Wednesday, July 01, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 224

Number of Answers: 51

Points Needed for Genius: 157

Genius requires between 23 and 44 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, 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 224 was in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 11, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 51 possible answers rank it in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 13, 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 July 10, 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 245
  • loll 226
  • toot 219
  • nana 204
  • naan 204
  • tilt 159
  • till 159
  • lilt 159
  • nene 158
  • mamma 158
  • mama 158
  • tint 153
  • onion 150
  • acai 148
  • acacia 148
  • toon 147
  • onto 147
  • anon 138
  • olio 137
  • anal 136
  • papa 129
  • tact 128
  • baba 127
  • dodo 126
  • lulu 125
  • lull 125
  • mitt 123
  • loon 122
  • poop 121
  • calla 121
  • call 121
  • booboo 120
  • boob 120
  • moon 119
  • mono 119
  • cocci 119
  • tattoo 117
  • tartar 117
  • tart 117
  • ratatat 117
  • attar 116
  • tutu 115
  • ally 114
  • allay 114
  • momma 113
  • cancan 113
  • aria 113
  • ammo 113
  • tatty 111
  • roar 111


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 120,434 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,058 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*:

  • cedi
  • cepe
  • cepheid
  • chippie
  • cuddie
  • deuced
  • didie
  • duce
  • duddie
  • duded
  • dupped
  • eche
  • eched
  • eide
  • heuch
  • hided
  • hied
  • hipped
  • pech
  • peched
  • pice
  • pipped
  • pupped

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

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.

cheep

noun
  1. A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
verb
  1. Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".
  2. To express in a chirping tone.
interjection
  1. The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

cheeped

verb
  1. Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".
  2. To express in a chirping tone.

chide

verb
  1. To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
  2. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
  3. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

chided

verb
  1. To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
  2. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
  3. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

chipped

verb
  1. To chop or cut into small pieces.
  2. To break small pieces from.
  3. To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
  4. To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  5. To become chipped.
  6. (often with "in") To ante (up).
  7. To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
  8. (often with "in") to contribute.
  9. (also, to chip at) To make fun of.
adjective
  1. Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.
  2. Having had a microchip fitted.
  3. Having had the engine management system upgraded, usually to increase power.

cued

No Definition Found.

cupped

verb
  1. To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.
  2. To hold something in cupped hands.
  3. To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.
  4. To supply with cups of wine.
  5. To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
  6. To make concave or in the form of a cup.
adjective
  1. In the shape of a cup; concave.

decide

verb
  1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
  2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
  3. To cause someone to come to a decision
  4. To cut off; to separate

decided

verb
  1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
  2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
  3. To cause someone to come to a decision
  4. To cut off; to separate
adjective
  1. Determined; resolute
  2. Clear; unmistakable

deduce

verb
  1. To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  3. (Latinism) To lead forth.

deduced

verb
  1. To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
  2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
  3. (Latinism) To lead forth.

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.

deep

noun
  1. (with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
  2. (with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.
  3. A deep shade of colour.
  4. The profound part of a problem.
  5. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
  6. A fielding position near the boundary.
adjective
  1. (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  2. (intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
  3. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
  4. (of a color) Highly saturated.
  5. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
  6. Immersed, submerged (in).
  7. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
  8. (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.
adverb
  1. Deeply.

deice

No Definition Found.

deiced

No Definition Found.

deicide

noun
  1. The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
  2. The killer of a god or goddess.
  3. The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.

deuce

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. A side of a die with two spots.
  3. A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. The number two.
  5. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  6. A curveball.
  7. A '32 Ford.
  8. (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
  9. (restaurants) A table seating two diners.
  10. A piece of excrement.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

dice

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Gaming with one or more dice.
  2. A die.
  3. That which has been diced.
verb
  1. To play dice.
  2. To cut into small cubes.
  3. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
  2. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
  3. (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

diced

verb
  1. To play dice.
  2. To cut into small cubes.
  3. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

died

verb
  1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  2. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
  3. To yearn intensely.
  4. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
  5. To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
  6. To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
  7. To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
  8. (of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
  9. (of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
  10. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
  11. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
  12. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
  13. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
  14. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
  15. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
verb
  1. To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

dipped

verb
  1. To lower into a liquid.
  2. To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
  3. (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
  4. To lower a light's beam.
  5. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
  6. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
  7. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
  8. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
  9. To immerse for baptism.
  10. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
  11. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
  12. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
  13. To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
  14. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
  15. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
  16. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
  17. To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
  18. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
  19. To leave.
  20. To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
adjective
  1. That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
  2. Of headlights: lowered.
  3. Caught up in debt; mortgaged.

