Thursday, September 25, 2025
- Words
- 37
- Points
- 222
- Genius
- 155
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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group
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grouping
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guru
noun — A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
noun — (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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inurn
verb — To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
verb — To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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noun
noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
verb — To convert a word to a noun.
noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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oppugn
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oppugning
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popgun
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pour
noun — The act of pouring.
verb — To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
noun — Something, or an amount, poured.
noun — A downpour, or flood of precipitation.
verb — To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.
verb — To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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pouring
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pruning
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punning
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purging
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purring
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ruin
noun — (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
verb — To cause the fiscal ruin of.
noun — The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
noun — Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
noun — A fall or tumble.
noun — A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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rung
noun — A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
verb — Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
adjective — Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
noun — A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
noun — A position in a hierarchy.
noun — A floor timber in a ship.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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ungroup
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unpinning
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upping
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pouring is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- go×1
- gr×2
- gu×2
- in×3
- no×2
- op×2
- pi×1
- po×3
- pr×2
- pu×4
- ro×1
- ru×5
- un×6
- up×2
- ur×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | 1 | · | 5 |
| i | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 3 |
| n | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| o | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | · | · | 10 |
| r | 2 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | 6 |
| u | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | 2 | 9 |
| Σ | 7 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 155 points of 222 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19762 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| g | Monday, September 22, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| i | Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | Friday, September 12, 2025 |
| n | Monday, September 22, 2025 | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| o | Monday, September 22, 2025 | Sunday, September 14, 2025 |
| p | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
| r | Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 |
| u ● | Wednesday, September 24, 2025 | Tuesday, August 12, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- nene 26
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- imam 24
- maim 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- lilt 23
- till 23
- tilt 23
- aria 23
- mitt 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.
- grugru
- grunion
- guiro
- gunrunning
- gurging
- ingroup
- inpour
- inpouring
- proroguing
- prounion
- prurigo
- pugging
- pung
- pupping
- puri
- purin
- purpurin
- rigour
- roguing
- roup
- rouping
- rugging
- unrip
- unripping
- upgoing
- upprop
- uppropping