Friday, July 4, 2025
- Words
- 61
- Points
- 404
- Genius
- 282
- Pangrams
- 4
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cent
noun — (money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
noun — The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
noun — A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
noun — (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic
noun — A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
noun — A small sum of money.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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cite
verb — To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
noun — A citation
verb — To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
verb — To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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cocci
noun — Any approximately spherical bacterium.
noun — Coccidioidomycosis
noun — One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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cocoon
noun — The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
verb — To envelop in a protective case
noun — Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb — To withdraw into such a case.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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coefficient
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coffee
noun — A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
verb — To drink coffee.
adjective — Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.
noun — A serving of this beverage.
noun — The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
noun — The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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cone
noun — A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
verb — To fashion into the shape of a cone.
noun — A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
noun — A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.
noun — Anything shaped like a cone.
noun — The fruit of a conifer.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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confect
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confection
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confetti
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confine
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connect
verb — (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
verb — (of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
verb — (of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
verb — (of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
verb — To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
verb — To associate; to establish a relation between.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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content
noun — (except in phrases) Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.
verb — To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to make happy.
adjective — Satisfied
interjection — Alright, agreed
noun — That which is contained.
adjective — Contained.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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coot
noun — Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
noun — A foolish or eccentric fellow
noun — (with the) A success; something excellent.
noun — Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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entice
verb — To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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fence
noun — A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
verb — To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
noun — Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
noun — Skill in oral debate.
noun — The art or practice of fencing.
noun — A guard or guide on machinery.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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incite
verb — To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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infection
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nice
noun — Niceness.
adjective — Pleasant, satisfactory.
adverb — Nicely.
interjection — Used to signify a job well done.
verb — To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
adjective — Of a person: friendly, attractive.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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niece
noun — A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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office
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once
adverb — (frequency) One and only one time.
conjunction — As soon as; when; after.
adverb — (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
adverb — Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
adverb — As soon as.
adverb — At a future time.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ce×1
- ci×1
- co×28
- ec×1
- ef×2
- en×1
- fe×1
- fi×1
- fo×1
- ic×2
- in×8
- io×1
- ne×1
- ni×3
- no×3
- oc×1
- of×1
- on×1
- te×1
- ti×1
- to×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | · | 30 |
| e | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| f | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| i | 1 | 1 | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| n | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 7 |
| o | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| t | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 11 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 61 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 282 points of 404 available. The average answer runs 6.7 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21020 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c ● | Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | Wednesday, July 2, 2025 |
| e | Thursday, July 3, 2025 | first recorded time |
| f | first recorded appearance | first recorded time |
| i | Thursday, July 3, 2025 | first recorded time |
| n | Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | first recorded time |
| o | Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | first recorded time |
| t | Thursday, July 3, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 33
- toot 33
- loll 30
- acacia 29
- acai 29
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 28
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
- cancan 25
- canna 25
Valid words the Bee rejected
Dictionary words the Bee never takes
Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.
- cenote
- cento
- cete
- cine
- cion
- coccic
- coco
- cocotte
- coeffect
- coff
- coft
- coiffe
- coition
- concent
- confetto
- coni
- coniine
- conin
- conine
- conn
- conte
- conto
- coocoo
- cooee
- coof
- coon
- coontie
- enceinte
- etic
- fennec
- fice
- ficin
- fico
- ictic
- intinction
- neotenic
- nicotin
- nicotinic
- nocent
- noetic
- nonconnection
- nonionic
- octette
- offence
- ontic
- otic
- otitic
- tectite
- tictoc
- tonetic