Monday, July 21, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 201

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 141

Genius requires between 19 and 45 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 201 was in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 20, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 20, 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 20, 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 205
  • loll 200
  • toot 193
  • naan 175
  • nana 175
  • lilt 143
  • till 143
  • tilt 143
  • tint 138
  • nene 135
  • mama 134
  • mamma 134
  • acacia 129
  • acai 129
  • onto 127
  • toon 127
  • onion 123
  • anon 119
  • anal 118
  • olio 116
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • dodo 113
  • poop 112
  • tact 112
  • papa 111
  • baba 110
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • lull 108
  • lulu 108
  • mitt 107
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • attar 105
  • tatty 105
  • tattoo 104
  • ammo 103
  • cocci 103
  • momma 103
  • mono 103
  • moon 103
  • tutu 103
  • allay 102
  • ally 102
  • epee 100
  • loon 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 104,369 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,684 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*:

  • airn
  • alar
  • amarna
  • amir
  • amorini
  • amorino
  • armilla
  • inarm
  • inro
  • laari
  • laminar
  • laminaria
  • laminarian
  • laminarin
  • lari
  • larn
  • liri
  • loral
  • loran
  • lorn
  • maar
  • mair
  • malar
  • malarian
  • malaroma
  • mara
  • maria
  • marl
  • marram
  • marrano
  • marron
  • miliaria
  • miliarial
  • millimolar
  • miri
  • moira
  • moirai
  • mora
  • morainal
  • morion
  • morrion
  • morro
  • naira
  • narial
  • noniron
  • nonmoral
  • nonnormal
  • nonoral
  • noria
  • oorali
  • orlon
  • orra
  • raia
  • railman
  • ramal
  • rami
  • ramin
  • ramona
  • roman
  • romano
  • ronin
  • ronion

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

airmail

noun
  1. The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
  2. The items of mail so carried.
verb
  1. To send mail by air.
  2. To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.

airman

noun
  1. A pilot of an aircraft.
  2. A member of an air force.
  3. A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.
  4. A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.

alarm

noun
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
  2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
  3. A sudden attack; disturbance.
  4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
  5. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
  6. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
verb
  1. To call to arms for defense
  2. To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
  3. To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
  4. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
  5. To keep in excitement; to disturb.

amoral

adjective
  1. (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
  2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

aria

noun
  1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

aril

noun
  1. A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

armor

noun
  1. A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
  2. A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
  3. Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
  4. A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
  5. A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
  6. The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
verb
  1. To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
  2. To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

armorial

noun
  1. A book etc concerning heraldry, especially a collection of coats of arms.
adjective
  1. Of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms.
  2. In, or pertaining to, armor.

aroma

noun
  1. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

immoral

adjective
  1. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

iron

noun
  1. A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
  2. A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
  3. Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
  4. A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
  5. (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
  6. A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
  7. A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
  8. (shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.
  9. A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
  10. Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
  11. Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
  12. A safety curtain in a theatre.
  13. Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
verb
  1. To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
  2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
  3. To furnish or arm with iron.
adjective
  1. Made of the metal iron.
  2. Strong (as of will), inflexible.

ironman

noun
  1. An extremely tough and strong athlete, especially one who competes in extreme athletic competitions or in a large number of games consecutively.
  2. A form of surf lifesaving competition which combines swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running.
  3. An extreme form of triathlon, expecially one organised by the World Triathlon Corporation that comprises a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike race and a marathon run.
  4. (by extension) The winner of such a lifesaving event or triathlon.

lair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  2. A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
  3. A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
  4. A bed or resting place.
  5. A grave; a cemetery plot.
verb
  1. To rest; to dwell.
  2. To lay down.
  3. To bury.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bog; a mire.
verb
  1. To mire.
  2. To become mired.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.

liar

noun
  1. One who tells lies.
  2. A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

lira

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
noun
  1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
  2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
  3. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

mailroom

noun
  1. A room used for receiving and sending mail.

malaria

noun
  1. A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
  2. Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.

malarial

No Definition Found.

manor

noun
  1. A landed estate.
  2. The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
  3. A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
  4. The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
  5. Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
  6. One's neighbourhood.

manorial

No Definition Found.

marina

noun
  1. A harbour for small boats.

marinara

noun
  1. A marinara sauce.
adjective
  1. Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
  2. Of pasta: In a seafood sauce. Of pizza: With seafood topping.

marlin

noun
  1. Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira. Every such species has a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

maroon

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  2. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
verb
  1. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
adjective
  1. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
adjective
  1. Of a maroon color

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An idiot; a fool.

minor

noun
  1. A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
  2. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
  3. Determinant of a square submatrix
  4. (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
  5. A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
  6. The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion.
  7. (campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells.
verb
  1. To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
adjective
  1. Of little significance or importance.
  2. Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
  3. Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number

mirin

noun
  1. A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake.

