Wednesday, September 10, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 173

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 121

Genius requires between 19 and 36 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% 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 173 was in the 52nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 9, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 9, 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 September 8, 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 212
  • loll 203
  • toot 195
  • naan 179
  • nana 179
  • lilt 144
  • till 144
  • tilt 144
  • nene 139
  • tint 138
  • mama 137
  • mamma 137
  • acacia 132
  • acai 132
  • onto 129
  • toon 129
  • onion 125
  • anal 121
  • anon 121
  • tact 117
  • dodo 116
  • olio 116
  • boob 114
  • booboo 114
  • baba 113
  • papa 113
  • poop 112
  • lull 111
  • lulu 111
  • call 108
  • calla 108
  • mitt 108
  • mono 107
  • moon 107
  • ratatat 107
  • tart 107
  • tartar 107
  • tutu 107
  • attar 106
  • cocci 106
  • allay 105
  • ally 105
  • tattoo 105
  • tatty 105
  • ammo 104
  • loon 104
  • momma 104
  • epee 100
  • peep 100
  • roar 99


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 106,616 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,777 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*:

  • airt
  • ariary
  • atrip
  • attrit
  • aurar
  • para
  • parr
  • parura
  • piraya
  • prau
  • priapi
  • pruta
  • puparia
  • puri
  • purpura
  • purty
  • pyuria
  • raia
  • raya
  • riata
  • riprap
  • tarty
  • tatar
  • tayra
  • trappy
  • trapt
  • tripart
  • tuatara
  • turr
  • urari
  • yirr
  • yttria
  • yurta

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

airy

adjective
  1. Consisting of air.
  2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
  3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
  4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
  5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
  6. Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
  7. Light-hearted; vivacious
  8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  9. Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

apart

adjective
  1. (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
  2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
adverb
  1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
  2. Separately, exclusively, not together
  3. Aside; away.
  4. In or into two or more parts.

apiary

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

apparat

noun
  1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.

aria

noun
  1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

array

noun
  1. Clothing and ornamentation.
  2. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
  3. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
  4. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
  5. A large collection.
  6. Common name for matrix.
  7. Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
  8. A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
  9. A militia.
  10. A group of hedgehogs.
  11. A microarray.
verb
  1. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
  2. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
  3. To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.

arty

adjective
  1. Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.

atria

noun
  1. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  2. A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  3. A cavity, entrance, or passage.
  4. Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

attar

noun
  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

aura

noun
  1. Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
  2. An invisible force surrounding a living creature.
  3. Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache.
  4. Telltale sensation experienced by some people with epilepsy before a seizure.

irrupt

verb
  1. To break into.
  2. To enter forcibly or uninvited.
  3. To rapidly increase or intensify.

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.

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.

parity

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
  2. Senses related to classification into two sets.
  3. (games) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
  4. Resemblance; analogy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks
  2. The number of times a sow has farrowed.

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.).

part

noun
  1. A portion; a component.
  2. Duty; responsibility.
  3. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
  4. In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
  5. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.
verb
  1. To leave the company of.
  2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
  3. To divide in two.
  4. To be divided in two or separated; shed.
  5. To divide up; to share.
  6. To have a part or share; to partake.
  7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
  8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
  9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
  10. To leave; to quit.
  11. To leave (an IRC channel).
adjective
  1. Fractional; partial.
adverb
  1. Partly; partially; fractionally.

partita

noun
  1. A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century

party

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
  2. A person.
  3. A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.
  4. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government.
  5. A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose.
  6. A group of persons collected or gathered together for some particular purpose.
  7. A part or division.
verb
  1. To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
  2. To take recreational drugs.
  3. To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
  4. To form a party (with).

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (except in compounds) Divided; in part.
  2. Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries.

pituitary

noun
  1. The pituitary gland.
  2. The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
  3. An extract from the pituitary gland.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
  2. Mucous.

prat

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
adjective
  1. Cunning, astute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
  2. A fool.
  3. The female genitals.

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.

purity

noun
  1. The state or degree of being pure.

purr

noun
  1. The vibrating sound made by a cat in its throat when contented.
  2. A throaty, seductive sound of pleasure made by a person.
  3. The low consistent rumble made by an engine at slow speed
verb
  1. Of a cat, to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented.
  2. To say (something) in a throaty, seductive manner.
  3. To make a vibrating throaty sound, as from pleasure.
  4. (of an engine) To make a low and consistent rumbling sound.
interjection
  1. Throat vibrating sound made by a cat.

raita

noun
  1. A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.

rapt

noun
  1. An ecstasy; a trance.
  2. Rapidity.
verb
  1. To transport or ravish.
  2. To carry away by force.
adjective
  1. Snatched, taken away; abducted.
  2. Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
  3. Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
  4. Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

rarity

noun
  1. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
  2. (of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
  3. A rare object.

ratatat

noun
  1. A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

rattrap

noun
  1. A device (trap) used to catch rats.
  2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
  3. A difficult, entangling situation.

ratty

adjective
  1. Similar to a rat; ratlike.
  2. Infested with rats.
  3. In poor condition or repair
  4. Irritable, annoyed, bad-tempered.

rutty

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tapir

noun
  1. Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.

tarp

noun
  1. A tarpaulin.
verb
  1. To cover something with a tarpaulin.

tarry

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A sojourn.
verb
  1. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
  2. To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
  3. To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
  4. To stay somewhere temporarily.
  5. To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Resembling tar.
  2. Covered with tar.

tart

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
  2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  3. Sharp; keen; severe.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A prostitute.
  2. By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
verb
  1. To practice prostitution
  2. To practice promiscuous sex
  3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily

tartar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fearsome or angrily violent person.

tiara

noun
  1. The papal crown.
  2. An ornamental coronet.

trait

noun
  1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
  2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

trap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
  4. A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
  5. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
  6. The game of trapball itself.
  7. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
  8. A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
  9. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
  10. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
  11. A person's mouth.
  12. (in the plural) Belongings.
  13. A cubicle (in a public toilet).
  14. Trapshooting.
  15. A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
  16. An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
  17. A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
  18. A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
  19. A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
  20. A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
  21. A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
  22. The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
verb
  1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
  2. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. To provide with a trap.
  4. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
  5. To leave suddenly, to flee.
  6. To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
  7. To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
  8. To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. The trapezius muscle.

tray

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
  2. A flat carrier for items being transported.
  3. The items on a full tray.
  4. A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
  5. A notification area used for icons and alerts.
  6. A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
  7. (pickup) truck bed
verb
  1. To place (items) on a tray
  2. To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Trouble; annoyance; anger

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To grieve; to annoy

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To betray

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A playing card or die with the rank of three.
  2. A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
  3. A three-pointer.
  4. The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
  5. The third branch of a deer's antler.

trip

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A journey; an excursion or jaunt
  2. A stumble or misstep
  3. An error; a failure; a mistake
  4. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
  5. A faux pas, a social error
  6. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
  7. A mechanical cutout device
  8. A trip-switch or cut-out
  9. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
  10. A small piece; a morsel; a bit
  11. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
  12. A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
verb
  1. To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
  2. (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
  3. To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
  4. To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
  5. To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
  6. To be activated, as by a signal or an event
  7. To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
  8. To journey, to make a trip
  9. To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
  10. To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
  11. To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
  12. (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
adjective
  1. Of or relating to trips

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  2. A troop of men; a host
  3. A flock of wigeons

trippy

adjective
  1. Strange, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.

yurt

noun
  1. A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).