Monday, November 10, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 202

Number of Answers: 49

Points Needed for Genius: 141

Genius requires between 22 and 42 words. You need at least a 7-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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 202 was in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 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 49 possible answers rank it in the 74th 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 9, 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 221
  • loll 207
  • toot 201
  • naan 184
  • nana 184
  • lilt 147
  • till 147
  • tilt 147
  • nene 142
  • tint 142
  • mama 140
  • mamma 140
  • acacia 134
  • acai 134
  • onto 134
  • toon 134
  • onion 131
  • anal 126
  • anon 123
  • olio 121
  • dodo 119
  • tact 118
  • baba 116
  • boob 115
  • booboo 115
  • papa 115
  • lull 114
  • lulu 114
  • poop 114
  • mitt 111
  • call 110
  • calla 110
  • cocci 110
  • mono 110
  • moon 110
  • 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 109,244 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,854 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*:

  • aalii
  • alan
  • alanin
  • aloin
  • anil
  • anilin
  • anna
  • annona
  • anoa
  • anopia
  • apollo
  • appal
  • avion
  • ilia
  • ilial
  • inia
  • lall
  • lallan
  • lapilli
  • lapin
  • lavalava
  • liana
  • linalol
  • linalool
  • lipa
  • nala
  • nanna
  • nano
  • naoi
  • napa
  • nappa
  • nipa
  • nival
  • nona
  • nonnaval
  • nonpapal
  • nopal
  • olla
  • paan
  • pali
  • pallia
  • pallial
  • palpal
  • palpi
  • panino
  • papain
  • pappi
  • pavan
  • pavillon
  • pavin
  • pial
  • pian
  • piani
  • pina
  • pinna
  • pinnal
  • pipa
  • pipal
  • pollinia
  • vail
  • valonia
  • valval
  • vina
  • vinal
  • viva
  • volva

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

aioli

noun
  1. A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.

anal

noun
  1. Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
  2. Anal sex.
adjective
  1. Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
  2. Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
  3. Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
  4. (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.

anion

noun
  1. A negatively charged ion.

annal

noun
  1. The record of a single event or item.

anon

Etymology 1

adverb
  1. Straight away; at once.
  2. Soon; in a little while.
  3. At another time; then; again.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An anonymous person, especially an author.
  2. A work with an unknown author.
  3. A work without a title.
adjective
  1. Anonymous

anvil

noun
  1. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
  2. An incus bone in the middle ear.
  3. A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.
  4. The non-moving surface of a micrometer against which the item to be measured is placed.
verb
  1. To fashion on an anvil (often used figuratively).

apian

noun
  1. (very rare) A bee.
adjective
  1. Relating to bees.

appall

verb
  1. To fill with horror; to dismay.
  2. To make pale; to blanch.
  3. To weaken; to reduce in strength
  4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
  5. To lose flavour or become stale.

avail

noun
  1. Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).
  2. Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
  3. An advertising slot or package.
  4. A press avail.
  5. Non-binding notice of availability for work.
  6. A readily available stock of oil.
  7. Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.
  8. Effort; striving.
verb
  1. To turn to the advantage of.
  2. To be of service to.
  3. To promote; to assist.
  4. To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
  5. To provide; to make available.

avian

noun
  1. A bird.
  2. A bird-like or flying creature.
  3. (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics.
adjective
  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

lain

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
  2. To be placed or situated.
  3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
  4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
  5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
  6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
  7. To lodge; to sleep.
  8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To conceal, keep quiet about.

lanai

noun
  1. (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

lanolin

noun
  1. A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.

lava

noun
  1. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  2. Magma.
  3. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.

llano

noun
  1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

loan

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
  2. A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
  3. The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
  4. The permission to borrow any item.
verb
  1. To lend (something) to (someone).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A lonnen.

naan

noun
  1. A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.

nail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
  2. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
  3. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
  4. The claw of a bird or other animal.
  5. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
  6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
  7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20 of an ell or 1/16 of a yard (2 1/4 inches or 5.715 cm).

