Monday, June 08, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 213

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 149

Genius requires between 23 and 40 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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 213 was in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on June 06, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 47 possible answers rank it in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 06, 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 June 07, 2026.

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 243
  • loll 224
  • toot 217
  • nana 201
  • naan 201
  • nene 158
  • tilt 156
  • till 156
  • lilt 156
  • mamma 154
  • mama 154
  • tint 151
  • onion 149
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • acai 145
  • acacia 145
  • anon 136
  • olio 135
  • anal 134
  • papa 128
  • tact 127
  • baba 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • dodo 124
  • mitt 121
  • loon 121
  • poop 120
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • cocci 119
  • moon 118
  • mono 118
  • calla 118
  • call 118
  • tattoo 117
  • tartar 117
  • tart 117
  • ratatat 117
  • attar 116
  • tutu 114
  • ally 113
  • allay 113
  • tatty 111
  • momma 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • cancan 110
  • roar 109


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 118,852 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,045 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*:

  • bedotted
  • beebee
  • betted
  • boobed
  • cete
  • cocotte
  • codded
  • codec
  • cooee
  • cooeed
  • coted
  • deet
  • dobe
  • ebbet
  • eddo
  • jeed
  • objet
  • obtect
  • obtected
  • octette
  • tedded
  • totted

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

bedded

verb
  1. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
  2. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

beet

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
  2. A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To improve; to mend.
  2. To kindle a fire.
  3. To rouse.

bobbed

verb
  1. To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.
  2. To move (something) as though it were bobbing in water.
  3. To curtsy.
  4. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
verb
  1. To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
  2. To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
  3. To bobsleigh.

bocce

noun
  1. A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
  2. One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.

bode

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
verb
  1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
  2. (followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A bid; an offer.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A messenger; a herald.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 5

verb
  1. To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  2. To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  3. To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  4. To wait for; to await.

boded

verb
  1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
  2. (followed by "well", "ill", "no good", etc.) To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.

booed

verb
  1. To shout extended boos derisively.
  2. To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision.

booted

verb
  1. To kick.
  2. To put boots on, especially for riding.
  3. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
  4. To forcibly eject.
  5. To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
  6. To vomit.
  7. (criminal slang) To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
verb
  1. To avail, benefit, profit.
  2. To benefit, to enrich; to give in addition.
verb
  1. To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
adjective
  1. Wearing a boot or boots.

bootee

noun
  1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
  2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
  3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

cede

verb
  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. To give way.

ceded

verb
  1. To give up; yield to another.
  2. To give way.

code

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
  2. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
  3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
  4. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
  5. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
  6. A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
  7. Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
  8. (scientific programming) A program.
  9. A particular lect or language variety.
  10. An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
verb
  1. To write software programs.
  2. To add codes to a dataset.
  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
  4. To encode.
  5. To encode a protein.
  6. To call a hospital emergency code.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

coded

verb
  1. To write software programs.
  2. To add codes to a dataset.
  3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
  4. To encode.
  5. To encode a protein.
  6. To call a hospital emergency code.
verb
  1. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
adjective
  1. Encoded; written in code or cipher.

coed

noun
  1. A young woman who attends college.
  2. A (generally young) woman, especially on the campus of a college or other educational institute.
adjective
  1. Of an educational institution, that teaches both males and females.
  2. Of any location, that mixes males and females.

cooed

verb
  1. To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.
  2. To speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

cote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A cottage or hut.
  2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To quote.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

debt

noun
  1. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
  2. The state or condition of owing something to another.
  3. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
  4. An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.

deco

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (underwater diving) Decompression.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A friendship book in which people add decorative elements such as drawings, stickers and sequins.

decoct

verb
  1. To make an infusion.
  2. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
  3. To heat as if by boiling.
  4. To reduce or diminish.
  5. To digest in the stomach.
  6. To devise.

decocted

verb
  1. To make an infusion.
  2. To reduce, or concentrate by boiling down.
  3. To heat as if by boiling.
  4. To reduce or diminish.
  5. To digest in the stomach.
  6. To devise.

decode

noun
  1. A product of decoding
  2. Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
verb
  1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
  2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

decoded

verb
  1. To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
  2. To figure out something difficult to interpret.

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.

deject

verb
  1. Make sad or dispirited.
  2. To cast down.

dejected

verb
  1. Make sad or dispirited.
  2. To cast down.
adjective
  1. Sad and dispirited.

detect

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Detected.

detected

verb
  1. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
adjective
  1. Having been noticed.

dote

noun
  1. A darling, a cutie.
  2. An imbecile; a dotard.
verb
  1. (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
  2. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.

doted

verb
  1. (usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
  2. To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
adjective
  1. Stupid; foolish
  2. Half-rotten

dotted

verb
  1. To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
  2. To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
  3. To mark by means of dots or small spots.
  4. To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
  5. To punch (a person).
adjective
  1. (of a line) Made up of a series of dots.
  2. (usually computing) That contains dots.
  3. (of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
  4. Covered with irregularly scattered objects.

ebbed

verb
  1. To flow back or recede
  2. To fall away or decline
  3. To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
  4. To cause to flow back.

eject

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
  3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  4. To project oneself from an aircraft.
  5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  6. To come out of a machine.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An inferred object of someone else's consciousness

ejected

verb
  1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
  3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  4. To project oneself from an aircraft.
  5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  6. To come out of a machine.

jete

noun
  1. A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.

jetted

verb
  1. To spray out of a container.
  2. To spray with liquid from a container.
  3. To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
  4. To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
  5. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
  6. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
  7. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
  8. To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
  9. To leave.

jobbed

verb
  1. To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
  2. To work as a jobber.
  3. To take the loss.
  4. To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
  5. (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
  6. To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
  7. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
  8. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
  9. To hire or let in periods of service.

jotted

verb
  1. (usually with "down") To write quickly.

object

noun
  1. A thing that has physical existence.
  2. Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
  3. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
  4. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
  5. An instantiation of a class or structure.
  6. An element within a category upon which functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
  7. Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
verb
  1. To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
  2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
  3. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

objected

verb
  1. To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
  2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
  3. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

oboe

noun
  1. A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

octet

noun
  1. A group or set of eight of something.
  2. A group of eight musicians performing together.
  3. A composition for such a group of musicians.
  4. A byte of eight bits. Abbreviation: o
  5. A group of three bits, representing any of eight possible values.

teed

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

toed

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) toes.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
  2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
  3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
  4. To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
  5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.
adjective
  1. Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

tooted

verb
  1. To stand out, or be prominent.
  2. To peep; to look narrowly.
  3. To see; to spy.
  4. To flatulate.
  5. To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
  6. To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
  7. To go on a drinking binge.
  8. To snort (a recreational drug).
  9. To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

tote

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A tote bag.
  2. A heavy burden.
  3. (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
verb
  1. To carry or bear.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
  2. Pari-mutuel betting.

toted

verb
  1. To carry or bear.
verb
  1. To add up; to calculate a total.