Monday, July 14, 2025

Answers to yesterday's Bee

Jump to answers for


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

Click on the arrow to show the definition.
Click outside the pop-up to close it.



Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 198

Number of Answers: 49

Points Needed for Genius: 139

Genius requires between 22 and 43 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

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 198 was in the 64th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 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 49 possible answers rank it in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 13, 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 July 11, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 205
  • loll 200
  • toot 193
  • 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
  • tutu 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • ammo 102
  • momma 102
  • epee 100
  • loon 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 98


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 104,029 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*:

  • bhoot
  • bhut
  • bort
  • bott
  • bugout
  • burgout
  • butoh
  • butut
  • grot
  • ortho
  • otto
  • outbought
  • outroot
  • outthrob
  • outtrot
  • roto
  • roughout
  • routh
  • rubout
  • ruth
  • thoro
  • thro
  • thru
  • torot
  • toroth
  • torr
  • trog
  • trou
  • trug
  • turgor
  • turr

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

boot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
  2. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  3. A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  4. (usually preceded by definite article) A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.
  5. A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  6. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot.
  7. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
  8. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
  9. (police) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
  10. The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
  11. The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot).
  12. Unattractive person, ugly woman (usually as "old boot")
  13. A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle.
  14. A bobbled ball.
  15. The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
verb
  1. To kick.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  4. To forcibly eject.
  5. To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  6. To vomit.
  7. (criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Remedy, amends.
  2. Profit, plunder.
  3. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
  4. Profit; gain; advantage; use.
  5. Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
  6. A medicinal cure or remedy.
verb
  1. To avail, benefit, profit.
  2. To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
verb
  1. To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A bootleg recording.

booth

noun
  1. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  2. An enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person.
  3. An enclosed table with seats, as in a diner or café.
  4. An enclosure for keeping animals.

both

pronoun
  1. Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
conjunction
  1. Including both of (used with and).
  2. Including all of (used with and).

bought

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
  2. To obtain by some sacrifice.
  3. To bribe.
  4. To be equivalent to in value.
  5. To accept as true; to believe
  6. To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
  7. To make a bluff, usually a large one.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
  2. A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
  3. A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
  4. The part of a sling that contains the stone.
  5. A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.

bout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
  2. A boxing match.
  3. An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
  4. A roller derby match.
  5. A fighting competition.
  6. A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
  7. The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
verb
  1. To contest a bout.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
  2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
  3. Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
  4. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
  5. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
  6. Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
  7. On one's person; nearby the person.
  8. In or near, as in mental faculties or in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.

broth

noun
  1. Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.
  2. A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

brought

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
  2. To supply or contribute.
  3. To occasion or bring about.
  4. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
  5. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
  6. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
  7. To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.

brut

adjective
  1. (of champagne) very dry, and not sweet

burbot

noun
  1. A freshwater fish, taxonomic name Lota lota, which is similar to the ling and the cusk and spawns in the winter.

butt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end
  2. The waste end of anything
  3. (generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.
  4. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
verb
  1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
  2. A thrust in fencing.
verb
  1. To strike bluntly, particularly with the head.
  2. To strike bluntly with the head.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (English units) An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
  2. A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A heavy two-wheeled cart.
  2. A three-wheeled cart resembling a wheelbarrow.

goth

noun
  1. A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
  2. A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
  3. A person who is part of the goth subculture.
adjective
  1. Relating to this music or these people.

gout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
  3. A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
verb
  1. To spurt.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Taste; relish

grotto

noun
  1. A small cave.
  2. An artificial cavern-like retreat.
  3. A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
  4. A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
  5. (Satanism) A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.

grout

noun
  1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  2. Coarse meal; groats.
  3. (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
  4. A kind of beer or ale.
verb
  1. To insert mortar between tiles.

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

hurt

noun
  1. An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
  2. A bodily injury causing pain; a wound or bruise.
  3. Injury; damage; detriment; harm
  4. A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
  5. A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
  6. A husk.
verb
  1. To be painful.
  2. To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
  3. To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
  4. To undermine, impede, or damage.
adjective
  1. Wounded, physically injured.
  2. Pained.

ought

noun
  1. Property; possession
  2. Duty; place; office

outgo

noun
  1. The act or process of going out.
  2. A quantity of a substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow.
  3. An expenditure, cost or outlay.
verb
  1. To go out, to set forth.
  2. To go further; to exceed or surpass; go beyond.
  3. To overtake; to travel faster than.
  4. To outdo; exceed; surpass.
  5. To come to an end.

outro

noun
  1. A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
  2. The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game etc.

outthought

verb
  1. To best an opponent by thinking.

robot

noun
  1. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
  2. An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
  3. A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
  4. A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
  5. A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
  6. A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.

root

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  2. A root vegetable.
  3. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  4. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  5. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
  6. The primary source; origin.
  7. Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  8. A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
  9. A zero (of an equation).
  10. The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  11. The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
  12. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
  13. The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  14. The lowest place, position, or part.
  15. In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
  16. The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
  17. A penis, especially the base of a penis.
verb
  1. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  2. To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
  3. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  4. To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An act of sexual intercourse.
  2. A sexual partner.
verb
  1. To turn up or dig with the snout.
  2. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
  3. To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
  4. To root out; to abolish.
  5. To have sexual intercourse.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)

rotgut

noun
  1. Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor

rotor

noun
  1. A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
  2. The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.
  3. A quantity having magnitude, direction and position.