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
  2. To drive a nail.
  3. To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
  4. To catch.
  5. To expose as a sham.
  6. To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
  7. To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
  8. Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
  9. To spike, as a cannon.
  10. To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.

nana

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A banana
  2. A fool

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (term of endearment) one's grandmother
  2. A nanny

naval

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a navy.
  2. Of or relating to ships in general.

nova

noun
  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

opal

noun
  1. A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.
  2. A colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
  3. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.

oval

noun
  1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
  2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
  3. In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
adjective
  1. Having the shape of an oval.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

pail

noun
  1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
  2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

pain

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
  2. The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
  3. (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.
  4. Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
  5. (chiefly in the plural) Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
verb
  1. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
  2. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
  3. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.

palapa

noun
  1. An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.

pall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Senses relating to cloth.
  2. Senses relating to clothing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
  2. To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.

palp

noun
  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
noun
  1. A fleshy part of a fingertip.
  2. Short for palpation.
verb
  1. To feel, to explore by touch.
adjective
  1. Palpatory; obtained by palpation.

panini

noun
  1. A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.

papa

noun
  1. Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  4. The letter P in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

papal

adjective
  1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

papilla

noun
  1. A nipple-like anatomical structure.

papillon

noun
  1. A breed of small dog with large ears; a dog of that breed.

pavilion

noun
  1. An ornate tent.
  2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
  3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
  4. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
  5. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
  6. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
  7. The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
  8. The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
  9. A flag, ensign, or banner.
  10. A tent used as a bearing.
  11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
verb
  1. To furnish with a pavilion.
  2. To put inside a pavilion.
  3. To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").

pavlova

noun
  1. (foods) A meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream.

piano

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings
adjective
  1. Soft, quiet
  2. In extended use; quiet, subdued

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music)

pianola

noun
  1. A mechanical piano which uses a roll of perforated paper to operate its keys, instead of being played by a pianist.
  2. A hand that is easy to play, i.e. one that "plays itself".

plain

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Flat, level.
  2. Simple.
  3. Obvious.
  4. Open.
  5. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
  6. Not a trump.
adverb
  1. Simply.
  2. Plainly; distinctly.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A lamentation.
verb
  1. To complain.
  2. To lament, bewail.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
  2. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
  3. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
  4. Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.
noun
  1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.
verb
  1. To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
  2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
noun
  1. A level or flat surface.
  2. A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
  3. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)
  4. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
  5. (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
  6. An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
noun
  1. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.
noun
  1. An airplane; an aeroplane.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.
  3. The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.
noun
  1. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
  2. (Northern UK) A sycamore.

plan

noun
  1. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
  2. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
  3. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
  4. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
  5. A subscription to a service.
verb
  1. To design (a building, machine, etc.).
  2. To create a plan for.
  3. To intend.
  4. To make a plan.

poppa

noun
  1. (sometimes childish) father, papa.

vain

adjective
  1. Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
  2. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
  3. Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
  4. Showy; ostentatious.

vanilla

noun
  1. Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
  2. The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
  3. The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
  4. The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
  5. Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
  6. (sexuality) Someone who is not into fetishism; a normophile
  7. An unmodded version of a game
  8. A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
adjective
  1. (of flavor, etc.) Of vanilla.
  2. (retronym) Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
  3. (sexuality) Not kinky, not involving BDSM.
  4. Plain; conventional; unimaginative.

vanillin

noun
  1. A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.
  2. Synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.

vanpool

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vial

noun
  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
verb
  1. To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

villa

noun
  1. (plural "villas") A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
  2. (plural "villas") A family house, often semi-detached, in a middle class street.
  3. (plural "villae") A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

villain

noun
  1. A vile, wicked person.
  2. In fiction, a character who has the role of being bad, especially antagonizing the hero.
  3. Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero.
verb
  1. To debase; to degrade.
noun
  1. A feudal tenant.

viola

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
  2. An organ stop having a similar tone.
  3. A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
  4. A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Etymology 3

interjection
  1. Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!

voila

interjection
  1. Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold!