Saturday, January 31, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 134

Number of Answers: 36

Points Needed for Genius: 94

Genius requires between 14 and 32 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 134 was in the 31st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on January 30, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 36 possible answers rank it in the 41st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 30, 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 a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on January 25, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.0.
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 213
  • toot 208
  • 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
  • lull 118
  • lulu 118
  • poop 118
  • boob 117
  • booboo 117
  • cocci 114
  • call 113
  • calla 113
  • mitt 113
  • mono 112
  • moon 112
  • tutu 112
  • loon 111
  • ratatat 111
  • tart 111
  • tartar 111
  • tattoo 111
  • allay 110
  • ally 110
  • attar 110
  • tatty 109
  • ammo 107
  • momma 107
  • roar 105
  • epee 104
  • meme 104


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 113,009 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*:

  • alar
  • alfilaria
  • farfal
  • farl
  • faro
  • fiar
  • filar
  • filaria
  • filarial
  • flir
  • foliar
  • frow
  • laari
  • lari
  • liri
  • loral
  • oorali
  • orra
  • raff
  • raia
  • rolf
  • wair
  • wirra
  • woorali
  • woorari

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

afar

adverb
  1. At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

affair

noun
  1. (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
  2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
  3. An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
  4. A material object (vaguely designated).
  5. An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur).
  6. A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
  7. A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
  8. A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
  9. The (male or female) genitals.

afro

noun
  1. A hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

airflow

noun
  1. Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.

airfoil

noun
  1. A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
  2. A wing of an aircraft.

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.

arrow

noun
  1. A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
  2. A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
  3. A directed edge.
  4. A dart.
  5. The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
  6. The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
verb
  1. To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
  2. To let fly swiftly and directly
  3. (of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
  4. To navigate using the arrow keys.

fair

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
  2. A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
  3. Fairness, beauty.
  4. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
  5. Good fortune; good luck.
verb
  1. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
  2. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
  3. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air drag or water resistance.
  4. To make fair or beautiful.
adjective
  1. Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
  2. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
  3. Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
  4. Just, equitable.
  5. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
  6. (of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
  7. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
  8. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
  9. Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
  10. Between the baselines.
  11. (of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
  12. (of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no-ball.
  13. Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
adverb
  1. Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
  2. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
  3. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
  4. A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).

farrow

noun
  1. A litter of piglets.
verb
  1. To give birth to a (litter of piglets).
adjective
  1. (of cows) Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.

flair

noun
  1. A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
  2. Distinctive style or elegance.
  3. Smell; odor.
  4. Olfaction; sense of smell.
verb
  1. To add flair.

floor

noun
  1. The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
  2. Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
  3. The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
  4. A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
  5. The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
  6. A storey/story of a building.
  7. In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
  8. Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
  9. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  10. The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
  11. A horizontal, flat ore body.
  12. The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
  13. An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface.
  14. A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
  15. A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
  16. A dance floor.
  17. The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition
verb
  1. To cover or furnish with a floor.
  2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
  3. (driving) To accelerate rapidly.
  4. To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
  5. To amaze or greatly surprise.
  6. To finish or make an end of.
  7. To set a lower bound.

flora

noun
  1. Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
  2. A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
  3. The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body

floral

noun
  1. A design involving flowers
  2. A perfume redolent of flowers
adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
  2. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.

foofaraw

No Definition Found.

fora

noun
  1. A place for discussion.
  2. A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
  3. A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
  4. An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
  5. A square or marketplace in a Roman town, used for public business and commerce.

frail

noun
  1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
  2. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
  3. A rush for weaving baskets.
  4. A girl.
verb
  1. To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
adjective
  1. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish
  2. Weak; infirm.
  3. Mentally fragile.
  4. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

friar

noun
  1. A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
  2. A white or pale patch on a printed page.
  3. An American fish, the silverside.

frill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
  2. A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
  3. A wrinkled edge to a film.
  4. Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
  5. The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
verb
  1. To make into a frill.
  2. To become wrinkled.
  3. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk).
  2. To cry (with reference to a bird of prey).

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.

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

oral

noun
  1. A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
  2. A physical examination of the mouth.
  3. Oral sex.
adjective
  1. Relating to the mouth.
  2. Spoken rather than written.

raffia

noun
  1. A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of the raffia palm tree (genus Raphia).

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.

rial

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

riff

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
  2. A clever or witty remark.
  3. A variation on something.
  4. A spoof.
verb
  1. To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
  2. To riffle.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The belly; the bowels.

riffraff

noun
  1. The rabble; crowds; the common people.
  2. Sweepings; refuse.

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.

roar

noun
  1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
  2. The cry of the lion.
  3. The deep cry of the bull.
  4. A loud resounding noise.
  5. A show of strength or character.
verb
  1. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. To proceed vigorously.
  6. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. (North Midlands) to cry

roil

verb
  1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  2. To annoy; to make someone angry.
  3. To bubble, seethe.
  4. To wander; to roam.
  5. To romp.

roll

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
  2. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
  3. Something which rolls.
  4. A swagger or rolling gait.
  5. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
  6. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  7. The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
  8. The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
  9. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
  10. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
  11. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
  12. A training match for a fighting dog.
  13. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
  14. (paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized.
verb
  1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
  2. To turn over and over.
  3. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
  4. To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  5. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
  6. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
  7. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
  8. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
  9. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
  10. To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
  11. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  12. To leave or begin a journey.
  13. To compete, especially with vigor.
  14. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  15. To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  16. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  17. To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
  18. To throw dice.
  19. To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
  20. To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
  21. To generate a random number.
  22. (of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
  23. (in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
  24. To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
  25. To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
  26. To betray secrets.
  27. To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
  28. (of a camera) To (cause to) film.
  29. To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
  30. To have a rolling aspect.
  31. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
  32. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
  33. To move and cause an effect on someone
  34. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
  35. To utter with an alveolar trill.
  36. To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
  37. To create a customized version of.
  38. To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is rolled up.
  2. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  3. An official or public document; a register; a record
  4. A catalogue or list
  5. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
  6. A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  7. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
  8. Part; office; duty; rôle.
  9. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
  10. (paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.

roof

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The external covering at the top of a building.
  2. The top external level of a building.
  3. The upper part of a cavity.
  4. The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
  5. (rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cover or furnish with a roof.
  2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
  3. To put into prison, to bird.
  4. To shelter as if under a roof.

wallaroo

noun
  1. Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
  2. The common wallaroo, Macropus robustus; the most common and widespread species of the three.

warrior

noun
  1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
  2. A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

farro

noun
  1. Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).