Sunday, October 25, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 282

Number of Answers: 66

Points Needed for Genius: 197

Genius requires between 28 and 58 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 282 was in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 22, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 66 possible answers rank it in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on October 24, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.3.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 251
  • loll 230
  • toot 224
  • nana 214
  • naan 214
  • tilt 165
  • till 165
  • lilt 165
  • nene 164
  • mamma 164
  • mama 164
  • tint 163
  • onion 156
  • acai 156
  • acacia 156
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • anal 142
  • olio 141
  • anon 141
  • tact 132
  • papa 132
  • baba 132
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 131
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • booboo 126
  • boob 126
  • poop 124
  • loon 124
  • cocci 123
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • moon 121
  • mono 121
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • cancan 119
  • attar 119
  • natant 118
  • tutu 117
  • momma 116
  • aria 116
  • ammo 116
  • ally 116
  • allay 116
  • meme 115


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 125,086 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,174 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*:

  • aboma
  • alamo
  • alma
  • amain
  • ambo
  • amboina
  • amia
  • amin
  • ammino
  • ammonal
  • ammono
  • amnia
  • amnion
  • animalian
  • animi
  • baalim
  • bambini
  • bambino
  • bima
  • bimbo
  • bimini
  • binman
  • imbalm
  • imino
  • lamia
  • laminin
  • liman
  • limba
  • limbi
  • limina
  • maill
  • malm
  • mamilla
  • mammilla
  • mana
  • manana
  • manilla
  • mannan
  • mano
  • milia
  • milo
  • mina
  • minilab
  • minimill
  • mola
  • molal
  • momi
  • monilia
  • mool
  • noma
  • nomina
  • nomoi
  • nonanimal
  • nonmammalian
  • nonman

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

abloom

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amino

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ammo

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ammonia

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amnio

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anima

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animal

Etymology 1

noun
  1. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
  2. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
  3. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
  4. A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  5. A person of a particular type.
  6. Matter, thing.

Etymology 2

adjective
  1. Of or relating to animals.
  2. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
  3. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
  4. Excellent

balm

No Definition Found.

bamboo

No Definition Found.

bibliomania

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binomial

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blam

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bloom

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bomb

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boom

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iamb

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iambi

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imam

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lama

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lamb

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lamina

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laminal

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lima

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limb

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
  2. A branch of a tree.
  3. The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
  4. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
  5. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  6. The part of a corolla beyond the throat.
verb
  1. To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).
  2. To supply with limbs.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The apparent visual edge of a celestial body.
  2. (on a measuring instrument) The graduated edge of a circle or arc.
  3. The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal or sepal; blade.

limbo

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liminal

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limn

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limo

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llama

noun
  1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

loam

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loom

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mail

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mailman

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maim

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main

Etymology 1

verb
  1. Short for mainline.
  2. To mainly play a specific character, or side, during a game.
  3. Of a road: to convert into a main or primary road.
adjective
  1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
  2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
  3. (of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
  4. Big; angry.
  5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
  6. Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
adverb
  1. Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
  2. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
  3. Short for main course.
  4. The high seas.
  5. The mainland.
  6. Short for mainsail.
  7. (except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A hand or match in a game of dice.
  2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
  3. A stake played for at dice.
  4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
  5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A basket for gathering grapes.

mall

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mama

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mamba

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mambo

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mamma

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mammal

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mammalian

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mammon

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mania

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manila

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manna

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mill

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million

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mini

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minim

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minima

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minimal

adjective
  1. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
  2. Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
  3. Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

minion

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moan

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moil

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moll

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momma

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mono

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monomania

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monomial

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moola

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moon

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nimbi

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nominal

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oilman

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monobob

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