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Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 45

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 17 and 41 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 92% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 60% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 189 was in the 60th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 28, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 45 possible answers rank it in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 28, 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 28, 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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The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 210
  • loll 202
  • toot 195
  • 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
  • anal 120
  • anon 120
  • olio 116
  • tact 116
  • dodo 115
  • boob 113
  • booboo 113
  • baba 112
  • papa 112
  • poop 112
  • lull 111
  • lulu 111
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • tutu 107
  • mono 106
  • moon 106
  • ratatat 106
  • tart 106
  • tartar 106
  • attar 105
  • cocci 105
  • tattoo 105
  • tatty 105
  • allay 104
  • ally 104
  • ammo 104
  • momma 104
  • loon 102
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 106,059 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,745 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*:

  • coked
  • dekko
  • keck
  • kecked
  • keek
  • keeked
  • kenned
  • konk
  • konked
  • koodoo
  • kudo
  • kune
  • neuk
  • undecked
  • unkend
  • unkenned

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

cock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A male bird, especially:
  2. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  3. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  4. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
  5. The penis.
  6. The circle at the end of the rink.
  7. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  8. A stupid person.
  9. Nonsense; rubbish.
  10. (Tasmania) Term of address.
  11. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
  12. Shuttlecock
  13. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  14. A chief man; a leader or master.
  15. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  16. A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
  17. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
  18. The indicator of a balance.
  19. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
verb
  1. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  2. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  3. To erect; to turn up.
  4. To copulate with.
  5. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  6. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  7. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  8. To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
interjection
  1. Expression of annoyance.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A small conical pile of hay.
verb
  1. To form into piles.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

Etymology 5

proper noun
  1. A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

cocked

verb
  1. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  2. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  3. To erect; to turn up.
  4. To copulate with.
  5. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  6. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  7. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  8. To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
verb
  1. To form into piles.
adjective
  1. Drunk
  2. (in combination) Having a specified form or penis or a specific number of penises

coke

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
verb
  1. To produce coke from coal.
  2. To turn into coke.
  3. To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Cocaine.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Cola-based soft drink.
  2. A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink.
  3. Any soft drink, regardless of type.

conk

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
  2. The shell of this sea animal.
  3. A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
  4. The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
noun
  1. A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
  2. A person who operates such a machine.
noun
  1. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
  2. A nose, especially a large one.
verb
  1. To hit, especially on the head.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
verb
  1. To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. (often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.

conked

verb
  1. To hit, especially on the head.
verb
  1. To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
verb
  1. (often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.

cook

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who prepares food.
  2. The head cook of a manor house
  3. The degree or quality of cookedness of food
  4. One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  5. A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.
  6. A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  2. To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  3. To be cooked.
  4. To be uncomfortably hot.
  5. To execute by electric chair.
  6. To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
  7. To concoct or prepare.
  8. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
  9. To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
  10. To play music vigorously.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To throw.

cooked

verb
  1. To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  2. To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
  3. To be cooked.
  4. To be uncomfortably hot.
  5. To execute by electric chair.
  6. To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
  7. To concoct or prepare.
  8. To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
  9. To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
  10. To play music vigorously.
verb
  1. To make the noise of the cuckoo.
verb
  1. To throw.
adjective
  1. Of food, that has been prepared by cooking.
  2. (of an MP3 audio file) Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.
  3. (of accounting records, intelligence) Partially or wholly fabricated, falsified.
  4. Done in, exhausted, pooped.
  5. Done in, defeated, hopeless.

cuckoo

noun
  1. The two-note sound made by the cuckoo.
  2. A Barbadian food made from mashed okra and cornmeal.
noun
  1. Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.
  2. The sound of that particular bird.
  3. The bird-shaped figure found in cuckoo clocks.
  4. The cuckoo clock itself.
  5. A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).
  6. Someone who is crazy.
verb
  1. To make the call of a cuckoo.
  2. To repeat something incessantly.
adjective
  1. Crazy; not sane.

cuckooed

verb
  1. To make the call of a cuckoo.
  2. To repeat something incessantly.

cuke

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cucumber.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cucoloris.

deck

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
  2. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
  3. A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
  4. A pack or set of playing cards.
  5. (by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
  6. A set of slides for a presentation.
  7. A heap or store.
  8. A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
  9. The floor.
verb
  1. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  2. To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
  3. To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
  2. (sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
  3. To cover; to overspread.

