Friday, December 5, 2025

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 205

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 144

Genius requires between 21 and 44 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 205 was in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 4, 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 4, 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 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on November 28, 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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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 145
  • 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
  • meme 103
  • peep 103


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 110,417 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*:

  • abbe
  • abeam
  • aecia
  • ameban
  • amebean
  • amice
  • amie
  • amine
  • ammine
  • anabaena
  • anaemia
  • anaemic
  • baccae
  • beebee
  • bema
  • bemean
  • bename
  • bene
  • benne
  • benni
  • bibe
  • bice
  • bine
  • binmen
  • cabmen
  • caeca
  • cammie
  • cannie
  • ceca
  • ceiba
  • cine
  • emic
  • enamine
  • encaenia
  • encina
  • imine
  • immane
  • immanence
  • mabe
  • mamee
  • mamie
  • mammae
  • mammee
  • mammie
  • maneb
  • meinie
  • minae
  • nabe
  • nance
  • nannie
  • neem
  • nema

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

acme

noun
  1. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
  2. The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. Mature age; full bloom of life.

acne

noun
  1. A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
  2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

ambiance

noun
  1. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
  2. (3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.

ambience

noun
  1. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
  2. (3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.

ameba

noun
  1. A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  3. An asexual.

amebae

noun
  1. A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  3. An asexual.

amebic

No Definition Found.

amen

noun
  1. An instance of saying ‘amen’.
  2. A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
verb
  1. To say amen.
  2. To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
adverb
  1. At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
  2. In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: truly, verily.
interjection
  1. An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".

anemia

noun
  1. A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
  2. A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
  3. (obsolete) Ischemia.

anemic

noun
  1. An individual who has anemia.
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
  2. (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.

anime

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
  2. An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
  3. An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.

babe

noun
  1. A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
  2. An attractive person, especially a young woman.
  3. Darling (term of endearment).

bane

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cause of misery or death.
  2. Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
  3. A killer, murderer, slayer.
  4. Destruction; death.
  5. A disease of sheep.
verb
  1. To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
  2. To be the bane of.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Bone

beam

noun
  1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
  2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
  3. The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam)
  4. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
  5. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
  6. The pole of a carriage or chariot.
  7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.
  8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
  9. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
  10. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.
  11. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
  12. A ray; a gleam.
  13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
  14. A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.
  15. An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
verb
  1. To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
  2. To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
  3. To furnish or supply with beams
  4. To give the appearance of beams to.
  5. To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
  6. (currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
  7. To put (something) on a beam
  8. To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

bean

noun
  1. A reusable software component written in Java.
noun
  1. Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
  2. The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean).
  3. The edible seedpod of such a plant.
  4. (by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
  5. (by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
  6. The head or brain.
  7. The clitoris.
  8. A person.
  9. A guinea coin.
  10. (usually in the negative) Money.
verb
  1. To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.

beanie

noun
  1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
  2. A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
  3. A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

became

verb
  1. To arrive, come (to a place).
  2. To come about; happen; come into being; arise.
  3. Begin to be; turn into.
  4. To be proper for; to beseem.
  5. Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone).

been

noun
  1. A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.

biennia

noun
  1. A period of two years.

cabbie

noun
  1. A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.

came

Etymology 1

preposition
  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
verb
  1. To move from further away to nearer to.
  2. To arrive.
  3. To appear, to manifest itself.
  4. (with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
  5. (with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.
  6. To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
  7. To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
  8. (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
  9. (with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
  10. (fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.
  11. To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
  12. To carry through; to succeed in.
  13. Happen.
  14. (with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
  15. (of grain) To germinate.
  16. To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.
verb
  1. To have an orgasm, to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
  2. To ejaculate.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

cane

noun
  1. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
  2. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
  3. A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
  4. Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
  5. A local European measure of length; the canna.
verb
  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
  2. To destroy; to comprehensively defeat
  3. To do something well, in a competent fashion
  4. To produce extreme pain
  5. To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

canine

noun
  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  2. Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  4. A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
adjective
  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  2. Dog-like.
  3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  4. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

cinema

noun
  1. A movie theatre, a movie house
  2. Films collectively.
  3. The film and movie industry.
  4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography

