Sunday, August 17, 2025
- Words
- 56
- Points
- 338
- Genius
- 236
- Pangrams
- 3
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abdicate
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abdicated
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acacia
noun — A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
noun — (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
noun — The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
noun — A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
noun — Gum arabic; gum acacia.
noun — Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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acai
noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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acetate
noun — Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
noun — Cellulose acetate.
noun — A transparent sheet used for overlays.
noun — Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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acetic
adjective — Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
adjective — Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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acid
noun — A sour substance.
adjective — Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
noun — Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:
noun — Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
adjective — Sour-tempered.
adjective — Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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acidic
adjective — Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
adjective — Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic.
adjective — Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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acted
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addict
noun — A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
verb — To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
noun — An adherent or fan (of something)
verb — To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
verb — To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
verb — To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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addicted
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attic
noun — The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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cacti
noun — Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
noun — Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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cadet
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cede
verb — To give up; yield to another.
verb — To give way.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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ceded
verb — To give up; yield to another.
verb — To give way.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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cicada
noun — Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
Appeared in 7 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 13 recorded puzzles.
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decide
verb — To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
verb — To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
verb — To cause someone to come to a decision
verb — To cut off; to separate
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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decided
verb — To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
verb — To make a judgment, especially after deliberation
adjective — Clear; unmistakable
adjective — Determined; resolute
verb — To cause someone to come to a decision
verb — To cut off; to separate
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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dedicate
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dedicated
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dedicatee
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deicide
noun — The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
noun — The killer of a god or goddess.
noun — The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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diabetic
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dice
verb — To cut into small cubes.
noun — A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.
verb — To play dice.
noun — That which has been diced.
noun — (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
noun — Gaming with one or more dice.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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diced
verb — To cut into small cubes.
verb — To play dice.
verb — To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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dicta
noun — An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
noun — A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
noun — The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
noun — An arbitrament or award.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dictate
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dictated
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didactic
noun — A treatise on teaching or education.
adjective — Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
adjective — Excessively moralizing.
adjective — Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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iced
adjective — With ice added.
adjective — Covered with icing.
adjective — Very cold, but not necessarily containing ice.
verb — To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
verb — To cool with ice, as a beverage.
verb — To murder.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tacit
adjective — Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
adjective — Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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tact
noun — The sense of touch; feeling.
verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
noun — The stroke in beating time.
noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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tactic
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
adjective — Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
noun — A maneuver used against an enemy.
noun — A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective — Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×3
- ac×10
- ad×2
- at×1
- ca×6
- ce×2
- ci×4
- de×12
- di×9
- ed×1
- ei×1
- ic×1
- ta×4
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
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| a | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| c | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | 12 |
| d | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| e | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| Σ | 8 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 56 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 236 points of 338 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17432 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, August 16, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| b | Thursday, August 14, 2025 | Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
| c ● | Saturday, August 16, 2025 | Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
| d | Thursday, August 14, 2025 | Monday, August 11, 2025 |
| e | Friday, August 15, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, August 16, 2025 | Thursday, August 14, 2025 |
| t | Friday, August 15, 2025 | Friday, August 8, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- acacia 23
- acai 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lull 20
- lulu 20
- lilt 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.
- abaca
- accidia
- accidie
- acedia
- aceta
- acetated
- acta
- adiabatic
- aecia
- aecidia
- atactic
- bacca
- baccae
- baccate
- baccated
- bice
- caca
- caddice
- cade
- cadi
- caeca
- caid
- cate
- catted
- cattie
- cebid
- ceca
- cedi
- ceiba
- cete
- cicadae
- citied
- dace
- deictic
- diacid
- diacidic
- ectatic
- etic
- ictic
- tabetic
- tace
- tecta
- tectite
- tictac