noun
  1. A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
  2. An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
  3. The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.

daunt

verb
  1. To discourage, intimidate.
  2. To overwhelm.

daunting

verb
  1. To discourage, intimidate.
  2. To overwhelm.
noun
  1. Present participle of daunt.
adjective
  1. Discouraging; inspiring fear.
  2. Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.
  3. Appearing to be difficult; challenging.

gadding

verb
  1. To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
noun
  1. The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously.

gaga

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mentally senile.
  2. Crazy.
  3. Infatuated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

gagging

verb
  1. To experience the vomiting reflex.
  2. To cause to heave with nausea.
  3. To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
  4. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
  5. To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
  6. To choke; to retch.
  7. To deceive (someone); to con.
noun
  1. A gag motion or reflex.

gain

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of gaining; acquisition.
  2. What is gained.
  3. The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
verb
  1. To acquire possession of.
  2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
  3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  4. To increase.
  5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  6. To reach.
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  8. To put on weight.
  9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. Against.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Straight, direct; near; short.
  2. Suitable; convenient; ready.
  3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
  4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
adverb
  1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
  2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
  3. Tolerably; fairly.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

gaining

verb
  1. To acquire possession of.
  2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
  3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  4. To increase.
  5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  6. To reach.
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  8. To put on weight.
  9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
noun
  1. Gain; profit.

gait

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
  2. One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
verb
  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sheaf of corn.
  2. A charge for pasturage.

gang

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To go; walk; proceed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
  2. A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.
  3. A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.
  4. A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.
  5. A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.
  6. A chain gang.
  7. A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.
  8. A set; all required for an outfit.
  9. (electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.
  10. (electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.
  11. A going, journey; a course, path, track.
  12. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
verb
  1. To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (obsolete outside Northumbria) To go.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To participate in a gangbang.
  2. To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.
  3. To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.

ganging

verb
  1. To go; walk; proceed.
verb
  1. To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
verb
  1. To participate in a gangbang.
  2. To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.
  3. To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.
noun
  1. A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing

gating

verb
  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
  2. To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
  3. To open a closed ion channel.
  4. To furnish with a gate.
  5. To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.
noun
  1. An arrangement of gates.

gauging

verb
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. To estimate.
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
noun
  1. Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.
  2. The addition of various materials to lime mortar.
  3. A shirring.

gaunt

adjective
  1. Lean, angular and bony
  2. Haggard, drawn and emaciated
  3. Bleak, barren and desolate

giant

noun
  1. A mythical human of very great size.
  2. Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
  3. A very tall and large person.
  4. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
  5. A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
  6. An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
  7. A very large organisation.
  8. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
  9. Jotun
adjective
  1. Very large.

gnat

noun
  1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

iguana

noun
  1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet
  2. In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana
  3. Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
  4. Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor -- see leguan
  5. Colloquially, in Australia, any member of the genus Varanus -- see goanna

indignant

adjective
  1. Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

initiating

verb
  1. To begin; to start.
  2. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  3. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  4. To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

inundating

verb
  1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
  2. To overwhelm.

naan

noun
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

nada

pronoun
  1. Nothing.

nagging

verb
  1. To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
  2. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
  3. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
noun
  1. The action of the verb nag.
adjective
  1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

naiad

noun
  1. A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
  2. The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
  3. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.

nana

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A banana
  2. A fool

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (term of endearment) one's grandmother
  2. A nanny

natant

adjective
  1. Floating or swimming (in water)
  2. In a horizontal position, as if swimming

tagging

verb
  1. To label (something).
  2. (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
  3. To remove dung tags from a sheep.
  4. To hit the ball hard.
  5. To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
  6. To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
  7. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
  8. To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
  9. To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
  10. To fasten; to attach.
noun
  1. The act by which something is tagged.

taiga

noun
  1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

taint

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
  2. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
  3. Tincture; hue; colour
  4. Infection; corruption; deprivation
  5. A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
verb
  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
  5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
  6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
  2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable or unscientific manner.
verb
  1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
  2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
  3. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The perineum.

tainting

verb
  1. To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
  2. To spoil (food) by contamination.
  3. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
  4. To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
  5. To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
  6. To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
verb
  1. To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
  2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
  3. To thrust ineffectually with a lance.

tang

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
  2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
  3. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
  4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
  5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
  6. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
  7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
  8. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
  9. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
  10. Tongue
  11. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
verb
  1. To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
  2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed)

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The vagina.
  2. Intercourse with a woman

tannin

noun
  1. Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

tanning

verb
  1. To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
  2. To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
  3. To spank or beat.
noun
  1. The process of making leather, which does not easily decompose, from the skins of animals, which do.
  2. The acquisition of a tan, either by exposure to the sun, or artificially.
  3. A spanking.

tatting

verb
  1. To make (something by) tatting.
verb
  1. To apply a tattoo.
noun
  1. A form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread.
  2. The art of making such lace.

taunt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
verb
  1. To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Very high or tall.

taunting

verb
  1. To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
noun
  1. The act of one who taunts.

taut

verb
  1. To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
adjective
  1. Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
  2. (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
  3. (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
  4. Experiencing anxiety or stress.
  5. (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
  6. Strong; uncompromising.

titan

noun
  1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

tuna

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia.
  2. The fruit of the cactus.

untag

verb
  1. To remove a tag from.

untagging

verb
  1. To remove a tag from.