Sunday, August 17, 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: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 338

Number of Answers: 56

Points Needed for Genius: 237

Genius requires between 31 and 47 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% 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 338 was in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 16, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 56 possible answers rank it in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 16, 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 August 16, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.1.
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 209
  • loll 201
  • toot 193
  • naan 177
  • nana 177
  • lilt 144
  • till 144
  • tilt 144
  • nene 138
  • tint 138
  • mama 135
  • mamma 135
  • acacia 131
  • acai 131
  • onto 128
  • toon 128
  • onion 124
  • anon 120
  • anal 119
  • olio 116
  • dodo 115
  • tact 115
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • papa 112
  • poop 112
  • baba 111
  • lull 110
  • lulu 110
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • tutu 106
  • attar 105
  • mono 105
  • moon 105
  • tatty 105
  • ammo 104
  • cocci 104
  • momma 104
  • tattoo 104
  • allay 103
  • ally 103
  • loon 102
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 105,563 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,716 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*:

  • abaca
  • accidia
  • accidie
  • acedia
  • aceta
  • acetated
  • acta
  • adiabatic
  • aecia
  • aecidia
  • atactic
  • bacca
  • baccae
  • baccate
  • baccated
  • bice
  • caca
  • caddice
  • cade
  • cadi
  • caeca
  • caid
  • cate
  • catted
  • cattie
  • cebid
  • ceca
  • cedi
  • ceiba
  • cete
  • cicadae
  • citied
  • dace
  • dacite
  • deictic
  • diacid
  • diacidic
  • ectatic
  • etic
  • ictic
  • tabetic
  • tace
  • tecta
  • tectite
  • ticced
  • tictac

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

abaci

No Definition Found.

abdicate

verb
  1. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
  2. To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
  3. To depose.
  4. To reject; to cast off; to discard.
  5. To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
  6. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.

abdicated

verb
  1. To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
  2. To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
  3. To depose.
  4. To reject; to cast off; to discard.
  5. To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
  6. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

accede

verb
  1. To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
  2. To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
  3. To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
  4. To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
  5. To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

acceded

verb
  1. To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
  2. To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of.
  3. To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
  4. To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
  5. To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

aced

verb
  1. (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
  2. To win a point by an ace.
  3. To make an ace (hole in one).

acetate

noun
  1. Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
  2. Cellulose acetate.
  3. A transparent sheet used for overlays.
  4. Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

acetic

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
  2. Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives

acid

noun
  1. A sour substance.
  2. Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
  3. Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
adjective
  1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
  2. Sour-tempered.
  3. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
  4. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

acidic

adjective
  1. Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
  2. Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
  3. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

acted

verb
  1. To do something.
  2. To do (something); to perform.
  3. To perform a theatrical role.
  4. Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
  5. To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
  6. To convey an appearance of being.
  7. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  8. (construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  9. To play (a role).
  10. To feign.
  11. (construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
  12. To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

addict

noun
  1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  2. An adherent or fan (of something)
verb
  1. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
  2. To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
  3. To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
  4. To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
  5. To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
  6. To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

addicted

verb
  1. To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
  2. To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
  3. To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
  4. To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
  5. To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
  6. To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
adjective
  1. Having a biochemical addiction.
  2. Devoted to or obsessed with something.

attic

noun
  1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

cabbed

verb
  1. To travel by taxicab.

cabbie

noun
  1. A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.

cacti

noun
  1. Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
  2. Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.

caddie

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A golfer's assistant and adviser.
verb
  1. To serve as a golf caddie.
noun
  1. A Scottish errand boy, porter, or messenger.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items.
  2. A lightweight freestanding rack designed to hold accessories.
  3. A lightweight wheeled cart, often fitted with shelves or racks, or attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child.
  4. A tea caddy.

caddied

verb
  1. To serve as a golf caddie.
verb
  1. To serve as a caddy, carrying golf clubs etc.

cadet

noun
  1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
  2. A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
  3. (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
  4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
  5. A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

cede

verb
  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. To give way.

ceded

verb
  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. To give way.

ciabatta

noun
  1. A broad, flat, white Italian bread.

cicada

noun
  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

cite

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A citation

cited

verb
  1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  2. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  3. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

decade

noun
  1. A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
  2. A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
  3. The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.

deceit

noun
  1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
  2. An act of deceiving someone.
  3. The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
  4. The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

decide

verb
  1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
  2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
  3. To cause someone to come to a decision
  4. To cut off; to separate

decided

verb
  1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
  2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
  3. To cause someone to come to a decision
  4. To cut off; to separate
adjective
  1. Determined; resolute
  2. Clear; unmistakable

dedicate

verb
  1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  2. To set apart for a special use
  3. To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
  4. To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  5. To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  6. To show to the public for the first time
adjective
  1. Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

dedicated

verb
  1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  2. To set apart for a special use
  3. To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
  4. To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  5. To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  6. To show to the public for the first time
adjective
  1. Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
  2. Used or intended for a particular purpose

dedicatee

No Definition Found.

deice

No Definition Found.

deiced

No Definition Found.

deicide

noun
  1. The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
  2. The killer of a god or goddess.
  3. The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.

detect

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Detected.

detected

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Having been noticed.

diabetic

noun
  1. A person who suffers from diabetes mellitus.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
  2. Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
  3. Suitable for one having diabetes mellitus.

dice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Gaming with one or more dice.
  2. A die.
  3. That which has been diced.
verb
  1. To play dice.
  2. To cut into small cubes.
  3. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
  2. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
  3. (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

diced

verb
  1. To play dice.
  2. To cut into small cubes.
  3. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

dicta

noun
  1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
  2. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
  3. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
  4. An arbitrament or award.

dictate

noun
  1. An order or command.
verb
  1. To order, command, control.
  2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

dictated

verb
  1. To order, command, control.
  2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

didact

No Definition Found.

didactic

noun
  1. A treatise on teaching or education.
adjective
  1. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
  2. Excessively moralizing.
  3. Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

dietetic

adjective
  1. Relating to diet.
  2. Relating to preparation for those on a restricted diet.

edict

noun
  1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

eidetic

adjective
  1. Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.

iced

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. With ice added.
  2. Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.
  3. Covered with icing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cool with ice, as a beverage.
  2. To become ice; to freeze.
  3. To make icy; to freeze.
  4. To murder.
  5. To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
  6. To put out a team for a match.
  7. To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.

tacet

No Definition Found.

tacit

adjective
  1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
  2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

tact

noun
  1. The sense of touch; feeling.
  2. The stroke in beating time.
  3. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
  4. A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
verb
  1. To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun
  1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
  2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
  3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

tactic

noun
  1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
  2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
  3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective
  1. Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
  2. Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.