Friday, August 22, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 177

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 124

Genius requires between 18 and 28 words. You need at least a 7-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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 177 was in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 19, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 36th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 19, 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 August 20, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
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 210
  • loll 202
  • toot 194
  • naan 177
  • nana 177
  • lilt 144
  • till 144
  • tilt 144
  • nene 138
  • tint 138
  • mama 135
  • mamma 135
  • acacia 131
  • acai 131
  • onto 129
  • toon 129
  • onion 125
  • anon 120
  • anal 119
  • olio 116
  • dodo 115
  • tact 115
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • papa 112
  • poop 112
  • baba 111
  • lull 111
  • lulu 111
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • mono 106
  • moon 106
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • tutu 106
  • attar 105
  • cocci 105
  • tatty 105
  • ammo 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 105,739 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,720 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*:

  • cion
  • cirriform
  • coccic
  • coco
  • coff
  • comm
  • commo
  • coni
  • conin
  • conn
  • connor
  • coocoo
  • coof
  • coon
  • corf
  • corm
  • crimini
  • ficin
  • fico
  • micrococci
  • monic
  • nonconform
  • nonionic
  • omnific
  • orcin

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

cirri

noun
  1. A tendril.
  2. A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

cocci

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
  2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Coccidioidomycosis

cocoon

noun
  1. The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
  2. Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb
  1. To envelop in a protective case
  2. To withdraw into such a case.

coffin

noun
  1. A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
  2. The eighth Lenormand card.
  3. A basket.
  4. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
  5. A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
  6. The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
  7. A storage container for nuclear waste.
verb
  1. To place in a coffin.

coif

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A hairdo.
  2. A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
  3. An item of chain mail headgear.
  4. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To style or arrange hair.

coin

noun
  1. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
  3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. Money in general, not limited to coins.
  5. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  6. A corner or external angle.
  7. A small circular slice of food.
  8. A cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
  2. (by extension) To make or fabricate.
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

coir

noun
  1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

comic

noun
  1. A comedian.
  2. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
  3. A children's newspaper.
adjective
  1. Funny; amusing; comical.
  2. Relating to comedy.

common

noun
  1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
  3. The people; the community.
  4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
verb
  1. To communicate (something).
  2. To converse, talk.
  3. To have sex.
  4. To participate.
  5. To have a joint right with others in common ground.
  6. To board together; to eat at a table in common.
adjective
  1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
  2. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
  3. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
  4. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  5. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
  6. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
  7. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
  8. Profane; polluted.
  9. Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

confirm

verb
  1. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
  2. To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
  3. To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

conform

verb
  1. (of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
  2. (of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
  3. To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.

conic

noun
  1. A conic section.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a cone or cones.
  2. Shaped like a cone.
  3. Describing a map projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced lines radiating out from the apex and parallels of latitude are mapped to circular arcs centred on the apex.

corn

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
  2. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
  3. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
  4. A small, hard particle.
verb
  1. To granulate; to form a substance into grains
  2. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
  3. To provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
  4. To render intoxicated

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.

croc

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A crocodile.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A plastic slip-on shoe.

croci

noun
  1. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
  2. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
  3. A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.
  4. A fraudulent doctor; a quack.

croon

noun
  1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.
verb
  1. To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
  2. To say softly or gently
  3. To soothe by singing softly.
  4. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

foci

noun
  1. A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
  2. A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
  3. The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
  4. The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
  5. Concentration of attention.
  6. The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
  7. The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
  8. The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
  9. An object used in casting a magic spell.

formic

No Definition Found.

icon

noun
  1. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  2. (especially Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.
  3. (by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
  4. A small picture that represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
  5. A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

iconic

adjective
  1. Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
  2. Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
  3. Representing something; symbolic.

ionic

adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or containing ions

ironic

adjective
  1. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  2. Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
  3. Contrary or opposite to what may be expected.
  4. Odd or coincidental; strange.

micro

noun
  1. (gaming slang) micromanagement
verb
  1. (gaming slang) to micromanage
adjective
  1. Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified.
noun
  1. A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.
noun
  1. The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.

microform

noun
  1. Microfilm, microfiche or similar materials.
  2. A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism of microscopic size.

micromini

No Definition Found.

micron

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
  2. A very tiny amount.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
  2. A double whole note.
  3. Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court.
  4. The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

mimic

noun
  1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  2. An imitation.
verb
  1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
  2. To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  2. Mock, pretended.
  3. Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

morocco

noun
  1. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
  2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
  3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

moronic

adjective
  1. Having a mental age of between seven and twelve years
  2. Behaving in the manner of a moron; idiotic; stupid

noncom

noun
  1. A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).

omicron

noun
  1. The 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek, and the 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.

ricin

noun
  1. An extremely toxic protein extracted from the castor bean.

rococo

noun
  1. A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the rococo style.
  2. Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
  3. Old-fashioned.

romcom

noun
  1. A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.
  2. Such a story.