Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 383

Number of Answers: 60

Points Needed for Genius: 268

Genius requires between 34 and 48 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, 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 383 was in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 16, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 60 possible answers rank it in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 25, 2026.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on January 18, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.6.
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 228
  • loll 211
  • toot 207
  • naan 190
  • nana 190
  • lilt 151
  • till 151
  • tilt 151
  • nene 149
  • tint 145
  • mama 142
  • mamma 142
  • acacia 137
  • acai 137
  • onion 137
  • onto 136
  • toon 136
  • anal 130
  • anon 129
  • olio 124
  • dodo 122
  • papa 121
  • tact 121
  • baba 119
  • poop 118
  • boob 117
  • booboo 117
  • lull 116
  • lulu 116
  • cocci 114
  • call 113
  • calla 113
  • mitt 113
  • mono 112
  • moon 112
  • tutu 112
  • ratatat 111
  • tart 111
  • tartar 111
  • tattoo 111
  • allay 110
  • ally 110
  • attar 110
  • loon 110
  • tatty 109
  • ammo 107
  • momma 107
  • epee 104
  • meme 104
  • peep 104


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 112,883 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,903 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*:

  • aahing
  • aalii
  • agin
  • agnail
  • ahing
  • alanin
  • algin
  • alining
  • analgia
  • anginal
  • anhinga
  • anil
  • anilin
  • gaggling
  • gaging
  • galing
  • ganglial
  • giga
  • gingal
  • gingall
  • gingili
  • gingilli
  • glial
  • guanin
  • guggling
  • guiling
  • gunging
  • hagging
  • halalling
  • haling
  • hallalling
  • higgling
  • hila
  • hili
  • igging
  • iglu
  • iguanian
  • ilia
  • ilial
  • inguinal
  • inhaul
  • inia
  • inulin
  • laigh
  • lalling
  • liana
  • liang
  • ligan
  • lignan
  • lignin
  • ligula
  • ling
  • linga
  • lingua
  • lingual
  • lingula
  • linin
  • linn
  • lungi
  • nighing
  • nihil
  • nilgai
  • nilgau
  • nilghai
  • nilghau
  • nill
  • nilling
  • nulling
  • unaging
  • unai
  • ungluing
  • unialgal
  • unnail
  • unnailing

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

again

adverb
  1. Another time; once more.
  2. Over and above a factor of one.
  3. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
  4. Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
  5. Back (to a former place or state).
  6. In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
  7. In any other place.
  8. On the other hand.
  9. Moreover; besides; further.
preposition
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Against.

aging

verb
  1. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  2. To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  3. To categorize by age.
  4. To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
noun
  1. The process of becoming older or more mature.
  2. The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
  3. Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
  4. Wear, wear and tear.
adjective
  1. Becoming elderly.

ailing

verb
  1. To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
  2. To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
noun
  1. An ailment.
adjective
  1. Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

align

verb
  1. To form a line; to fall into line.
  2. To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  3. To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
  4. To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.
  5. To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.

aligning

verb
  1. To form a line; to fall into line.
  2. To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  3. To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
  4. To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.
  5. To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.

angina

noun
  1. An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
  2. Short for angina pectoris.
  3. A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.

angling

verb
  1. (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
  2. To change direction rapidly.
  3. To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
  4. (cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
verb
  1. To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  2. (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
noun
  1. A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.

annuli

noun
  1. A ring- or donut-shaped area or structure.
  2. The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
  3. Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radius.
  4. The ring of the sun not covered by the moon in an annular solar eclipse.
  5. Structure in a fern that consists of differentially thick-walled cells on a sporangium that bend and distort as a result of drying.
  6. The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom.
  7. (oil and gas production) The space contained between the centre well bore and any external tubing. Sometimes used for separated gas flow.

annulling

verb
  1. To formally revoke the validity of.
  2. To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
noun
  1. An annulment.

gagging

verb
  1. To experience the vomiting reflex.
  2. To cause to heave with nausea.
  3. To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
  4. To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
  5. To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.
  6. To choke; to retch.
  7. To deceive (someone); to con.
noun
  1. A gag motion or reflex.

gain

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act of gaining; acquisition.
  2. What is gained.
  3. The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
verb
  1. To acquire possession of.
  2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
  3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  4. To increase.
  5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  6. To reach.
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  8. To put on weight.
  9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.

