Friday, July 25, 2025
- Words
- 44
- Points
- 212
- Genius
- 148
- Pangram
- 1
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amino
noun — The amine functional group.
adjective — Relating to an amine.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ammo
noun — Ammunition.
verb — To load up on ammunition.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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ammonia
noun — A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.
noun — A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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amnio
noun — Amniocentesis
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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anima
noun — The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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animation
noun — The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
noun — (in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear to move in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) so produced
noun — The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness
noun — The condition of being animate or alive.
noun — Conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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atom
noun — The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
noun — (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
noun — The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.
noun — In logical atomism, a fundamental fact that cannot be further broken down.
noun — The smallest medieval unit of time, equal to fifteen ninety-fourths of a second.
noun — A mote of dust in a sunbeam.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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imitation
noun — The act of imitating.
noun — (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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intimation
noun — The act of intimating.
noun — The thing intimated.
noun — Announcement; declaration.
noun — A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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main
verb — Short for mainline.
adjective — Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
adverb — Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
noun — That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
noun — A hand or match in a game of dice.
noun — A basket for gathering grapes.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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maintain
verb — To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
verb — To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
verb — To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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mamma
noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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mammon
noun — The desire for wealth personified as an evil spirit or a malign influence.
noun — Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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mania
noun — Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
noun — Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
noun — The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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manna
noun — Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
noun — (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
noun — The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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manta
noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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mini
adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.
noun — A miniskirt.
noun — A minicomputer.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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minim
noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.
noun — A small fish; a minnow.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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minima
noun — The lowest limit.
noun — The smallest amount.
noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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minion
noun — The lowest limit.
noun — A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
adjective — Favoured, beloved; "pet".
noun — The smallest amount.
noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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minivan
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mint
adjective — (with condition) Like new.
noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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mitt
noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
noun — A mitten
noun — (especially in plural) A hand.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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moan
noun — A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
verb — To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
verb — To grieve.
verb — To distress (someone); to sadden.
verb — To make a moan or similar sound.
verb — To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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moat
noun — A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
verb — To surround with a moat.
noun — An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.
noun — A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
noun — A hill or mound.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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momma
noun — Mother
noun — A voluptuous woman.
noun — One's wife or girlfriend.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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mono
noun — A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
noun — A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding
adjective — Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
adjective — Monochrome.
noun — An injective homomorphism
noun — A monogamous person.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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monomania
noun — Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
noun — A pathological obsession with one person, thing or idea.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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moon
proper noun — The Earth's moon Luna; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
noun — (by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
verb — To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
proper noun — The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
proper noun — A surname.
proper noun — The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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moot
noun — A moot court.
adjective — Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
noun — A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
verb — To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
noun — Vagina.
noun — The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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motion
noun — A state of progression from one place to another.
verb — To gesture indicating a desired movement.
noun — A change of position with respect to time.
noun — A change from one place to another.
noun — A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.
noun — An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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motivation
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motto
noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
noun — A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
noun — A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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nomination
noun — An act or instance of nominating.
noun — A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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omit
verb — To leave out or exclude.
verb — To fail to perform.
verb — To neglect or take no notice of.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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ottoman
noun — An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc.
noun — A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
noun — A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tomato
noun — A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
verb — To pelt with tomatoes
noun — The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.
noun — A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
noun — A desirable-looking woman.
noun — A stupid act or person.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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tomtit
noun — Petroica macrocephala, the miromiro or New Zealand tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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vomit
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- am×4
- an×2
- at×1
- im×2
- in×1
- ma×9
- mi×7
- mo×10
- no×1
- om×1
- ot×1
- ta×1
- to×2
- vi×1
- vo×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 3 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| m | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| n | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| t | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| v | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 44 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 148 points of 212 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19028 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, July 24, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| i | Thursday, July 24, 2025 | Friday, July 18, 2025 |
| m ● | Monday, July 21, 2025 | Tuesday, July 15, 2025 |
| n | Thursday, July 24, 2025 | first recorded time |
| o | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 | Friday, July 11, 2025 |
| t | Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | Thursday, July 17, 2025 |
| v | Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- onto 23
- toon 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
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.
- amain
- amanita
- amanitin
- amia
- amin
- ammino
- ammoniation
- ammono
- amnia
- amnion
- amotion
- animato
- animi
- antiatom
- antiman
- antinomian
- antivitamin
- ataman
- atma
- atman
- imino
- intima
- mammati
- mana
- manana
- manito
- mannan
- mano
- matin
- matt
- mattin
- mavin
- mina
- momi
- monition
- monotint
- motmot
- mott
- noma
- nomina
- nomoi
- nonman
- tinman
- titman
- toman
- toom
- vanman
- vimina
- vomito