mirror

noun
  1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
  2. An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
  3. A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.
  4. A mirror carp.
  5. A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
verb
  1. Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
  2. To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
  3. To reflect, as in a mirror.

molar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.
adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
  2. Of or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

monorail

noun
  1. A railroad system where the trains run on one rail
  2. A train running on a single rail

moor

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
  2. A game preserve consisting of moorland.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cast anchor or become fastened.
  2. To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
  3. To secure or fix firmly.

moral

noun
  1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
  3. A morality play.
  4. A moral certainty.
  5. An exact counterpart.
verb
  1. To moralize.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
  3. Capable of right and wrong action.
  4. Probable but not proved.
  5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

morn

noun
  1. Morning.

moron

noun
  1. A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
  2. A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

noir

noun
  1. Film noir.
  2. A production in the style of film noir.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre

nori

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
  2. The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An improvised rail vehicle from Cambodia; a bamboo train.

norm

Etymology 1

noun
  1. That which is normal or typical.
  2. A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
  3. A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.
  4. A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
  5. A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.

normal

noun
  1. A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
  2. A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
  3. The usual state.
adjective
  1. According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
  2. Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
  3. (of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
  4. Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
  5. Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
  6. (of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode).
  7. (of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
  8. Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface.

oral

noun
  1. A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
  2. A physical examination of the mouth.
  3. Oral sex.
adjective
  1. Relating to the mouth.
  2. Spoken rather than written.

rail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
  2. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
  3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
  4. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
  5. One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
  6. A vertical section on one side of a web page.
  7. A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
verb
  1. To travel by railway.
  2. To enclose with rails or a railing.
  3. To range in a line.
  4. To criticize severely.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To complain violently (against, about).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
  2. Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. (of a liquid) To gush, flow.

rain

noun
  1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
  2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
  3. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
verb
  1. To have rain fall from the sky.
  2. To fall as or like rain.
  3. To issue (something) in large quantities.
  4. To reign.

rani

noun
  1. The wife of a rajah.
  2. A Hindu princess or female ruler in India.

rial

noun
  1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
  2. An old gold coin of England.

rill

noun
  1. A very small brook; a streamlet.
verb
  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
noun
  1. A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

roam

verb
  1. To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
  2. To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
  3. To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.
  4. To range or wander over.

roan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  2. The color of such an animal.
  3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
adjective
  1. Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
  2. Made of the leather called roan.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
  2. Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

roar

noun
  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
  2. The cry of the lion.
  3. The deep cry of the bull.
  4. A loud resounding noise.
  5. A show of strength or character.
verb
  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. To proceed vigorously.
  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. (North Midlands) to cry

roil

verb
  1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  2. To annoy; to make someone angry.
  3. To bubble, seethe.
  4. To wander; to roam.
  5. To romp.

roll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
  2. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
  3. Something which rolls.
  4. A swagger or rolling gait.
  5. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
  6. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  7. The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
  8. The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
  9. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
  10. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
  11. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
  12. A training match for a fighting dog.
  13. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
  14. (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized.
verb
  1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
  2. To turn over and over.
  3. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
  4. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  5. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
  6. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
  7. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
  8. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
  9. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
  10. To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
  11. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  12. To leave or begin a journey.
  13. To compete, especially with vigor.
  14. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  15. To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  16. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  17. To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
  18. To throw dice.
  19. To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
  20. To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
  21. To generate a random number.
  22. (of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
  23. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
  24. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
  25. To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
  26. To betray secrets.
  27. To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
  28. (of a camera) To (cause to) film.
  29. To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
  30. To have a rolling aspect.
  31. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
  32. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
  33. To move and cause an effect on someone
  34. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
  35. To utter with an alveolar trill.
  36. To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
  37. To create a customized version of.
  38. To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is rolled up.
  2. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  3. An official or public document; a register; a record
  4. A catalogue or list
  5. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
  6. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  7. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
  8. Part; office; duty; rôle.
  9. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
  10. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.

room

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Opportunity or scope (to do something).
  2. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
  3. A particular portion of space.
  4. Sufficient space for or to do something.
  5. A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
  6. Place; stead.
  7. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
  8. (with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
  9. (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
  10. (always in the singular, metonymy) The people in a room.
  11. An area for working in a coal mine.
  12. A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
  13. A IRC or chat room.
  14. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
  15. Furniture sufficient to furnish a room.
verb
  1. To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
  2. To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Wide; spacious; roomy.

Etymology 3

adverb
  1. Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
  2. Off from the wind.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A deep blue dye.

marm

noun
  1. Madam; a polite term of address for a lady.