dude

noun
  1. A man, generally a younger man.
  2. (used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.
  3. An inexperienced cowboy.
  4. A tourist.
  5. A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
verb
  1. To address someone as dude.
  2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
  3. Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
interjection
  1. A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.

dupe

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A person who has been deceived.
verb
  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A duplicate of a photographic image.
  2. (restaurant industry) A duplicate of an order receipt printed for kitchen staff.
  3. A duplicate.
verb
  1. To duplicate.

duped

verb
  1. To swindle, deceive, or trick.
verb
  1. To duplicate.

eddied

verb
  1. To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

educe

noun
  1. An inference.
verb
  1. To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
  2. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
  3. To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
  4. To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
  5. To cause or generate; to bring about.

educed

verb
  1. To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
  2. To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
  3. To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
  4. To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
  5. To cause or generate; to bring about.
adjective
  1. Evoked
  2. Deduced

epee

noun
  1. A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.

epic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  2. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
  3. In software development, a large or extended user story.
adjective
  1. Of, or relating to, an epic.
  2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character
  3. Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. (of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

heed

noun
  1. Careful attention.
verb
  1. To guard, protect.
  2. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  3. To pay attention, care.

heeded

verb
  1. To guard, protect.
  2. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  3. To pay attention, care.

hiccuped

verb
  1. To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
  2. To say with a hiccup.
  3. To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

hiccupped

verb
  1. To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
  2. To say with a hiccup.
  3. To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.

hide

Etymology 1

verb
  1. To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  2. To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The skin of an animal.
  2. The human skin.
  3. (usually United States) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  4. (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
  5. A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
  6. A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.
verb
  1. To beat with a whip made from hide.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents.

hippie

noun
  1. (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
  2. (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.
  3. (modern slang) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and wearing unusually long hair (for males), and because of it, often stereotyped as a deadbeat.
  4. Someone who dresses in a hippie style.
  5. One who is hip.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to hippies.
  2. Not conforming to generally accepted standards.

hued

adjective
  1. Coloured; having a hue.

iced

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. With ice added.
  2. Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.
  3. Covered with icing.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To cool with ice, as a beverage.
  2. To become ice; to freeze.
  3. To make icy; to freeze.
  4. To murder.
  5. To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
  6. To put out a team for a match.
  7. To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.

peed

verb
  1. To urinate.
  2. (mildly vulgar) To drizzle.

peep

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
  2. A feeble utterance or complaint.
  3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
  4. A kind of bird; a sandpiper.
verb
  1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  2. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
  2. The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
verb
  1. To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
  2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A spot on a die or domino.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. Person.

peeped

verb
  1. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  2. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
verb
  1. To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
  2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

pepped

verb
  1. To inject with energy and enthusiasm.

piece

noun
  1. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
  3. One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
  4. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
  5. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
  6. An article published in the press.
  7. An artillery gun.
  8. A gun.
  9. (short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
  10. A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
  11. A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail
  12. (mildly, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
  13. A cannabis pipe.
  14. Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got.
  15. (sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
  16. A castle; a fortified building.
  17. A pacifier; a dummy.
  18. A distance.
  19. A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
  20. An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
verb
  1. (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
  2. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
  3. To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

pieced

verb
  1. (usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
  2. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
  3. To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

pied

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
  2. Decorated or colored in blotches.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To spill or mix printing type.

Etymology 3

verb
  1. To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
  2. To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
  3. (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble.

pipe

noun
  1. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
  2. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
  3. Meanings relating to a container.
  4. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
  5. Meanings relating to computing.
  6. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
verb
  1. To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  2. To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  4. Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  5. To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  6. To install or configure with pipes.
  7. To dab moisture away from.
  8. To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  9. To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.
  10. To create or decorate with piping (icing).
  11. To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  12. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.
  13. To see.

piped

verb
  1. To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  2. To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  3. To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  4. Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  5. To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  6. To install or configure with pipes.
  7. To dab moisture away from.
  8. To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  9. To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.
  10. To create or decorate with piping (icing).
  11. To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  12. (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.
  13. To see.
adjective
  1. Shaped like a pipe; tubular.

puce

noun
  1. A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
adjective
  1. Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.

upped

verb
  1. To increase or raise.
  2. To promote.
  3. (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
  4. To ascend; to climb up.
  5. To upload.