Monday, July 28, 2025
- Words
- 35
- Points
- 126
- Genius
- 88
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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anorak
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know
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known
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krona
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kronor
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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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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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manor
noun — A landed estate.
noun — The main house of such an estate or a similar residence; a mansion.
noun — A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe.
noun — The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.
noun — Any home area or territory in which authority is exercised, often in a police or criminal context.
noun — One's neighbourhood.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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maroon
noun — An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
verb — To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.
adjective — Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
noun — A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
adjective — Of a maroon color
noun — A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
Appeared in 5 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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monk
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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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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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morn
noun — Morning.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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moron
noun — A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
noun — A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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naan
noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Appeared in 35 recorded puzzles.
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nana
noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother
noun — A banana
noun — A fool
noun — A nanny
Appeared in 35 recorded puzzles.
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nonwork
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nook
noun — A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
verb — To withdraw into a nook.
noun — A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
noun — A recess, cove or hollow.
noun — An English unit of land area, originally 1/4 of a yardland but later 12 1/2 or 20 acres.
noun — A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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noon
noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
verb — To relax or sleep around midday
noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.
noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
noun — The highest point; culmination.
Appeared in 45 recorded puzzles.
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norm
noun — That which is normal or typical.
verb — To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
noun — A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
noun — A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.
noun — A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
noun — A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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rank
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roan
noun — An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
adjective — Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
noun — The color of such an animal.
noun — A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
noun — Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
noun — Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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warn
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wonk
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workman
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workwoman
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workman is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
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Words by first two letters
- an×2
- kn×2
- ko×1
- kr×2
- ma×4
- mo×7
- na×3
- no×4
- ra×1
- ro×2
- wa×2
- wo×5
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| k | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| m | 6 | 3 | 2 | · | · | 11 |
| n | 5 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 7 |
| r | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| w | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Σ | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 88 points of 126 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19363 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, July 27, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| k | first recorded appearance | first recorded time |
| m | Friday, July 25, 2025 | Friday, July 25, 2025 |
| n ● | Sunday, July 27, 2025 | first recorded time |
| o | Saturday, July 26, 2025 | Friday, July 11, 2025 |
| r | Monday, July 21, 2025 | Monday, July 21, 2025 |
| w | Saturday, July 26, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- cocoon 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 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.
- amarna
- ammono
- anna
- anoa
- kana
- kaon
- karn
- knar
- konk
- kroon
- mana
- manana
- mannan
- mano
- marrano
- marron
- mawn
- nark
- noma
- nona
- nonman
- nonwar
- roman
- romano
- warworn