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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 195

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 137

Genius requires between 20 and 33 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% 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 195 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 31, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 50th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 31, 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 28, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
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
  • papa 112
  • poop 112
  • baba 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 104,890 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*:

  • appal
  • diapir
  • drippily
  • lapilli
  • lipa
  • padi
  • padri
  • paillard
  • pali
  • palladia
  • pallia
  • pallial
  • pally
  • palpal
  • palpi
  • paly
  • papillar
  • papillary
  • pappi
  • papyral
  • para
  • pard
  • pardi
  • pardy
  • parr
  • parral
  • pial
  • pilar
  • pili
  • pily
  • pipa
  • pipal
  • pipy
  • piraya
  • playa
  • playday
  • priapi
  • prill
  • pyralid
  • pyralidid
  • riprap

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

airplay

noun
  1. The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.

apiary

noun
  1. A place where bees and their hives are kept.

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

apply

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
  2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
  3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
  4. To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
  5. To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
  6. To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
  7. To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
  8. To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
  9. To visit.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Resembling apples, apple-like.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, apples.

dippy

adjective
  1. Lacking common sense.
  2. Having romantic feelings for; excited or enthusiastic about.
  3. Of an egg: cooked so that the yolk remains runny and can be used for dipping.
  4. Involving or suited to dipping.

drip

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To fall one drop at a time.
  2. To leak slowly.
  3. To let fall in drops.
  4. (usually with with) To have a superabundance of valuable things.
  5. (of the weather) To rain lightly.
  6. To be wet, to be soaked.
  7. To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A drop of a liquid.
  2. A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
  3. An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
  4. A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
  5. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A dividend reinvestment program; a type of financial investing.

drippy

adjective
  1. Dripping or tending to drip.
  2. Rainy or wet.
  3. Maudlin, tiresome or annoying;

lapidary

noun
  1. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems.
  2. An expert in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
  3. A treatise on precious stones.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
  2. Suitable for inscriptions; efficient, stately, concise; embodying the refinement and precision characteristic of stone-cutting.

lipid

noun
  1. Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.

lippy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Having prominent lips.
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

paddy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
  2. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A fit of temper; a tantrum
  2. A white person.
  3. A labourer's assistant or workmate.
  4. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

paid

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
  2. To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
  3. To be profitable for.
  4. To give (something else than money).
  5. To be profitable or worth the effort.
  6. To discharge an obligation or debt.
  7. To suffer consequences.
  8. To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. That is not free of charge; that costs money.
  2. Rich, wealthy

pail

noun
  1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
  2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

pair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
  2. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
  3. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)
  4. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
  5. A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
  6. A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
  7. A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
  8. A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
  9. A boat for two sweep rowers.
  10. A pair of breasts
  11. The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
  12. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
  13. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
  14. (kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
verb
  1. To group into one or more sets of two.
  2. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
  3. To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
  4. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To impair, to make worse.
  2. To become worse, to deteriorate.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

pallid

adjective
  1. Appearing weak, pale or wan.

pallidly

No Definition Found.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papally

No Definition Found.

papaya

noun
  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

papilla

noun
  1. A nipple-like anatomical structure.

pappy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Like pap; soft; mushy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Father
  2. Grandfather

papyri

noun
  1. (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley.
  2. (usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  3. A scroll or document written on papyrus.

parlay

noun
  1. (originally United States) A bet or series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward; an accumulator.
verb
  1. To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
  2. (by extension) To increase (an asset, money, etc.) by gambling or investing in a daring manner.
  3. (by extension, generally) To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.
verb
  1. To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.

parry

noun
  1. A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
  2. A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
  3. (combat sports and martial arts) A defensive move intended to change the direction of an incoming strike to make it miss its intended target, rather than block and absorb it; and typically performed with an open hand in a downward or sideways slapping motion.
verb
  1. To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

payday

noun
  1. The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.

piddly

adjective
  1. Small, inconsequential, or not worth spending time on.

pill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
  3. A comical or entertaining person.
  4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. A baseball.
  7. A bullet (projectile).
  8. A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
verb
  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The peel or skin.
verb
  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

pillar

noun
  1. A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  2. Something resembling such a structure.
  3. An essential part of something that provides support.
  4. A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
  5. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
verb
  1. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

plaid

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
  2. A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.
  3. The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
adjective
  1. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
  2. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  3. To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
  4. To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  5. (heading) To produce music or theatre.
  6. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  7. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
  8. To move to and fro.
  9. To put in action or motion.
  10. To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
  11. To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.

play

noun
  1. Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  2. Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  3. The conduct, or course, of a game.
  4. An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  5. A short sequence of action within a game.
  6. (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  7. A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
  8. A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  9. A major move by a business or investor.
  10. A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
  11. The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  12. Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
  13. An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
  14. A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
  15. (now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
verb
  1. To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
  2. To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  3. To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
  4. To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  5. (heading) To produce music or theatre.
  6. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  7. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
  8. To move to and fro.
  9. To put in action or motion.
  10. To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
  11. To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.

pray

verb
  1. To direct words and/or thoughts to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
  2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
  3. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
  4. To implore, to entreat, to request.
adverb
  1. Please; used to make a polite request.

rapid

noun
  1. (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
  2. A burst of rapid fire.
adjective
  1. Very swift or quick.
  2. Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
  3. Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
  4. Violent, severe.
  5. Happy.
adverb
  1. (archaic or colloquial) Rapidly.

rapidly

adverb
  1. With speed; in a rapid manner.

ripply

No Definition Found.

yappy

adjective
  1. Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
  2. Very talkative; talking foolishly or at length.