Sunday, November 16, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 19 and 39 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 189 was in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 15, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 15, 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 15, 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 222
  • loll 207
  • toot 201
  • naan 184
  • nana 184
  • lilt 147
  • till 147
  • tilt 147
  • tint 143
  • nene 142
  • mama 140
  • mamma 140
  • acacia 134
  • acai 134
  • onto 134
  • toon 134
  • onion 132
  • anal 126
  • anon 124
  • olio 121
  • dodo 120
  • tact 118
  • baba 116
  • boob 115
  • booboo 115
  • papa 115
  • lull 114
  • lulu 114
  • poop 114
  • mitt 112
  • mono 112
  • moon 112
  • cocci 111
  • call 110
  • calla 110
  • ratatat 109
  • tart 109
  • tartar 109
  • tutu 109
  • attar 108
  • allay 107
  • ally 107
  • loon 107
  • ammo 106
  • momma 106
  • tattoo 106
  • tatty 106
  • epee 102
  • meme 102
  • peep 102


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 109,528 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,863 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*:

  • aarrgh
  • aarrghh
  • agria
  • airt
  • airth
  • alar
  • argal
  • argala
  • argali
  • argh
  • argil
  • aright
  • artal
  • artigi
  • attrit
  • garth
  • gharial
  • gharri
  • glair
  • graal
  • grat
  • grig
  • grigri
  • grith
  • grrrl
  • haar
  • harl
  • hartal
  • hilar
  • laari
  • lahar
  • lari
  • latria
  • liri
  • ragg
  • ragga
  • ragi
  • ragtail
  • raia
  • ratal
  • rath
  • riata
  • tagrag
  • tahr
  • talar
  • talaria
  • targa
  • tatar
  • thir
  • thirl
  • tirl
  • tragi
  • trilith

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

aargh

interjection
  1. Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration.

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.

airtight

adjective
  1. Impermeable to air or other gases.
  2. Having no weak points or flaws.
  3. (of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.

alright

adjective
  1. Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition.
  2. In good health, unharmed.
interjection
  1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
  2. A generic greeting; hello; how are you.

altar

noun
  1. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
  2. A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
  3. Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to.

arhat

noun
  1. One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
  2. One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

aria

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

aril

noun
  1. A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

arthralgia

noun
  1. Pain in a joint, especially when not caused by arthritis.

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.

atrial

No Definition Found.

attagirl

interjection
  1. Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl or woman. Female version of attaboy.

attar

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

girl

noun
  1. A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
  2. A young female animal.
  3. (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman
  4. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
  5. A queen (the playing card.)
  6. A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
  7. One's girlfriend.
  8. One's daughter.
  9. A roebuck two years old.
  10. Cocaine, especially in powder form.
  11. (somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
  12. A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
verb
  1. To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
  2. (somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.

girt

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To gird.
  2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  3. To measure the girth of.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  2. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  3. To prepare oneself for an action.
verb
  1. To capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.
adjective
  1. Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.
  2. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
  3. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
  4. (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.
  5. (except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
  6. Extreme or more than usual.
  7. Of significant importance or consequence; important.
  8. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
  9. Impressive or striking.
  10. Much in use; favoured.
  11. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
  12. Title referring to an important leader.
  13. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
  14. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit.
  15. Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).
  16. Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

girth

noun
  1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
  2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  3. One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  4. A small horizontal brace or girder.
  5. The distance measured around an object.
  6. The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
verb
  1. To bind as if with a girth or band.

grail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The Holy Grail.
  2. The object of an extended or difficult quest.http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grail

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Small particles of earth; gravel.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. One of the small feathers of a hawk.

grill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  3. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
  4. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
  5. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
  6. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
  7. A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  8. (by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
verb
  1. To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
  2. To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – broil, salamander.
  3. To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
  4. To feel very hot; to swelter.
  5. To stamp or mark with a grill.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make angry; provoke; incite.
  2. To terrify; make tremble.
  3. To tremble; shiver.
  4. To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Harm.
adjective
  1. Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

grit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
  2. Inedible particles in food.
  3. A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
  4. A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
  5. Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
verb
  1. Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
  2. To cover with grit.
  3. To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
  2. (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.