Etymology 2

preposition
  1. Against.

Etymology 3

adjective
  1. Straight, direct; near; short.
  2. Suitable; convenient; ready.
  3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
  4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
adverb
  1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
  2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
  3. Tolerably; fairly.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

gaining

verb
  1. To acquire possession of.
  2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
  3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  4. To increase.
  5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  6. To reach.
  7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  8. To put on weight.
  9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
noun
  1. Gain; profit.

galling

verb
  1. To bother or trouble.
  2. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
  3. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  4. To exasperate.
  5. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
  6. To scoff; to jeer.
verb
  1. To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun
  1. Wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.
adjective
  1. Vexing, humiliating

ganging

verb
  1. To go; walk; proceed.
verb
  1. To attach similar items together to form a larger unit.
verb
  1. To participate in a gangbang.
  2. To beat one or a smaller amount of people as a gang.
  3. To belong to a gang; to commit criminal acts as part of a gang.
noun
  1. A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing

ganglia

noun
  1. An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
  2. Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
  3. (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
  4. A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.

gangling

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A member of a gang.

gauging

verb
  1. To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. To estimate.
  3. To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
  4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
noun
  1. Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.
  2. The addition of various materials to lime mortar.
  3. A shirring.

gigging

verb
  1. To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
  2. To engage in musical performances.
  3. To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
  4. To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
verb
  1. To engender.

giggling

verb
  1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.
noun
  1. The act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter

gill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (animal anatomy) a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
  2. (of a fish) a gill slit or gill cover
  3. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne
  4. (animal anatomy) the fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle
  5. The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
  6. (spinning) one of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments
verb
  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
  2. To catch (a fish) in a gillnet
  3. To be or become entangled in a gillnet

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A drink measure for spirits and wine (size varies regionally but it is about one quarter of a pint)
  2. A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Rivulet
  2. Ravine

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber

Etymology 5

noun
  1. A leech

Etymology 6

noun
  1. A female ferret
  2. A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton
  3. A prostitute
verb
  1. To act as a prostitute.

gilling

verb
  1. To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it
  2. To catch (a fish) in a gillnet
  3. To be or become entangled in a gillnet
verb
  1. To act as a prostitute.

ginning

verb
  1. To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
  2. To trap something in a gin.
verb
  1. To begin.
noun
  1. The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.

glia

noun
  1. The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.

glugging

verb
  1. To flow in noisy bursts.
  2. To quickly swallow liquid.
noun
  1. A sound that glugs.

gluing

verb
  1. To join or attach something using glue.
  2. To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
noun
  1. The act of attaching something with glue.
  2. A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines.

gulling

verb
  1. To deceive or cheat.
  2. To mislead.
  3. To trick and defraud.
noun
  1. An instance of duping or fooling somebody.

gunning

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haggling

verb
  1. To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
  2. To hack (cut crudely)
  3. To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.
noun
  1. The act of one who haggles.

hail

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
verb
  1. Of hail, to fall from the sky.
  2. To send or release hail.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.
  3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
  4. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
adjective
  1. Healthy, whole, safe.

hailing

verb
  1. Of hail, to fall from the sky.
  2. To send or release hail.
  3. To pour down in rapid succession.
verb
  1. To greet; give salutation to; salute.
  2. To name; to designate; to call.
  3. To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
  4. To signal in order to initiate communication with.
noun
  1. The act by which somebody is hailed.

hanging

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To be or remain suspended.
  2. To float, as if suspended.
  3. (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  4. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
  5. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
  6. To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  7. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  8. (used in maledictions) To damn.
  9. To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
  10. To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  11. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  12. To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  13. To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
  14. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
  15. To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
  16. To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  17. To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  18. To be vulnerable to capture.
  19. Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
adjective
  1. Suspended.
  2. (of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
  3. (of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.
  4. (of a person) ugly; very unattractive

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
  2. A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.
  3. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
  4. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

hangnail

noun
  1. A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.
  2. A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.

