Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 204

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 143

Genius requires between 23 and 43 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 204 was in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 6, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 6, 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 October 5, 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 216
  • loll 203
  • toot 197
  • naan 180
  • nana 180
  • lilt 146
  • till 146
  • tilt 146
  • nene 140
  • tint 140
  • mama 139
  • mamma 139
  • acacia 133
  • acai 133
  • onto 132
  • toon 132
  • onion 128
  • anal 123
  • anon 121
  • dodo 119
  • tact 118
  • olio 117
  • boob 115
  • booboo 115
  • baba 114
  • papa 114
  • poop 114
  • lull 111
  • lulu 111
  • call 109
  • calla 109
  • mitt 108
  • mono 108
  • moon 108
  • ratatat 108
  • tart 108
  • tartar 108
  • attar 107
  • cocci 107
  • tutu 107
  • allay 106
  • ally 106
  • tattoo 106
  • tatty 106
  • ammo 105
  • loon 105
  • momma 105
  • epee 101
  • peep 101
  • roar 100


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 107,776 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,819 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*:

  • afrit
  • agria
  • airt
  • ariary
  • artigi
  • atigi
  • attrit
  • ayaya
  • faff
  • faggy
  • fiar
  • giga
  • grat
  • raff
  • ragg
  • ragga
  • raggy
  • ragi
  • raia
  • rarify
  • ratafia
  • raya
  • riata
  • taffia
  • tafia
  • tagrag
  • targa
  • tarty
  • tatar
  • tayra
  • tragi
  • trayf
  • yaff
  • yagi
  • yttria

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

afar

adverb
  1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

affair

noun
  1. (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
  2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  3. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  4. A material object (vaguely designated).
  5. An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur).
  6. A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
  7. A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
  8. A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
  9. The (male or female) genitals.

affray

noun
  1. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
  2. A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
  3. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
  4. Terror.
verb
  1. To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.

agar

noun
  1. A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
  2. A culture medium based on this material.

agita

noun
  1. Dyspepsia
  2. Mental aggravation; annoyance

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.

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.

fair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
  2. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
  3. Fairness, beauty.
  4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
  5. Good fortune; good luck.
verb
  1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
  2. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
  3. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.
  4. To make fair or beautiful.
adjective
  1. Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
  2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
  3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
  4. Just, equitable.
  5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
  6. (of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
  7. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
  8. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
  9. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
  10. Between the baselines.
  11. (of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
  12. (of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
  13. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
adverb
  1. Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
  2. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
  3. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
  4. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

fairy

noun
  1. The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
  2. A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.
  3. An enchantress, or creature of overpowering charm.
  4. A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
  5. A member of two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.
adjective
  1. Like a fairy; fanciful, whimsical, delicate.

fart

noun
  1. An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
  2. (impolite) An irritating person; a fool.
  3. (impolite, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
verb
  1. (impolite) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  2. (usually as "fart around") To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
  3. To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

fatty

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
  2. Like fat; greasy.
  3. Literally or figuratively large.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An obese person.
  2. A large marijuana cigar; a blunt.

fiat

noun
  1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
  2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
  3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
  4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
verb
  1. (used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

frag

noun
  1. A fragmentation grenade.
  2. A successful kill in a deathmatch game.
verb
  1. To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade.
  2. To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.
  3. To kill.

frat

noun
  1. Shortened form for fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)

fray

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To (cause to) unravel; used particularly for the edge of something made of cloth, or the end of a rope.
  2. To cause exhaustion, wear out (a person's mental strength).
  3. Frighten; alarm
  4. To bear the expense of; to defray.
  5. To rub.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fight or argument
  2. Fright.

friar

noun
  1. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
  2. A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  3. An American fish, the silverside.

friary

noun
  1. House or dwelling where friars or members of certain religious communities live
adjective
  1. Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.

frittata

noun
  1. A form of omelette in which vegetables, cheese etc are mixed into the eggs and cooked together.

gaff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
  2. A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
  3. A trick or con.
  4. The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
  5. A garment worn to hide the genitals.
verb
  1. To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
  2. To cheat or hoax.
  3. To gamble.
  4. To affix or cover with gaffer tape.
noun
  1. A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by lighting electricians.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
  2. An outcry; nonsense.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (especially Manchester and Cockney) A place of residence.

gaga

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Mentally senile.
  2. Crazy.
  3. Infatuated.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.

gait

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
  2. One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
verb
  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A sheaf of corn.
  2. A charge for pasturage.

graffiti

noun
  1. Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
  2. Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
verb
  1. To mark a surface with such images.

graft

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  2. A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
  3. A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
verb
  1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
  2. To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
  3. To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
  4. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
  5. To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
  6. To form a graft polymer

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A ditch, a canal.
  2. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
  3. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Corruption in official life.
  2. Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
  3. A criminal’s special branch of practice.
  4. A con job.
  5. A cut of the take (money).
  6. A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
  7. Work; labor
  8. A job or trade.
  9. Effort needed for doing hard work.
verb
  1. To work.
  2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

gratify

verb
  1. To please.
  2. To make content; to satisfy.

gray

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  3. An extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  4. A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
verb
  1. To become gray.
  2. To cause to become gray.
  3. To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
  4. To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
adjective
  1. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  2. Dreary, gloomy.
  3. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  4. Relating to older people.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy

raffia

noun
  1. A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of the raffia palm tree (genus Raphia).

raft

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
  2. (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
  3. A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
  4. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
  5. (when ordering food) A slice of toast.
  6. A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
verb
  1. To convey on a raft.
  2. To make into a raft.
  3. To travel by raft.
  4. To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

raga

noun
  1. Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
  2. Passion, love, lust.

ragtag

adjective
  1. Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.
  2. Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

raita

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

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.

ratify

verb
  1. To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

ratty

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

riffraff

noun
  1. The rabble; crowds; the common people.
  2. Sweepings; refuse.

taffy

noun
  1. A soft, chewy candy made from boiled molasses or brown sugar.
  2. Flattery.

taiga

noun
  1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

tariff

noun
  1. A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
  2. A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
  3. A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
verb
  1. To levy a duty on (something)

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.

tatty

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Potato

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

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.

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.

fratty

adjective
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in behavior or appearance.