Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 165

Number of Answers: 29

Points Needed for Genius: 115

Genius requires between 16 and 24 words. You need at least a 7-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 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 165 was in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 13, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 29 possible answers rank it in the 22nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 13, 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 October 12, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.0.
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 217
  • loll 203
  • toot 198
  • naan 181
  • nana 181
  • lilt 146
  • till 146
  • tilt 146
  • nene 141
  • tint 140
  • mama 139
  • mamma 139
  • acacia 133
  • acai 133
  • onto 132
  • toon 132
  • onion 129
  • anal 123
  • anon 121
  • dodo 119
  • tact 118
  • olio 117
  • baba 115
  • boob 115
  • booboo 115
  • papa 114
  • poop 114
  • lull 112
  • lulu 112
  • call 109
  • calla 109
  • mitt 109
  • mono 109
  • moon 109
  • ratatat 108
  • tart 108
  • tartar 108
  • attar 107
  • cocci 107
  • tutu 107
  • allay 106
  • ally 106
  • loon 106
  • tattoo 106
  • tatty 106
  • ammo 105
  • momma 105
  • epee 101
  • peep 101
  • meme 100


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 108,049 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,829 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*:

  • gipping
  • gypping
  • lipin
  • nippily
  • nippingly
  • piggin
  • piing
  • pili
  • pily
  • piny
  • pinyin
  • pipingly
  • pipping
  • pipy
  • plyingly
  • pyin
  • typp
  • typy

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

lipping

verb
  1. To touch or grasp with the lips; to kiss; to lap the lips against (something).
  2. (of something inanimate) To touch lightly.
  3. To wash against a surface, lap.
  4. To rise or flow up to or over the edge of something.
  5. To form the rim, edge or margin of something.
  6. To utter verbally.
  7. To simulate speech by moving the lips without making any sound; to mouth.
  8. To make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
  9. To change the sound of (a musical note played on a wind instrument) by moving or tensing the lips.
noun
  1. Edging

lippy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Having prominent lips.
  2. Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Lip gloss or lipstick; a stick of this product.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An old dry measure amounting to one quarter of a peck (for goods sold by weight, 1¾ pounds or about four-fifths of a kilogram); also, a container of that capacity.

nipping

verb
  1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
  2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
  3. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
  4. To annoy, as by nipping.
  5. To taunt.
  6. To squeeze or pinch.
  7. To steal; especially to cut a purse.
verb
  1. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
noun
  1. The act or sensation of giving a nip.

nippy

adjective
  1. Fast; speedy
  2. Of the weather, rather cold.
  3. Inclined to nip; bitey.
  4. Annoying; irritating
  5. Sharp in taste
  6. Curt
  7. Parsimonious

pigging

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (of swine) to give birth.
  2. To greedily consume (especially food).
  3. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
  4. To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
noun
  1. The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
adjective
  1. Damned (used as a mild intensive).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.

piggy

noun
  1. (hypocoristic) A pig (the animal).
  2. (hypocoristic) A guinea pig.
  3. (hypocoristic) A toe.
  4. (mildly) A pig, a greedy person.
  5. A member of the police.
adjective
  1. Greedy
  2. Slovenly, dirty

piling

verb
  1. (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate
  2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.
  3. To add something to a great number.
  4. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
  5. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.
verb
  1. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.
verb
  1. To give a pile to; to make shaggy.
noun
  1. A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.
  2. The act of heaping up.
  3. (ironworking) The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc.

pill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. (definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
  3. A comical or entertaining person.
  4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. A baseball.
  7. A bullet (projectile).
  8. A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
verb
  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The peel or skin.
verb
  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

pilling

verb
  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
  3. To medicate with pills.
  4. To persuade or convince someone of something.
verb
  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
noun
  1. Balls of fibre formed on clothing through usage, often called pill or pills.

ping

noun
  1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
  3. A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
  4. An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
  5. Latency.
  6. A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
  7. (WMF jargon) A notification.
verb
  1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
  3. To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
  4. (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
  5. To flick.
  6. To bounce.
  7. To cause something to bounce.
  8. To call out audibly.
  9. To penalize.

pinging

verb
  1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
  2. (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
  3. To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
  4. (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
  5. To flick.
  6. To bounce.
  7. To cause something to bounce.
  8. To call out audibly.
  9. To penalize.
noun
  1. The sound of a ping.
  2. The act of sending a ping, as by a submarine or over a computer network.

pining

verb
  1. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
  2. To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
  3. To grieve or mourn for.
  4. To inflict pain upon; to torment.
noun
  1. The act of one who pines.

pinning

verb
  1. To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
verb
  1. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
  2. (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
  3. To pin down (someone).
  4. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  5. To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
  6. To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
  7. To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
noun
  1. The action of the verb pin in any sense.
  2. A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
  3. The establishment of the definite quantum state of a particle, or of the occupation number of a system of particles

pinny

noun
  1. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.
  2. A simple jersey worn to denote teams or groups.

pint

noun
  1. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
  2. (metonym) A pint of milk.
  3. (metonymy) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

piping

verb
  1. To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  2. To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  4. Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  5. To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  6. To install or configure with pipes.
  7. To dab moisture away from.
  8. To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  9. To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.
  10. To create or decorate with piping (icing).
  11. To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  12. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.
  13. To see.
noun
  1. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
  2. The sound of musical pipes.
  3. An act of making music or noise with pipes.
  4. A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
  5. An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
  6. Icing extruded from a piping bag.
  7. A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
  8. Propagation by cuttings
adjective
  1. High-pitched.

pipit

noun
  1. Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

pippin

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A seed

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red
  2. Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties
  3. An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted)

pitting

verb
  1. To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
  2. To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
  3. To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
  4. To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
verb
  1. To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
noun
  1. The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
  2. The digging of a pit.

pity

noun
  1. A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
  2. Something regrettable.
  3. Piety.
verb
  1. To feel pity for (someone or something).
  2. To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
interjection
  1. Short form of what a pity.

pitying

verb
  1. To feel pity for (someone or something).
  2. To make (someone) feel pity; to provoke the sympathy or compassion of.
noun
  1. The act of one who pities.

pityingly

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plying

verb
  1. To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
  2. To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
verb
  1. To work at (something) diligently.
  2. To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
  3. To press upon; to urge persistently.
  4. To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
  5. To travel over (a route) regularly.
  6. To work diligently.
  7. To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.

tipi

noun
  1. Alternative form of teepee

tipping

verb
  1. To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
verb
  1. (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
  2. (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
  3. To drink.
  4. To dump (refuse).
  5. To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
  6. To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
verb
  1. To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.
verb
  1. To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
  2. To give, pass.
verb
  1. To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
noun
  1. The practice of leaving a tip (gratuity).
  2. The act by which something is tipped or inclined.
  3. The dumping of rubbish.
  4. A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.

tippling

verb
  1. To sell alcoholic liquor by retail.
  2. To drink too much alcohol.
  3. To drink alcohol regularly or habitually, but not to excess.
  4. To put up (hay, etc.) in bundles in order to dry it.
  5. To fall over; to topple.
noun
  1. A session of drinking alcohol.

tippy

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dandy.
adjective
  1. Fashionable, tip-top.
  2. (absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
  3. Clever, neat, smart.
  4. Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.

typing

verb
  1. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
  2. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
  3. To determine the blood type of.
  4. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
  5. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
  6. To categorize into types.
noun
  1. Assigning or classification by type.
  2. The act of typing on a keyboard.

yipping

verb
  1. To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
noun
  1. A sound that yips.