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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 216

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 151

Genius requires between 23 and 43 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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 216 was in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 2, 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 December 2, 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 December 3, 2025.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
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 225
  • loll 208
  • toot 202
  • naan 185
  • nana 185
  • lilt 148
  • till 148
  • tilt 148
  • nene 144
  • tint 144
  • mama 141
  • mamma 141
  • onion 136
  • onto 135
  • toon 135
  • acacia 134
  • acai 134
  • anal 126
  • anon 126
  • olio 122
  • dodo 120
  • tact 118
  • baba 116
  • boob 116
  • booboo 116
  • papa 116
  • poop 115
  • lull 114
  • lulu 114
  • cocci 112
  • mitt 112
  • mono 112
  • moon 112
  • call 111
  • calla 111
  • ratatat 109
  • tart 109
  • tartar 109
  • tutu 109
  • attar 108
  • loon 108
  • allay 107
  • ally 107
  • ammo 107
  • momma 107
  • tattoo 106
  • tatty 106
  • epee 103
  • peep 103
  • roar 103


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 110,367 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,873 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*:

  • addax
  • addedly
  • adyta
  • alated
  • dada
  • daddle
  • daddled
  • daedal
  • datedly
  • dealate
  • dealated
  • dedal
  • deedy
  • deet
  • delate
  • delated
  • dele
  • delead
  • deleaded
  • deled
  • delly
  • dexy
  • exed
  • eyeleted
  • eyeletted
  • laddy
  • lalled
  • lated
  • layed
  • leady
  • letted
  • teated
  • tedded
  • yald
  • yeld

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

added

verb
  1. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally.
  3. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
  4. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
  5. To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
  6. To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
  7. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
  8. To summon minions or reinforcements.

addle

Etymology 1

verb
  1. (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
  2. (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A foolish or dull-witted fellow.
noun
  1. Liquid filth; mire.
  2. (provincial) Lees; dregs.
verb
  1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
  2. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
adjective
  1. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
  2. (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

addled

verb
  1. (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
  2. (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
verb
  1. To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
  2. To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
adjective
  1. (of eggs) Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
  2. Confused; mixed up.
  3. Morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren.

allayed

verb
  1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
  2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
  3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

axed

verb
  1. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
  2. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
  3. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
  4. To request or petition; usually with for.
  5. To request permission to do something.
  6. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
  7. To invite.
  8. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
  9. To take (a person's situation) as an example.
verb
  1. To fell or chop with an axe.
  2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
verb
  1. To furnish with an axle.
adjective
  1. Having a specified number of type of axis.

axled

No Definition Found.

daddy

noun
  1. (usually childish) Father.
  2. A male lover.
  3. An informal term of address for a man.
  4. A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
verb
  1. To father; to sire.

dale

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.

dally

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
  2. To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
  3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
verb
  1. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal

data

noun
  1. (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
  2. (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.
  3. (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
  4. (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

date

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
  2. The date palm.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
  2. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
  3. A point in time.
  4. Assigned end; conclusion.
  5. Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  6. A pre-arranged meeting.
  7. One's companion for social activities or occasions.
  8. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
verb
  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.

dated

verb
  1. To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  2. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
  3. To determine the age of something.
  4. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
  5. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
  6. (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
  7. To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  8. (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
adjective
  1. Marked with a date.
  2. Outdated.
  3. Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
  4. No longer fashionable.

dead

noun
  1. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
noun
  1. (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
noun
  1. (usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
verb
  1. To prevent by disabling; stop.
  2. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
  3. To kill.
adjective
  1. No longer living.
  2. Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  3. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  4. Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
  5. Without emotion.
  6. Stationary; static.
  7. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  8. Unproductive.
  9. (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.
  10. (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
  11. Broken or inoperable.
  12. No longer used or required.
  13. Not imparting motion or power by design.
  14. Not in play.
  15. (of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
  16. (1800s) Tagged out.
  17. Full and complete.
  18. Exact.
  19. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
  20. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
  21. Bringing death; deadly.
  22. Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
  23. (often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
adverb
  1. (degree) Exactly.
  2. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.
  3. Suddenly and completely.
  4. As if dead.

deadeye

noun
  1. A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds.
  2. A very accurate marksman.
  3. A penchant for noticing a particular thing, or a person who has such a penchant.
adjective
  1. Very accurate in shooting or throwing.
  2. (concerning a stare) Cold; unfriendly.

deadly

adjective
  1. Subject to death; mortal.
  2. Causing death; lethal.
  3. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile.
  4. Very accurate (of aiming with a bow, firearm, etc.).
  5. Very boring.
  6. Excellent, awesome, cool.
adverb
  1. Fatally, mortally.
  2. In a way which suggests death.
  3. Extremely.

deal

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A division, a portion, a share.
  2. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An act of dealing or sharing out.
  2. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
  3. A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction
  4. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
  5. An agreement between parties; an arrangement
  6. A situation, occasion, or event.
  7. A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
verb
  1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  2. To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  3. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  4. To pitch.
  5. To have dealings or business.
  6. To conduct oneself, to behave.
  7. To take action; to act.
  8. To trade professionally (followed by in).
  9. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
  10. To be concerned with.
  11. To handle, to manage, to cope.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
  2. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
  3. A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
adjective
  1. Made of deal.

