Saturday, September 13, 2025
- Words
- 41
- Points
- 220
- Genius
- 154
- Pangrams
- 3
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abbot
noun — The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
noun — The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
noun — A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
noun — (British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
noun — (British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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abiotic
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anabiotic
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antibiotic
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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 20 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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banana
noun — An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
adjective — Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
noun — The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
noun — A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
noun — (mildly) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare coconut or Oreo.
noun — A banana equivalent dose.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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baobab
noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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biotin
noun — A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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boat
noun — A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
verb — To travel by boat.
noun — A full house.
noun — A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
noun — One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
noun — The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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boba
noun — Short for boba tea.
noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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bobbin
noun — A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
noun — In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
noun — The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
noun — (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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bonbon
noun — A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
noun — A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
noun — A Christmas cracker.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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bonito
noun — Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
noun — A large tropical fish, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.
noun — The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
noun — The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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bonobo
noun — The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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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 11 recorded puzzles.
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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 11 recorded puzzles.
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boon
noun — A prayer; petition.
adjective — Good; prosperous.
noun — The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
noun — That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
noun — A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
noun — An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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boot
noun — A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
verb — To kick.
noun — Remedy, amends.
verb — To avail, benefit, profit.
noun — The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
verb — To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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botanic
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noob
noun — (often pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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obit
noun — Death of a person.
noun — An obituary.
noun — A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.
noun — A record of a person's death.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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taboo
noun — An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
verb — To mark as taboo.
adjective — Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
noun — (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
verb — To ban.
verb — To avoid.
Appeared in 5 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.
botanic is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×3
- an×2
- ba×8
- bi×4
- bo×13
- ca×2
- ci×1
- na×2
- no×1
- ob×2
- ta×1
- ti×1
- to×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| b | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | · | · | · | 25 |
| c | · | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| n | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| o | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| t | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 10 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 154 points of 220 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19068 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, September 11, 2025 | Monday, September 8, 2025 |
| b ● | Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
| c | Friday, September 12, 2025 | Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
| i | Friday, September 12, 2025 | Friday, September 12, 2025 |
| n | Friday, September 12, 2025 | Tuesday, September 9, 2025 |
| o | Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
| t | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | Monday, August 25, 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.
- abaca
- abba
- aboon
- anabatic
- antitobacco
- babbitt
- baboo
- bacca
- banco
- bani
- banian
- batt
- bibb
- binit
- bint
- biont
- biontic
- biotitic
- bitt
- bocaccio
- boccia
- bonaci
- bonita
- bota
- botanica
- bott
- cabob
- cannabic
- cannabin
- catboat
- cobb
- cobia
- niobic
- nonantibiotic
- nontobacco
- obconic
- obia
- titbit