Tuesday, September 2, 2025
- Words
- 40
- Points
- 174
- Genius
- 121
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
Show the 40 answersHide answers
Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.
-
blob
noun — A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
verb — To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
noun — Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).
noun — In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
noun — A bubble; a bleb.
noun — A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
blobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
blocks
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
blocs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bocks
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boll
noun — The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
verb — To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
noun — An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
bolls
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bolo
noun — A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
verb — To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
noun — A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb — To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
noun — A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb — To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
bolos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boob
noun — Idiot, fool.
verb — To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
adjective — Idiotic, foolish.
noun — A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.
noun — A prison; jail.
verb — To make a mistake
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
-
booboo
noun — A mistake or error.
noun — (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
noun — (by or to young children) Feces.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
-
booboos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boohoos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
books
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bosh
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boss
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
cobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
cookbooks
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
hobos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
lobo
noun — A wolf.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
lobos
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
lobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
lookbooks
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
schoolbook
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
schoolbooks
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
slob
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
slobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
sobs
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- bl×6
- bo×19
- co×3
- ho×2
- lo×5
- sc×2
- sl×2
- so×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 25 |
| c | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| h | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| l | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| s | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Σ | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 121 points of 174 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| b ● | Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
| c | Monday, September 1, 2025 | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| h | Sunday, August 31, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| k | Friday, August 29, 2025 | Friday, August 29, 2025 |
| l | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| o | Sunday, August 31, 2025 | Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
| s | first recorded appearance | 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.
- bollocks
- boschbok
- boschboks
- boshbok
- boshboks
- bosk
- bosks
- cobb
- cobbs
- cocobolo
- cocobolos
- hobs
- kobo
- kobs
- obol
- obols