Friday, August 1, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 109

Number of Answers: 29

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 11 and 26 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, 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 109 was in the 18th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 7, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 29 possible answers rank it in the 22nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on July 30, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.1.
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 206
  • loll 201
  • toot 193
  • naan 177
  • nana 177
  • lilt 143
  • till 143
  • tilt 143
  • tint 138
  • nene 136
  • mama 135
  • mamma 135
  • acacia 130
  • acai 130
  • onto 127
  • toon 127
  • onion 123
  • anon 120
  • anal 119
  • olio 116
  • tact 114
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • dodo 113
  • poop 112
  • baba 111
  • papa 111
  • lull 109
  • lulu 109
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • attar 105
  • mono 105
  • moon 105
  • tatty 105
  • ammo 104
  • momma 104
  • tattoo 104
  • tutu 104
  • allay 103
  • ally 103
  • cocci 103
  • loon 101
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 104,851 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,702 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*:

  • achene
  • akene
  • ananke
  • anna
  • cancha
  • chana
  • hackman
  • hackmen
  • haen
  • hance
  • kana
  • kanaka
  • kane
  • kench
  • mana
  • manana
  • manche
  • mannan
  • nance
  • nanna
  • neem
  • nema

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

acne

noun
  1. A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
  2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

amen

noun
  1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
  2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
verb
  1. To say amen.
  2. To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
adverb
  1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
  2. In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: truly, verily.
interjection
  1. An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".

ankh

noun
  1. A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.
  2. Tau cross

cancan

noun
  1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
  2. (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
verb
  1. To dance the cancan.

cane

noun
  1. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
  2. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
  3. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
  4. Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
  5. A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
  2. To destroy; to comprehensively defeat
  3. To do something well, in a competent fashion
  4. To produce extreme pain
  5. To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

canna

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.

chance

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opportunity or possibility.
  2. Random occurrence; luck.
  3. The probability of something happening.
  4. What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
adjective
  1. Happening by chance, casual.
adverb
  1. Perchance; perhaps.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To happen by chance, to occur.
  2. To befall; to happen to.
  3. To try or risk.
  4. To discover something by chance.
  5. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

enema

noun
  1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
  2. The fluid so injected.
  3. A device for administering such an injection.

enhance

verb
  1. To lift, raise up.
  2. To augment or make something greater.
  3. To improve something by adding features.
  4. To be raised up; to grow larger.
  5. (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).

hank

noun
  1. A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.
  2. A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.
  3. Doubt, difficulty.
  4. Mess, tangle.
  5. A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
  6. Hold; influence.
  7. A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.
verb
  1. To form into hanks.
  2. To fasten with a rope, as a gate.

hence

adverb
  1. From here, from this place, away
  2. From the living or from this world
  3. (of a length of time) in the future from now
  4. As a result; therefore, for this reason

henchman

noun
  1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
  4. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

henchmen

noun
  1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
  4. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

henna

noun
  1. A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
  2. A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.
  3. A rich reddish-brown colour.
verb
  1. To dye or tattoo with henna.
adjective
  1. Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

keen

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make cold, to sharpen.
adjective
  1. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
  2. Fierce, intense, vehement.
  3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
  4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
  5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
  6. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
  7. Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
  8. Marvelous.
  9. Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.

khan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.
  2. An Ottoman sultan.
  3. A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.

knack

noun
  1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
  2. A petty contrivance; a toy.
  3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.
verb
  1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
  2. To speak affectedly.

knee

noun
  1. In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
  2. In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
  3. The part of a garment that covers the knee.
  4. A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
  5. An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
  6. Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
  7. A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
verb
  1. To kneel to.
  2. To poke or strike with the knee.
  3. To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

mane

noun
  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

manna

noun
  1. Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
  3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

mean

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lament.
verb
  1. To intend.
  2. To convey (a meaning).
  3. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  4. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
  5. (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Common; general.
  2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  5. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  6. Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
  7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating
  8. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
  9. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another
  10. Powerful; fierce; strong
  11. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  12. Difficult, tricky.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  2. (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  4. The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
  5. The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
  6. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
  7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
adjective
  1. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
  2. Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

menace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A perceived threat or danger.
  2. The act of threatening.
  3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
  2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

naan

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

name

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. Reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  7. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
  8. Authority.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
  2. To mention, specify.
  3. To identify as relevant or important
  4. To publicly implicate.
  5. To designate for a role.
  6. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

nana

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A banana
  2. A fool

Etymology 2

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

nankeen

noun
  1. A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.

neck

noun
  1. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
  2. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  3. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
  4. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
  5. The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
  6. The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  7. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  8. A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
  9. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
  10. The gorgerin of a capital.
  11. The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  12. A person's life.
  13. A falsehood; a lie.
  14. Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore
verb
  1. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
  2. To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
  3. To drink rapidly.
  4. To decrease in diameter.

nene

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

namecheck

verb
  1. (especially in jazz) To announce the name of a person before they play a solo.
  2. To name-drop.