decked

verb
  1. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  2. To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
  3. To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.
verb
  1. (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
  2. (sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
  3. To cover; to overspread.
adjective
  1. Adorned or embellished.
  2. (in combination) Having a specified number or type of decks.

deke

noun
  1. A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
  2. As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
  3. A quick detour.
verb
  1. To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
  2. To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.

deked

verb
  1. To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
  2. To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.

dock

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially common dock, and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
  2. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
  2. The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
  3. The buttocks or anus.
  4. A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
verb
  1. To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
  2. To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  3. To cut off, bar, or destroy.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
  2. A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
  3. The body of water between two piers.
  4. The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
  5. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
  6. A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
  7. A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
  8. An act of docking; joining two things together.
verb
  1. To land at a harbour.
  2. To join two moving items.
  3. To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  4. To place (an electronic device) in its dock.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

docked

verb
  1. To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
  2. To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  3. To cut off, bar, or destroy.
verb
  1. To land at a harbour.
  2. To join two moving items.
  3. To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  4. To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
verb
  1. To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

duck

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  2. To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  3. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
  4. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
  5. To bow.
  6. To evade doing something.
  7. To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
  8. To enter a place for a short moment.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
  2. Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.
  3. The flesh of a duck used as food.
  4. A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.)
  5. A playing card with the rank of two.
  6. A partly-flooded cave passage with limited air space.
  7. A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related.
  8. A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games.
  9. A cairn used to mark a trail.
  10. One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve.
  11. A long-necked medical urinal for men.
noun
  1. A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.
  2. An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.
  3. A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
  2. (in plural) Trousers made of such material.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A term of endearment; pet; darling.
  2. Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger).

ducked

verb
  1. To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  2. To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
  3. To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.
  4. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.
  5. To bow.
  6. To evade doing something.
  7. To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.
  8. To enter a place for a short moment.

duke

noun
  1. The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess).
  2. The sovereign of a small state.
  3. A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
  4. A grand duke.
  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla.
  6. (usually in the plural) A fist.
verb
  1. To hit or beat with the fists.
  2. To give cash to; to give a tip to.

duked

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dunk

No Definition Found.

dunked

No Definition Found.

eked

verb
  1. Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

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.

keened

verb
  1. To make cold, to sharpen.
verb
  1. To utter a keen.
  2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
  3. To mourn.

kendo

noun
  1. A Japanese martial art using "swords" of split bamboo.

keno

noun
  1. A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.

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.

kneed

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.
adjective
  1. Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
  2. Having angular joints like the knee.

knock

noun
  1. Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition.
noun
  1. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
  2. A sharp impact.
  3. Criticism.
  4. Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
  5. A batsman's innings.
verb
  1. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  2. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
  3. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  4. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
  5. To bump or impact.
  6. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

knocked

verb
  1. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  2. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
  3. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  4. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
  5. To bump or impact.
  6. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

kook

noun
  1. An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
  2. (kiteboarding, wakeboarding) A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

kudu

noun
  1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu).

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.

necked

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.
adjective
  1. (in combination) Having some specific type of neck
  2. (of a treenail) Cracked.

nock

noun
  1. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
  2. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
  3. The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
verb
  1. To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch.)
  2. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

nocked

verb
  1. To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch.)
  2. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

nook

noun
  1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
  2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
  3. A recess, cove or hollow.
  4. An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12 1/2 or 20 acres.
  5. A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
verb
  1. To withdraw into a nook.
  2. To situate in a nook.

nuke

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A nuclear weapon.
  2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
  3. A nuclear power station.
  4. A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
  5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
  6. A microwave oven.
verb
  1. To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
  2. To destroy or erase completely.
  3. (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
  4. To expose to some form of radiation.
  5. To cook in a microwave oven.
  6. To over-analyze or overly despair over something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The spinal cord.
  2. The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
  2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
  3. A recess, cove or hollow.
  4. An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12 1/2 or 20 acres.
  5. A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.

nuked

verb
  1. To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
  2. To destroy or erase completely.
  3. (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
  4. To expose to some form of radiation.
  5. To cook in a microwave oven.
  6. To over-analyze or overly despair over something.

uncock

No Definition Found.

uncocked

No Definition Found.

uncooked

verb
  1. To undo the act of cooking
  2. To repair a file (specifically an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.
adjective
  1. Raw and not cooked, especially of something that should be, or is sometimes cooked

undock

verb
  1. To remove (a ship) from a dock.
  2. To remove from a docking station.
  3. To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.

undocked

verb
  1. To remove (a ship) from a dock.
  2. To remove from a docking station.
  3. To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely.