Monday, August 11, 2025
- Words
- 30
- Points
- 118
- Genius
- 82
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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daddy
noun — (usually childish) Father.
verb — To father; to sire.
noun — A male lover.
noun — An informal term of address for a man.
noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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dial
noun — A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
noun — A clock face.
verb — To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
verb — To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
noun — A sundial.
noun — A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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dildo
noun — An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
noun — An idiot, a bore.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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dodo
noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
noun — Fried plantain.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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doll
noun — A toy in the form of a human.
noun — A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
noun — (sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman
noun — A dollar.
noun — (now possibly offensive) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
noun — The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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doodad
noun — A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall); especially an unspecified gadget, device, or part.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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dyad
noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.
noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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hold
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holiday
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hyoid
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idol
noun — A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
noun — (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
noun — A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
noun — An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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laid
verb — To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
verb — To produce and deposit an egg.
verb — To have sex with.
verb — To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
verb — To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
verb — To state; to allege.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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load
noun — A burden; a weight to be carried.
noun — (often in the plural) A large number or amount.
noun — A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
verb — To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
verb — To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
noun — A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
holiday is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- da×5
- di×6
- do×5
- dy×1
- ho×4
- hy×1
- id×4
- la×2
- lo×1
- od×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| h | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 5 |
| i | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| l | 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 82 points of 118 available. The average answer runs 5.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, August 10, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| d ● | Friday, August 8, 2025 | first recorded time |
| h | Thursday, August 7, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, August 9, 2025 | Saturday, August 9, 2025 |
| l | Saturday, August 9, 2025 | Saturday, July 26, 2025 |
| o | Sunday, August 10, 2025 | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| y | Saturday, August 9, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lilt 20
- till 20
- tilt 20
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.
- ahold
- aldol
- alidad
- allod
- allodia
- allodial
- alodia
- alodial
- dada
- dado
- dahl
- dhal
- dhooly
- dido
- didy
- diol
- dooly
- doyly
- hadal
- halid
- haloid
- hodad
- hodaddy
- holdall
- holyday
- hoody
- hyaloid
- hyoidal
- iliad
- iodid
- ladyhood
- lido
- odyl
- oidia
- oldy
- yald
- yodh