hair

noun
  1. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
  2. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
  3. A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
  4. A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
  5. A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
  6. Haircloth; a hair shirt.
  7. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
  8. Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy
verb
  1. To remove the hair from.
  2. To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
  3. To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
  4. To string the bow for a violin.

hart

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
  2. A red deer or one of related species.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
  2. Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
  3. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
  4. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
  5. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
  6. A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
  7. Personality, disposition.
  8. A wight or being.
  9. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
  10. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
  11. The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.
  12. The centre, essence, or core.

lair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  2. A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
  3. A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
  4. A bed or resting place.
  5. A grave; a cemetery plot.
verb
  1. To rest; to dwell.
  2. To lay down.
  3. To bury.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bog; a mire.
verb
  1. To mire.
  2. To become mired.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.

lariat

noun
  1. A lasso.
  2. A tether.
  3. An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
verb
  1. To lasso.

liar

noun
  1. One who tells lies.
  2. A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

lira

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
noun
  1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
  2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
  3. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

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.

rail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
  2. The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
  3. A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
  4. A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
  5. One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
  6. A vertical section on one side of a web page.
  7. A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
verb
  1. To travel by railway.
  2. To enclose with rails or a railing.
  3. To range in a line.
  4. To criticize severely.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To complain violently (against, about).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
  2. Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. (of a liquid) To gush, flow.

raita

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

ratatat

noun
  1. A swiftly repeated knocking sound.

rattail

noun
  1. Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
  2. A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

rial

noun
  1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
  2. An old gold coin of England.

right

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Straight, not bent.
  2. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
  3. Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
  4. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
  5. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
  6. Healthy, sane, competent.
  7. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
  8. All right; not requiring assistance.
  9. Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
  10. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
  11. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
  12. Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

Etymology 2

adverb
  1. On the right side.
  2. Towards the right side.
  3. Exactly, precisely.
  4. Immediately, directly.
  5. Very, extremely, quite.
  6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
  7. In a correct manner.
  8. (still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
interjection
  1. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
  2. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
  3. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
  4. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
  5. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
  2. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
  3. The right side or direction.
  4. The right hand or fist.
  5. The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
  6. The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
  7. A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To correct.
  2. To set upright.
  3. To return to normal upright position.
  4. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

rill

noun
  1. A very small brook; a streamlet.
verb
  1. To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
noun
  1. A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.

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.

thrall

Etymology 1

noun
  1. One who is enslaved or under mind control.
  2. The state of being under the control of another person.
  3. A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.
adjective
  1. Enthralled; captive.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make a thrall; enslave.

thrill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
  2. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
  3. A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
  4. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
verb
  1. To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
  2. To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
  3. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
  4. To hurl; to throw; to cast.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.

tiara

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

trail

noun
  1. The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
  2. A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
  3. A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
  4. A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
verb
  1. To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
  2. To drag (something) behind on the ground.
  3. To leave (a trail of).
  4. To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
  5. To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.
  6. To run or climb like certain plants.
  7. To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.
  8. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
  9. To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
  10. To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
  11. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

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.

trial

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An opportunity to test something out; a test.
  2. Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
  3. A difficult or annoying experience.
  4. A tryout to pick members of a team.
  5. A piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.
  6. An internal examination set by Eton College.
verb
  1. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
  2. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
adjective
  1. Pertaining to a trial or test.
  2. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
  2. Triple.
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular, dual and plural. (See Ambai language for an example.)

trig

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A dandy; coxcomb.
adjective
  1. True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  2. Safe; secure.
  3. Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
  4. Neat; tidy; trim; spruce; smart.
  5. Active; clever.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Trigonometry.
  2. A trigonometric point, trig point.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
  2. The mark for players at skittles, etc.
verb
  1. To stop (a wheel, barrel, etc.) by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid.

Etymology 4

verb
  1. To fill; to stuff; to cram.

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Triglyceride

trill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
  2. A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr.
  3. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
verb
  1. To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
  2. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To trickle.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To twirl.