Friday, August 15, 2025
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 173
- Genius
- 121
- Pangram
- 1
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entente
noun — An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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lent
noun — A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
noun — The second term of the academic year at some British schools.
verb — To make a loan.
verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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lone
adjective — Solitary; having no companion.
adjective — Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
adjective — Sole; being the only one of a type.
adjective — Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
adjective — Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
adjective — Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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lune
noun — A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
noun — A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
noun — (hawking) A leash for a hawk.
noun — Anything crescent-shaped.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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nene
noun — The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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neon
noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent
noun — A form or sample of the element.
noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.
noun — A neon tetra fish.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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nettle
noun — Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
verb — Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
noun — Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
noun — Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
noun — Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
verb — To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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noel
noun — Christmas
noun — A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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none
noun — A person without religious affiliation.
adverb — To no extent, in no way.
pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.
noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
Appeared in 23 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 44 recorded puzzles.
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noun
noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
verb — To convert a word to a noun.
noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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null
noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
verb — To nullify; to annul.
adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"
noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
noun — Something that has no force or meaning.
noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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onto
adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
preposition — Upon; on top of.
preposition — Aware of.
preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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opulent
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peloton
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penult
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punt
noun — A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground.
noun — A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
verb — To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
verb — To equivocate and delay or put off (answering a question, addressing an issue, etc).
verb — To make the best choice from a set of non-ideal alternatives.
noun — A wild guess.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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teen
noun — A teenager.
adjective — Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
noun — Grief; sorrow; trouble.
verb — To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
verb — (provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.
noun — Vexation; anger; hate.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tenet
noun — An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tent
noun — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
verb — To go camping.
noun — Attention; regard, care.
verb — To attend to; to heed
noun — A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
verb — (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tentpole
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toon
noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
noun — A town.
noun — A melody.
noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
noun — The wood of this tree.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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tuneup
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unto
preposition — Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
conjunction — Up to the time or degree that; until.
preposition — To, indicating an indirect object.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
opulent is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- en×1
- le×2
- lo×2
- lu×2
- ne×3
- no×7
- nu×1
- on×1
- op×3
- pe×6
- po×4
- pu×1
- te×5
- to×3
- tu×3
- un×5
- up×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 |
| l | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 6 |
| n | 9 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 11 |
| o | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| p | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | · | 11 |
| t | 5 | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 11 |
| u | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 6 |
| Σ | 27 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 121 points of 173 available. The average answer runs 4.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18877 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| l | Monday, August 11, 2025 | Saturday, July 26, 2025 |
| n ● | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
| o | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 |
| p | Friday, August 8, 2025 | Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
| t | Thursday, August 14, 2025 | Friday, August 8, 2025 |
| u | Tuesday, August 12, 2025 | Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- onto 22
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.
- eluent
- enol
- leno
- lenten
- leone
- lepton
- leptotene
- loupen
- lunet
- lunt
- lunule
- neep
- netop
- nett
- nolo
- nonuple
- nutlet
- pelon
- pennon
- pentene
- peptone
- pluton
- ponent
- ponton
- poon
- poteen
- potteen
- punnet
- punto
- puton
- tenuto
- toluene
- tonette
- tonlet
- unpent
- unpeople