emcee

noun
  1. A rapper.
  2. Initialism of main colour.
  3. Initialism of matching colour.
  4. Initialism of movie clip.
  5. Initialism of mail code.
  6. Initialism of main character.
  7. Initialism of military cross.
  8. Initialism of Member of Congress.
  9. Initialism of medical college.
  10. Initialism of Mars-crosser.
  11. Initialism of medium coeli, the midheaven or highest point in the sky. Contrasted to Imum Coeli.
noun
  1. A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
  2. (by extension) A hospital session to diagnose or treat patients.
  3. A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
  4. A group practice of several physicians.
  5. A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
  6. A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
  7. A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
  8. One confined to bed by sickness.
  9. One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
verb
  1. To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
  2. To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
noun
  1. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
  2. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  3. A place of lodging.
noun
  1. Someone who acts as a host at a formal event.
  2. Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.
  3. A rapper.
noun
  1. Dichloromethane
noun
  1. A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.
noun
  1. A group of individuals whose primary interests and activities involve motorcycles.
noun
  1. A place used as a hospital on board a ship, on a spaceship (in science fiction).
  2. A room or area for the treatment of the sick or injured in a school.

eminence

noun
  1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
  2. The quality or state of being eminent.
  3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
  4. An elevated land area or a hill.
  5. A protuberance.
  6. A dark purple color.

enema

noun
  1. An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
  2. The fluid so injected.
  3. A device for administering such an injection.

iceman

noun
  1. A person who trades in ice.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. An assassin.
  4. One who is cool under pressure.
  5. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

icemen

noun
  1. A person who trades in ice.
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
  3. An assassin.
  4. One who is cool under pressure.
  5. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

imbibe

verb
  1. To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
  2. To take in; absorb.

imminence

noun
  1. The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.

inane

noun
  1. That which is void or empty.
adjective
  1. Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
  2. Purposeless; pointless

mace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A heavy fighting club.
  2. A ceremonial form of this weapon.
  3. A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
  4. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
  5. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
  6. A billiard cue.
verb
  1. To hit someone or something with a mace.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
  2. An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
verb
  1. To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
  2. To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

mane

noun
  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

mean

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To lament.
verb
  1. To intend.
  2. To convey (a meaning).
  3. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  4. To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
  5. (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Common; general.
  2. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  3. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  4. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  5. Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  6. Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
  7. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating
  8. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
  9. Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another
  10. Powerful; fierce; strong
  11. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  12. Difficult, tricky.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  2. (in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  3. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  4. The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
  5. The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
  6. Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
  7. Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
adjective
  1. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
  2. Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

meanie

noun
  1. A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.
  2. A villain.

mecca

No Definition Found.

meme

noun
  1. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
  2. Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
  3. A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
verb
  1. To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
  2. To create and use humorous memes.
  3. To joke around.

menace

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A perceived threat or danger.
  2. The act of threatening.
  3. An annoying and bothersome person or thing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
  2. To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
  3. To endanger (someone or something); to imperil or jeopardize.

mice

noun
  1. Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
  2. A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  3. A quiet or shy person.
  4. (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
  5. Hematoma.
  6. A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
  7. A familiar term of endearment.
  8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  9. A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
  10. A small cushion for a woman's hair.

mien

noun
  1. Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
  2. A specific facial expression.

mime

noun
  1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
  2. A pantomime actor.
  3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
  4. A performer of such a farce.
  5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
verb
  1. To mimic.
  2. To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

mince

noun
  1. Finely chopped meat.
  2. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
  3. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
  4. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
  5. (chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
verb
  1. To make less; make small.
  2. To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.
  3. To effect mincingly.
  4. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.
  5. To suppress or weaken the force of
  6. To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly
  7. To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
  8. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
  9. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

mine

Etymology 1

pronoun
  1. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
  2. Any source of wealth or resources.
  3. A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
  4. A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
  5. A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
  6. The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
  7. A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To remove (ore) from the ground.
  2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
  3. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  4. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
  5. To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
  6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
  7. (by extension) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
  8. To pick one's nose.
  9. To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
  2. A specific facial expression.

name

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. Reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  7. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
  8. Authority.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
  2. To mention, specify.
  3. To identify as relevant or important
  4. To publicly implicate.
  5. To designate for a role.
  6. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

nene

noun
  1. The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.

nice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Niceness.
adjective
  1. Pleasant, satisfactory.
  2. Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  3. Respectable; virtuous.
  4. (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
  5. Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  6. Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
  7. Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  8. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  9. Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
  10. Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
adverb
  1. Nicely.
interjection
  1. Used to signify a job well done.
  2. Used to signify approval.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

niece

noun
  1. A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

nine

noun
  1. The digit or figure 9.
  2. A playing card with nine pips.
  3. A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  4. (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
  5. A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
numeral
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements.

innie

noun
  1. A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
  2. A vagina with inner labia minora