Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 113

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 79

Genius requires between 11 and 18 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, 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 113 was in the 19th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 14, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd 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 08, 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 March 21, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.6.
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 235
  • loll 216
  • toot 211
  • nana 193
  • naan 193
  • nene 154
  • tilt 152
  • till 152
  • lilt 152
  • mamma 149
  • mama 149
  • tint 148
  • toon 141
  • onto 141
  • onion 141
  • acai 140
  • acacia 140
  • anon 131
  • anal 131
  • olio 126
  • papa 124
  • lulu 123
  • lull 123
  • dodo 123
  • baba 123
  • tact 122
  • poop 119
  • booboo 118
  • boob 118
  • moon 117
  • mono 117
  • mitt 117
  • cocci 117
  • calla 115
  • call 115
  • tartar 114
  • tart 114
  • ratatat 114
  • loon 114
  • attar 113
  • tutu 112
  • tattoo 112
  • ally 111
  • allay 111
  • momma 110
  • ammo 110
  • tatty 109
  • meme 109
  • roar 108
  • aria 108


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 115,417 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,945 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*:

  • abri
  • airt
  • ariary
  • arriba
  • attrit
  • babbitry
  • babbitt
  • babbittry
  • bibb
  • birr
  • bitt
  • bitty
  • brit
  • britt
  • bruit
  • rabbitry
  • rabbity
  • raia
  • riata
  • rubaiyat
  • rubati
  • titbit
  • titi
  • titty
  • turbit
  • urari
  • urbia
  • yautia
  • yirr
  • yttria

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

airy

adjective
  1. Consisting of air.
  2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
  3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
  4. Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
  5. Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
  6. Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
  7. Light-hearted; vivacious
  8. Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
  9. Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

arbitrary

noun
  1. Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
adjective
  1. (usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
  2. Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
  3. Any, out of all that are possible.
  4. Determined by independent arbiter.
  5. Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.

aria

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

atria

noun
  1. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  2. A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  3. A cavity, entrance, or passage.
  4. Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

bait

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
  2. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
  3. Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
  4. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
verb
  1. To attract with bait; to entice.
  2. To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
  2. To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
  3. To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
  4. (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
  5. (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

Etymology 4

adjective
  1. Obvious; blatant.
  2. Well-known; famous; renowned.

barbarity

noun
  1. The state of being barbarous; brutality
  2. A barbaric act
  3. Crudity
  4. A crude act

briar

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
  2. Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
  2. A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.

briary

No Definition Found.

rabbi

noun
  1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
  2. A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
  3. (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.

rabbit

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
  2. The meat from this animal.
  3. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
  4. A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
  5. A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
  6. A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
  7. Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
verb
  1. To hunt rabbits.
  2. To flee.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. Confound; damn; drat.

raita

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

rarity

noun
  1. A measure of the scarcity of an object.
  2. (of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
  3. A rare object.

ribbit

noun
  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
verb
  1. To make the sound of a frog or toad.
interjection
  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

ribby

adjective
  1. Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
  2. Specifically, thin so as to have prominent ribs; emaciated.
  3. Shabby, in poor condition.

tiara

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

tibia

noun
  1. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
  2. The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
  3. The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
  4. A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

trait

noun
  1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
  2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.

tributary

noun
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  2. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
adjective
  1. Related to the paying of tribute.
  2. Subordinate; inferior
  3. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

tutti

noun
  1. A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing
adjective
  1. All together; with all playing at once.
adverb
  1. All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

itty

No Definition Found.

birria

No Definition Found.