Thursday, September 4, 2025
- Words
- 57
- Points
- 252
- Genius
- 176
- Pangram
- 1
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ahoy
noun — An utterance of this interjection.
verb — To hail with a cry of "ahoy".
interjection — Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
interjection — Warning of something approaching or impending.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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alcohol
noun — Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
noun — Ethanol.
noun — Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
noun — Any very fine powder.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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aloha
noun — Good wishes, love.
interjection — Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun — An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ancho
noun — A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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annoy
noun — A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
verb — To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
noun — That which causes such a feeling.
verb — To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
verb — To molest; to harm; to injure.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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anyhoo
adverb — Anyhow
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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cacao
noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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callaloo
noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cannon
noun — A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
verb — To bombard with cannons.
noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.
noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
noun — Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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canola
noun — Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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canon
noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.
noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
noun — A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
noun — The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
noun — A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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canyon
noun — A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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cloaca
noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.
noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.
noun — An outhouse or lavatory.
noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coach
noun — A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
verb — To train.
noun — A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
noun — (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
noun — A single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
noun — The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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coal
noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
noun — Charcoal.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coca
noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cocoa
noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun — Coconut palm.
noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
noun — A serving of this drink.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cocoon
noun — The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
verb — To envelop in a protective case
noun — Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb — To withdraw into such a case.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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coho
noun — An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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cola
noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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colcannon
noun — A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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colon
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A husbandman.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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colony
noun — A governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country.
noun — A settlement of emigrants who move to a new place, but remain culturally tied to their place of origin
noun — Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country.
noun — An apartment complex or neighborhood.
noun — A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
noun — A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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conch
noun — A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
verb — To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
noun — A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
noun — The shell of this sea animal.
noun — A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
noun — The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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halcyon
noun — A kingfisher said in classical mythology to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters.
adjective — Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
noun — A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
adjective — Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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halo
noun — A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
verb — To encircle with a halo.
noun — A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
noun — Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
noun — Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
noun — The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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holly
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holy
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honcho
noun — Boss, leader
verb — To lead or manage.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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hooch
noun — Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
noun — A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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llano
noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loach
noun — A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
noun — Acronym of light observation helicopter.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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loan
noun — A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
verb — To lend (something) to (someone).
noun — An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
noun — The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
noun — The permission to borrow any item.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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local
noun — A person who lives near a given place.
adjective — From or in a nearby location.
adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loch
noun — A lake.
noun — A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
noun — A bay or arm of the sea.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 30 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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loony
noun — An insane or very foolish person.
adjective — (of a person) Insane.
adjective — (of a thing) Very silly, absurd.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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loyal
adjective — Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
adjective — Firm in allegiance to a person or institution.
adjective — Faithful to a person or cause.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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nacho
noun — A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
Appeared in 3 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 45 recorded puzzles.
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nylon
noun — Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
noun — (in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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only
noun — An only child.
adjective — Alone in a category.
adverb — Without others or anything further; exclusively.
conjunction — Under the condition that; but.
adjective — Singularly superior; the best.
adjective — Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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yahoo
noun — A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person; yokel; lout.
verb — To give a cry of "yahoo".
interjection — An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
noun — A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
verb — To search using the Yahoo! search engine.
interjection — A battle cry.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
halcyon is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×1
- ah×1
- al×3
- an×4
- ca×6
- cl×2
- co×14
- ha×2
- ho×4
- ll×1
- lo×11
- na×1
- no×2
- ny×1
- on×2
- ya×1
- yo×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 9 |
| c | 6 | 7 | 7 | · | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| h | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 6 |
| l | 5 | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | 12 |
| n | 1 | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 4 |
| o | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| y | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 17 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 176 points of 252 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19319 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Saturday, August 30, 2025 |
| c | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| h | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| l | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| n | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Friday, August 15, 2025 |
| o ● | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Tuesday, August 19, 2025 |
| y | Monday, September 1, 2025 | first recorded time |
Other days with this pangram
- Thursday, August 13, 2026 — halcyon, center N
Same seven letters
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- cocoon 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
Valid words the Bee rejected
Accepted on other days, not today
These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.
- clonal
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.
- ahchoo
- ancon
- anconal
- anoa
- calo
- chao
- choana
- cholla
- cholo
- chon
- cloacal
- clon
- clonally
- coala
- coaly
- coccal
- coco
- colly
- coly
- concha
- conchal
- conchy
- conn
- cony
- cooch
- coocoo
- cooly
- coon
- cooncan
- cyano
- cyclo
- cyclonal
- hallo
- halloa
- halloo
- holla
- hollo
- holloa
- holloo
- honan
- hooly
- hoya
- loca
- lochan
- lolly
- nolo
- nona
- noncola
- nonyl
- olla
- oolachan