Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 196

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 137

Genius requires between 17 and 37 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 196 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 3, 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 November 3, 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 November 3, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.5.
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 220
  • loll 206
  • toot 201
  • naan 181
  • nana 181
  • lilt 147
  • till 147
  • tilt 147
  • nene 142
  • tint 142
  • mama 140
  • mamma 140
  • acacia 134
  • acai 134
  • onto 133
  • toon 133
  • onion 131
  • anal 124
  • anon 121
  • olio 120
  • dodo 119
  • tact 118
  • baba 116
  • boob 115
  • booboo 115
  • lull 114
  • lulu 114
  • papa 114
  • poop 114
  • call 110
  • calla 110
  • mitt 110
  • cocci 109
  • mono 109
  • moon 109
  • tutu 109
  • ratatat 108
  • tart 108
  • tartar 108
  • attar 107
  • loon 107
  • allay 106
  • ally 106
  • tattoo 106
  • tatty 106
  • ammo 105
  • momma 105
  • epee 102
  • peep 102
  • meme 101


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 109,013 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,852 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*:

  • acuate
  • aculeate
  • alula
  • alulae
  • calctufa
  • calctuff
  • cucullate
  • culet
  • cullet
  • cutlette
  • eluate
  • elute
  • factful
  • facula
  • faculae
  • faucal
  • fecula
  • feculae
  • felucca
  • fullface
  • latu
  • luce
  • luffa
  • lutea
  • tufa
  • tuff
  • tule

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

actual

noun
  1. An actual, real one; notably:
adjective
  1. Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
  2. Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
  3. In action at the time being; now existing; current.
  4. Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, very.

actuate

verb
  1. To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  2. To incite to action; to motivate.

acute

noun
  1. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
  2. An accent or tone higher than others.
  3. An acute accent (´).
verb
  1. To give an acute sound to.
  2. To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
adjective
  1. Brief, quick, short.
  2. High or shrill.
  3. Intense, sensitive, sharp.
  4. Urgent.
  5. With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
  6. Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
  7. Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
  8. Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
  9. Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
  10. Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
  11. After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.

calculate

verb
  1. To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  2. To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
  3. To plan; to expect; to think.
  4. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
  5. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.

caul

noun
  1. A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth century and later, often made of linen.
  2. (often capitalized, used on maps) An entry to a mill lead taken from a burn or stream (a mill lead (or mill waterway) is generally smaller than a canal but moves a large volume of water).
  3. A membrane.
  4. The thin membrane which covers the lower intestines; the omentum.
  5. The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck).
  6. The surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
  7. A strip or block of wood used to distribute or direct clamping force.
  8. Caul fat.

cellule

No Definition Found.

clue

noun
  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb
  1. To provide with a clue.
  2. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").

cuff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Glove; mitten
  2. The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
  3. The end of a pants leg, folded up
  4. Handcuffs
verb
  1. To furnish with cuffs.
  2. To handcuff.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
verb
  1. To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
  2. To fight; to scuffle; to box.
  3. To buffet.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. The scruff of the neck.

cull

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A selection.
  2. An organised killing of selected animals.
  3. (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
  4. (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
  5. A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
verb
  1. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
  2. To gather, collect.
  3. To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
  4. To kill (animals etc).
  5. To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

cult

noun
  1. A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
  2. Devotion to a saint.
  3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
  4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
  5. A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to a cult.
  2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
adjective
  1. True to the ideology of black metal or a stereotypical manifestation of that subculture.

cute

adjective
  1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
  2. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
  3. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
  4. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

cutlet

noun
  1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
  2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
  3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
  4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

cuttle

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A knife.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A foul-mouthed fellow.

effectual

adjective
  1. Producing the intended result; entirely adequate.

effectuate

verb
  1. To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.).

factual

adjective
  1. Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
  2. True, accurate, corresponding to reality.

fateful

adjective
  1. Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
  2. Determined in advance by fate, fated.

faucet

noun
  1. An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
  2. (game development) One or several systems that inject currency into the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

fault

noun
  1. A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
  2. A mistake or error.
  3. A weakness of character; a failing.
  4. A minor offense.
  5. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
  6. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  7. In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
  8. An illegal serve.
  9. An abnormal connection in a circuit.
  10. Want; lack
  11. A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
verb
  1. To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
  2. To fracture.
  3. To commit a mistake or error.
  4. To undergo a page fault.

flauta

noun
  1. A type of fried cylindrical tortilla or taco.

fluctuate

verb
  1. To vary irregularly; to swing.
  2. To undulate.
  3. To be irresolute; to waver.
  4. To cause to vary irregularly.

flue

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
  2. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
  3. A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
  4. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Shallow; flat

fluff

noun
  1. Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
  2. Anything inconsequential or superficial.
  3. A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
  4. Marshmallow creme.
  5. A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
  6. A fart.
verb
  1. To make something fluffy.
  2. To become fluffy, puff up.
  3. To move lightly like fluff.
  4. (of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
  5. To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
  6. To fart.
  7. To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.

flute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
  2. A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
  3. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
  4. A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
  5. A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
  6. A long French bread roll, baguette.
  7. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
  8. A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
verb
  1. To play on a flute.
  2. To make a flutelike sound.
  3. To utter with a flutelike sound.
  4. To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

fuel

noun
  1. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  3. Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
verb
  1. To provide with fuel.
  2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

full

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
  2. Complete; with nothing omitted.
  3. Total, entire.
  4. Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
  5. (with of) Replete, abounding with.
  6. (of physical features) Plump, round.
  7. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
  8. Having depth and body; rich.
  9. Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  10. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
  11. Filled with emotions.
  12. Impregnated; made pregnant.
  13. (postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
  14. Drunk, intoxicated.
adverb
  1. Fully; quite; very; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
  2. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
  3. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
verb
  1. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To baptise.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk

lettuce

noun
  1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
  2. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
  3. United States paper currency; dollars.
  4. A strong yellow-green colour, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).

luau

noun
  1. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.

luff

noun
  1. The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
  2. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
  3. The roundest part of a ship's bow.
  4. The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
verb
  1. (of a sail) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
  2. (of a boat) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up)
  3. To let out (a sail) so that it luffs.
  4. To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.

lull

noun
  1. A period of rest or soothing.
  2. A period of reduced activity; a respite
  3. A period without waves or wind.
  4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lulu

noun
  1. A remarkable person, object or idea.
  2. A very attractive or alluring person.
  3. A very bad mistake or error.
  4. A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.

lute

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb
  1. To play on a lute, or as if on a lute.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
  2. A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
  3. (brickmaking) A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from earth.
verb
  1. To fix or fasten something with lute.

luteal

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to the corpus luteum

tactful

adjective
  1. Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.

tactual

adjective
  1. Of, or relating to the sense of touch.

taut

verb
  1. To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
adjective
  1. Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
  2. (of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
  3. (of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
  4. Experiencing anxiety or stress.
  5. (of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
  6. Strong; uncompromising.

tuffet

noun
  1. A clump of grass or similar vegetation.
  2. (furniture) A large cushion which may have an internal frame, used as a low seat or stool.
  3. An inflatable cushion serving as landing area for precision accuracy parachuting.

tuft

noun
  1. A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
  2. A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
  3. A small clump of trees or bushes.
  4. A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
  5. A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
verb
  1. To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
  2. To form into tufts.
  3. To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
  4. To be formed into tufts.

tulle

noun
  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tutee

noun
  1. A student of a tutor.

tutu

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

ululate

verb
  1. To howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
  2. To produce a rapid and prolonged series of sharp noises with one's voice.