Sunday, June 21, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 122

Number of Answers: 28

Points Needed for Genius: 85

Genius requires between 13 and 24 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% 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 122 was in the 24th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on June 07, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 28 possible answers rank it in the 19th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 14, 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 18, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 244
  • loll 225
  • toot 218
  • nana 202
  • naan 202
  • nene 158
  • tilt 157
  • till 157
  • lilt 157
  • mamma 155
  • mama 155
  • tint 152
  • onion 150
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • acai 146
  • acacia 146
  • olio 136
  • anon 136
  • anal 135
  • papa 128
  • tact 127
  • baba 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • dodo 124
  • loon 122
  • mitt 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 114
  • allay 114
  • tatty 111
  • momma 111
  • cancan 111
  • aria 111
  • ammo 111
  • roar 110


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 119,428 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,050 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*:

  • gilly
  • giro
  • glogg
  • gogo
  • gooly
  • gorily
  • grig
  • grigri
  • groovily
  • grovy
  • grrrl
  • gyri
  • loggy
  • logily
  • logoi
  • ology
  • oology
  • orology

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

giggly

adjective
  1. Prone to giggling.

gigolo

noun
  1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
  2. A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.

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.

girl

noun
  1. A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
  2. A young female animal.
  3. (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman
  4. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
  5. A queen (the playing card.)
  6. A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
  7. One's girlfriend.
  8. One's daughter.
  9. A roebuck two years old.
  10. Cocaine, especially in powder form.
  11. (somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
  12. A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
verb
  1. To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
  2. (somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.

girly

noun
  1. Girl.
adjective
  1. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.

glory

noun
  1. Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
  2. Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
  3. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
  4. Worship or praise.
  5. An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
  6. Victory; success.
  7. An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
  8. The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
  9. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
verb
  1. To exult with joy; to rejoice.
  2. To boast; to be proud.
  3. To shine radiantly.

goggly

No Definition Found.

golly

Etymology 1

interjection
  1. God!

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
  2. (racist) A black person.
  3. A hairy caterpillar.
  4. A receiver of stolen goods.
  5. Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A galosh.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (juvenile) Chewing gum.
  2. (juvenile) Saliva or phlegm.
verb
  1. (juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat.

googly

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (of the eyes) Bulging.
  2. (usually of eyes, sometimes of persons) Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

googol

numeral
  1. The number 10^{100}, or ten to the power of a hundred.

gory

adjective
  1. Covered with blood, very bloody
  2. Unpleasant

grill

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  3. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
  4. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
  5. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
  6. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
  7. A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
  8. (by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
verb
  1. To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
  2. To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – broil, salamander.
  3. To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
  4. To feel very hot; to swelter.
  5. To stamp or mark with a grill.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To make angry; provoke; incite.
  2. To terrify; make tremble.
  3. To tremble; shiver.
  4. To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Harm.
adjective
  1. Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

grog

noun
  1. (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
  2. (by extension) Any alcoholic beverage.
  3. A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
  4. An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
  5. A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.

groggily

No Definition Found.

groggy

adjective
  1. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
  2. Of a horse: bearing wholly on its heels when trotting.

groovy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or having grooves.
  2. Set in one's ways.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A trendy and fashionable person.
adjective
  1. Cool, neat, interesting, fashionable.

gyro

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A gyroscope
  2. A gyrocompass
  3. An autogyro

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

igloo

noun
  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
  4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

logroll

No Definition Found.

logy

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A term formed with the -logy suffix.

orgy

noun
  1. Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
  2. A gathering of people to engage in group sex.
  3. Excessive indulgence in a specified activity.

rigor

noun
  1. Short for rigor mortis.
noun
  1. Severity or strictness.
  2. Harshness, as of climate.
  3. A trembling or shivering response.
  4. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  5. Shrewd questioning.
  6. Higher level of difficulty.

vigil

noun
  1. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
  2. A period of observation or surveillance at any hour.
  3. The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
  4. A quiet demonstration in support of a cause.

vigor

noun
  1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
  2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
  3. Strength; efficacy; potency.

virology

noun
  1. The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.

vlog

noun
  1. A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
verb
  1. To contribute to a video weblog.
  2. To post (something) to a video weblog.

yogi

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A devotee or adherent of yoga.
verb
  1. To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. (thru-hiker slang) To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.