Sunday, August 24, 2025
- Words
- 49
- Points
- 306
- Genius
- 214
- Pangrams
- 6
Official answers
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alibi
noun — The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
verb — To provide an excuse for.
verb — To provide an alibi for.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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arability
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arbitrarily
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baba
noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
noun — A baby, child.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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bail
noun — Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
noun — Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
verb — To exit quickly.
verb — To fail to meet a commitment.
noun — A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
verb — To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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bait
noun — Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
noun — Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
verb — To attract with bait; to entice.
verb — To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
noun — Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
verb — To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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ball
noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.
verb — To play basketball.
noun — A very enjoyable time.
verb — To form or wind into a ball.
noun — A formal dance.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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barb
noun — The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
verb — To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
noun — The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
noun — A barbiturate.
noun — A hurtful or disparaging remark.
noun — A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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batty
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bilabial
adjective — Articulated with both lips.
noun — A speech sound articulated with both lips.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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biliary
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bill
noun — A piece of paper money; a banknote.
noun — A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
verb — To charge; to send a bill to.
noun — A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
noun — The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
noun — Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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blab
verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
noun — Gossip; prattle.
noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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blat
verb — To make a senseless noise.
verb — To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
verb — To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
verb — To talk inconsiderately.
noun — Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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brat
noun — A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
noun — Bratwurst
noun — A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
noun — Acronym of Born, Raised, And Transferred.
noun — A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.
noun — A turbot or flatfish
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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bratty
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bray
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briar
noun — Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
noun — The white heath, Erica arborea, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
noun — Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
noun — A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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irritability
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irritably
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labia
noun — The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
noun — A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.
noun — The lip of a labiate corolla.
noun — The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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labial
adjective — Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
adjective — Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
noun — A consonant articulated by the lips.
adjective — Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
noun — Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
noun — An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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library
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rabbi
noun — A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
noun — A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
noun — (police) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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rabbit
noun — A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
verb — To hunt rabbits.
verb — To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
verb — Confound; damn; drat.
noun — The meat from this animal.
noun — The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ratability
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ribbit
noun — The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
verb — To make the sound of a frog or toad.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tabby
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tabla
noun — A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tibia
noun — The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
noun — The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
noun — The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
noun — A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tribal
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tribally
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trilby
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×2
- ai×1
- al×1
- ar×3
- ba×9
- bi×6
- bl×3
- br×5
- ir×2
- la×3
- li×2
- ra×3
- ri×2
- ta×2
- ti×2
- tr×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| b | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 23 |
| i | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 2 |
| l | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 5 |
| r | · | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| t | · | 3 | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| Σ | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 214 points of 306 available. The average answer runs 6.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17987 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| b ● | Monday, August 18, 2025 | Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, August 23, 2025 | Monday, August 18, 2025 |
| l | Thursday, August 21, 2025 | Thursday, August 21, 2025 |
| r | Friday, August 22, 2025 | Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
| t | Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | Friday, August 8, 2025 |
| y | Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- onion 31
- naan 30
- nana 30
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- aria 22
- imam 22
- maim 22
- bill 22
- mini 22
- minim 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- lilt 21
- till 21
- tilt 21
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.
- abba
- abbatial
- abri
- alba
- albata
- arbitral
- atabal
- baal
- babbitt
- balata
- bally
- barbal
- barbital
- barilla
- barratry
- baryta
- batt
- battalia
- biali
- bibb
- birl
- birr
- bitt
- bitty
- brail
- brill
- brit
- britt
- brittly
- brrr
- byrl
- labara
- labially
- labra
- liblab
- libra
- libri
- rabat
- rabbitry
- rabbity
- ratably
- titbit