rout

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A noise, especially a loud one
  2. A disturbance; tumult.
  3. Snoring.
verb
  1. To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
  2. To snore, especially loudly.
  3. To belch.
  4. To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.
verb
  1. To beat; strike; assail with blows.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A troop or group, especially of a traveling company or throng.
  2. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
  3. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion, especially when retreating from a fight.
  4. The act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent.
  5. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with the intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
  6. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
verb
  1. To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
  2. To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
  3. To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To search or root in the ground, like a pig.
  2. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
  3. To use a router in woodworking.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. The brent goose.

thorough

noun
  1. A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
adjective
  1. Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
  2. Utter; complete; absolute.
preposition
  1. Through.

thou

No Definition Found.

though

adverb
  1. Despite that; however.
  2. (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
conjunction
  1. Despite the fact that; although.
  2. If, that, even if.

thought

verb
  1. To ponder, to go over in one's head.
  2. To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
  3. To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
  4. To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
  5. To guess; to reckon.
  6. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
  7. To presume; to venture.
verb
  1. To seem, to appear.
noun
  1. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
  2. The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
  3. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).

throb

noun
  1. A beating, vibration or palpitation.
verb
  1. To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
  2. To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.
  3. (of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

through

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
adjective
  1. Passing from one side of something to the other.
  2. Finished; complete.
  3. Without a future; done for.
  4. No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
  5. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
  6. In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
adverb
  1. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
  2. From one end to the other.
  3. To the end.
  4. Completely.
  5. Out into the open.
preposition
  1. From one side of an opening to the other.
  2. Entering, then later leaving.
  3. Surrounded by (while moving).
  4. By means of.
  5. In consequence of; as a result of.
  6. To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.

throughout

adverb
  1. Completely through, right the way through.
  2. In every part; everywhere.
  3. During an entire period of time, the whole time.
preposition
  1. In every part of; all through.

thug

noun
  1. Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
  2. One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
  3. In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
  4. A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
verb
  1. To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of someone who does.

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.

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.

toro

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A traditional Japanese lantern.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.

tort

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An injury or wrong.
  2. A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
  3. (only in the plural torts) Tort law (the area of law dealing with such wrongful acts).

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tart; sharp.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Stretched tight; taut.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A tortoise.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).

tough

noun
  1. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
verb
  1. To endure.
  2. To toughen.
adjective
  1. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
  2. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
  3. Rugged or physically hardy.
  4. Stubborn.
  5. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
  6. Rowdy or rough.
  7. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
  8. Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
interjection
  1. Used to indicate lack of sympathy

tour

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
  2. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
  3. A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
  4. A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
  5. A street and road race, frequently multiday.
  6. A set of competitions which make up a championship.
  7. A tour of duty.
  8. A closed trail.
  9. A going round; a circuit.
  10. A turn; a revolution.
verb
  1. To make a journey
  2. To make a circuit of a place

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A tower.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To toot a horn.

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.

trot

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
  2. Equipment with legs.
  3. Type of equipment.
  4. A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
  5. The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
  6. An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
  7. (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
  8. (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
noun
  1. Heroin (drug).
noun
  1. An ugly old woman, a hag.
  2. (chiefly of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
  3. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
  4. A brisk journey or progression.
  5. A toddler.
  6. A young animal.
  7. A moderately rapid dance.
  8. A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
  9. (with "good" or "bad") A run of luck or fortune.
  10. (as 'the trots') Diarrhoea.
verb
  1. To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
  2. (of a horse) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
  3. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A supporter of Trotskyism.

troth

noun
  1. An oath, pledge, or promise.
  2. Truth; something true.
verb
  1. To pledge to marry somebody.

trough

noun
  1. A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
  2. Any similarly shaped container.
  3. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
  4. A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
  5. A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
  6. A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
  7. A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
verb
  1. To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.

trout

noun
  1. Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
  2. An objectionable elderly woman.
verb
  1. To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.

truth

noun
  1. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
  2. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
  3. The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
  4. Faithfulness, fidelity.
  5. A pledge of loyalty or faith.
  6. Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
  7. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
  8. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
  9. Topness; the property of a truth quark.
verb
  1. To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
  2. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
  3. To tell the truth.

turbo

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Turbocharger.
  2. Turbojet.
  3. Turbomolecular pump.
  4. Autofire.
verb
  1. To autofire.
adjective
  1. With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
  2. Causing or relating to increased speed.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A turban shell.

turbot

noun
  1. A species of flatfish native to Europe (Scophthalmus maximus, earlier Psetta maxima).
  2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
  3. Triggerfish, Canthidermis sufflamen.

tutor

noun
  1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
  2. A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
  3. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
  4. (trading card games) A card that allows you to search your deck for one or more other cards.
verb
  1. To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
  2. To treat with authority or sternness.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.