hauling

verb
  1. To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
  2. To draw or pull something heavy.
  3. To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
  4. To drag, to pull, to tug.
  5. Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
  6. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
  7. To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
  8. Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
  9. To haul ass.
noun
  1. Haulage

high

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  2. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
  3. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  4. A drug that gives such a high.
  5. A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  6. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
  7. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
  8. The highest card dealt or drawn.
verb
  1. To rise.
adjective
  1. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
  2. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  3. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
  4. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
  5. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
  6. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
  7. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
  8. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
  9. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
  10. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
  11. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
  12. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
  13. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
  14. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
  15. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
  16. Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
  17. Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
  18. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  19. Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
  20. (of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
adverb
  1. In or to an elevated position.
  2. In or at a great value.
  3. At a pitch of great frequency.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Thought; intention; determination; purpose.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To hie; to hasten.

hill

noun
  1. An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
  2. A sloping road.
  3. A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  4. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
  5. The pitcher’s mound.
verb
  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.

hilling

verb
  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.
noun
  1. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.

hinging

verb
  1. To attach by, or equip with a hinge.
  2. (with on or upon) To depend on something.
  3. The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break.
  4. To bend.

hugging

verb
  1. To crouch; huddle as with cold.
  2. To cling closely together.
  3. To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
  4. To stay close to (the shore etc.)
  5. To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
noun
  1. The act of giving a hug.

hulling

verb
  1. To remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed.
verb
  1. To drift; to be carried by the impetus of wind or water on the ship's hull alone, with sails furled.
  2. To hit (a ship) in the hull with cannon fire etc.

iguana

noun
  1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet
  2. In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana
  3. Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
  4. Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor -- see leguan
  5. Colloquially, in Australia, any member of the genus Varanus -- see goanna

inhaling

verb
  1. To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  2. To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  3. To eat very quickly.
noun
  1. Inhalation

inning

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
  2. A similar period of play.
  3. A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
  4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
  5. The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
  6. Lands recovered from the sea.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To house; to lodge.
  2. To take lodging; to lodge.

lagging

verb
  1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
  2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
  3. To transport as a punishment for crime.
  4. To cause to lag; to slacken.
noun
  1. The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
  2. The material so used.
  3. A prison sentence.
adjective
  1. Falling behind, not keeping up the pace
  2. Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

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.

laughing

verb
  1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
  2. To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
  3. (followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
  4. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
  5. To express by, or utter with, laughter.
noun
  1. The action of the verb to laugh.

linguini

noun
  1. Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.

lining

verb
  1. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
  2. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
  3. To form a line along.
  4. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
  5. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
  6. To read or repeat line by line.
  7. To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
  8. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
  9. To measure.
verb
  1. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
  2. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
  3. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
verb
  1. (of a dog) To copulate with, to impregnate.
noun
  1. A covering for the inside surface of something.
  2. The material used for such a covering.
  3. The act of attaching such a covering.

lugging

verb
  1. (sometimes figurative) To haul or drag along (especially something heavy); to carry; to pull.
  2. To run at too slow a speed.
  3. To carry an excessive amount of sail for the conditions prevailing.
  4. To pull toward the inside rail ("lugging in") or the outside rail ("lugging out") during a race.
noun
  1. The process by which something is lugged from one place to another; a laborious carrying or dragging.

luging

verb
  1. To travel by luge; to ride a luge.

lulling

verb
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

lunging

verb
  1. To (cause to make) a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
  2. To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
noun
  1. The act of one who lunges; a lunge.

nagging

verb
  1. To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
  2. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
  3. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
noun
  1. The action of the verb nag.
adjective
  1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

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.

nailing

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.
noun
  1. A mechanical fastening by means of nails.

niggling

verb
  1. To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
  2. To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
  3. To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
  4. To fidget, fiddle, be restless.
noun
  1. A sensation that niggles.
adjective
  1. Petty

nigh

verb
  1. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
adjective
  1. Near, close by
  2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
adverb
  1. Almost, nearly.
preposition
  1. Near; close to

unhanging

verb
  1. To take down something (such as a picture) from a hanging position
verb
  1. Hypothetically, to undo the execution of (a person) by hanging.

unhinging

verb
  1. To remove the leaf of a door or a window from its supporting hinges.
  2. To mentally disturb.

unilingual

noun
  1. A person who understands only one language
adjective
  1. Knowing or using a single language