Sunday, September 7, 2025
- Words
- 49
- Points
- 255
- Genius
- 178
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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digging
verb — To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
verb — To understand or show interest in.
noun — The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
verb — To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
verb — To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
verb — To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ding
noun — Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
verb — To hit or strike.
noun — The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
noun — An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
noun — A rejection.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dinging
verb — To hit or strike.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
verb — To dash; to throw violently.
verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
verb — To fire or reject.
verb — To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dining
verb — To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
noun — Eating dinner as a social function.
verb — To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
verb — To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun — Entertaining someone to dinner.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dipping
verb — To lower into a liquid.
noun — An act or process of immersing.
verb — To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
verb — (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
verb — To lower a light's beam.
verb — To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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dodo
noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
noun — Fried plantain.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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doggo
noun — A dog.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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donor
noun — One who makes a donation.
noun — A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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door
noun — A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
verb — To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
noun — Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
noun — (immigration) An entry point.
noun — A means of approach or access.
noun — A barrier.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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doping
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dripping
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droid
noun — A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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droop
noun — Something which is limp or sagging
verb — To hang downward; to sag.
noun — A condition or posture of drooping
verb — To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
verb — To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
verb — To allow to droop or sink.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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drooping
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drop
noun — A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape via surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
verb — To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
noun — A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
noun — (now especially with "the") Alcoholic spirits in general.
noun — That which resembles or hangs like a liquid globule: a hanging diamond ornament or earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, etc.
noun — A thing which drops or hangs down:
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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dropping
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good
adjective — (of people)
interjection — That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
adverb — Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
noun — The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
verb — To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
verb — To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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odor
noun — Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
noun — A strong, pervasive quality.
noun — Esteem.
noun — Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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opioid
noun — A substance that has effects similar to opium.
noun — Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain.
noun — Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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pidgin
noun — An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
noun — A person's business, occupation, work, or trade.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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priding
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prod
noun — A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
verb — To poke, to push, to touch.
noun — A production.
noun — A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
noun — A poke.
noun — A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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prodding
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rondo
noun — A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
noun — A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
noun — A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
noun — A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.
noun — A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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rood
noun — A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
noun — A measure of land area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
noun — A measure of five and a half yards in length.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- di×7
- do×10
- dr×8
- gi×2
- go×1
- gr×4
- in×2
- no×1
- od×1
- op×1
- pi×1
- po×1
- pr×3
- ri×5
- ro×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| g | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| i | · | · | 2 | · | · | 2 |
| n | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 |
| o | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| p | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| r | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | 7 |
| Σ | 15 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 49 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 178 points of 255 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19028 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| d ● | Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Monday, August 11, 2025 |
| g | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| i | Monday, September 1, 2025 | Monday, August 18, 2025 |
| n | Friday, September 5, 2025 | Friday, August 15, 2025 |
| o | Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
| p | Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
| r | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- onto 23
- toon 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
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.
- dido
- dingdong
- dingdonging
- dinning
- doggoning
- dorp
- dorr
- drongo
- godding
- godroon
- griding
- indign
- indigoid
- indri
- iodid
- iodin
- irid
- nidi
- niding
- nodi
- nonrigid
- noodging
- ordo
- podding
- poind
- poinding
- ponding
- pongid
- pood
- rodding