dealt

verb
  1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
  2. To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  3. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  4. To pitch.
  5. To have dealings or business.
  6. To conduct oneself, to behave.
  7. To take action; to act.
  8. To trade professionally (followed by in).
  9. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
  10. To be concerned with.
  11. To handle, to manage, to cope.

deed

noun
  1. An action or act; something that is done.
  2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
  3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
  4. A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.
verb
  1. To transfer real property by deed.

deeded

verb
  1. To transfer real property by deed.

delay

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
  2. An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
verb
  1. To put off until a later time; to defer.
  2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
  3. To allay; to temper.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To dilute, temper.
  2. To assuage, quench, allay.

delayed

verb
  1. To put off until a later time; to defer.
  2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
  3. To allay; to temper.
verb
  1. To dilute, temper.
  2. To assuage, quench, allay.

delete

noun
  1. A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer.
noun
  1. A deletion.
  2. (recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

deleted

verb
  1. To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

dell

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A young woman; a wench.

delt

noun
  1. The deltoid muscle.

delta

noun
  1. The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
  2. A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
  3. The letter D in the ICAO spelling alphabet, which assigns words to letters of the alphabet.
  4. The symbol Δ.
  5. A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
  6. The set of differences between two versions of a file.
  7. A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
  8. The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
  9. A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
  10. The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
  11. The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
  12. A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
  13. (U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.

dyad

noun
  1. A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
  2. Any set of two different pitch classes.
  3. A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
  4. An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
  5. A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
  6. A tensor of order two and rank one.

dyed

verb
  1. To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
adjective
  1. Coloured or tinted with dye, or as though therewith.

eddy

noun
  1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  2. A circular current; a whirlpool.
verb
  1. To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

elated

verb
  1. To make joyful or proud.
  2. To lift up; raise; elevate.
adjective
  1. Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.

elatedly

No Definition Found.

exalted

verb
  1. To honor; to hold in high esteem.
  2. To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
  3. To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
  4. To refine or subtilize.
adjective
  1. Praised, honored.
  2. Noble, sublime; heavenly.
  3. Elated; blissful.

exaltedly

No Definition Found.

eyed

verb
  1. To observe carefully or appraisingly.
  2. To appear; to look.
adjective
  1. Having eyes.
  2. Having eye-like spots.
  3. (in compounds) Having the specified kind or number of eyes.

lade

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A load.
verb
  1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
  2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
  3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
  4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
  5. To admit water by leakage.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The mouth of a river.
  2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
  3. Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

laded

verb
  1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
  2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
  3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
  4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
  5. To admit water by leakage.

ladle

noun
  1. A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
  2. A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
  3. The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
  4. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
  5. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
verb
  1. To pour or serve something with a ladle.

ladled

verb
  1. To pour or serve something with a ladle.

lady

noun
  1. An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.
  2. A high priestess.
noun
  1. The mistress of a household.
  2. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
  3. The feminine of lord.
  4. A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
  5. A title that can be used instead of the formal terms of marchioness, countess, viscountess or baroness.
  6. (polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
  7. (in the plural) A polite reference or form of address to women.
  8. Used to address a female.
  9. (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women.
  10. (familiar) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.
  11. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.
  12. A queen (the playing card).
  13. (with a professional title) Who is a woman.
  14. The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.
  15. A five-pound note. (Rhyming slang, Lady Godiva for fiver.)
  16. A woman’s breast.

lead

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
  2. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
  3. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
  4. Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
  5. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
  6. (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
  7. A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.
  8. Bullets; ammunition.
verb
  1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead
  2. To place leads between the lines of.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
  2. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game.
  3. An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
  4. The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
  5. The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
  6. The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
  7. The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
  8. A channel of open water in an ice field.
  9. A lode.
  10. The course of a rope from end to end.
  11. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
  12. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
  13. Charging lead.
  14. The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
  15. The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
  16. Hypothesis that has not been pursued
  17. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
  18. Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
  19. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
  20. The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
  21. (newspapers) A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
  22. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
  23. The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
  24. In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor
  25. The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
  26. A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
  27. The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
  28. The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
  29. The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
verb
  1. (heading) To guide or conduct.
  2. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
  3. (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
  4. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
  5. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
  6. To produce (with to).
  7. (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
adjective
  1. Foremost.
  2. Main, principal

leaded

verb
  1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead
  2. To place leads between the lines of.
adjective
  1. Held in place by strips of lead.
  2. Containing or treated with the element lead.
  3. Containing tetraethyllead.

lede

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (singular) A man; person.
  2. (collective plural) Men; people, folk.
  3. (singular) A people or nation.
  4. (plural) Tenements; holdings; possessions.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (chiefly US) The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other news article.

tatted

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To make (something by) tatting.
verb
  1. To apply a tattoo.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Tattooed.

tattled

verb
  1. To chatter; to gossip.
  2. Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody.
  3. To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.

taxed

verb
  1. To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
  2. To impose and collect a tax on (something).
  3. To make excessive demands on.
  4. To accuse.
  5. To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
adjective
  1. Subject to taxation.

teddy

noun
  1. By extension, any stuffed toy.
  2. A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
noun
  1. A plush toy in the shape of a bear.
  2. A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man

teed

verb
  1. To draw; lead.
  2. To draw away; go; proceed.
verb
  1. To place a ball on a tee

telexed

verb
  1. To send (a message) by telex.

texted

verb
  1. To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
  2. To send and receive text messages.
  3. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

yelled

verb
  1. Shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
  2. To convey by shouting
  3. To tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)