Saturday, October 25, 2025
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 197
- Genius
- 137
- Pangram
- 1
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afloat
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alfalfa
noun — A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
noun — A type or breed of this plant.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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aloft
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effete
adjective — Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
adjective — (of a person) Affected, overrefined
adjective — Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
adjective — Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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falafel
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fall
noun — The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
verb — (heading) To be moved downwards.
noun — The chasing of a hunted whale.
noun — A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
noun — The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
noun — A loss of greatness or status.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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fate
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feat
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feel
verb — (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
verb — (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
verb — To seem (through touch or otherwise).
noun — A vague mental impression.
noun — A quality of an object experienced by touch.
verb — To be or become aware of.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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feet
noun — Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
noun — A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
noun — A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
noun — The base or bottom of anything.
noun — A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
noun — (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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fell
verb — To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
verb — To strike down, kill, destroy.
adjective — Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
noun — (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
noun — (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.
noun — The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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fella
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fellate
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felt
verb — (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
verb — (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
noun — A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
verb — To seem (through touch or otherwise).
verb — To be or become aware of.
verb — To experience the consequences of.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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feta
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fetal
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fete
noun — A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
noun — A feast, celebration or carnival.
verb — (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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fettle
noun — A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
verb — To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.
noun — One's mental state; spirits.
noun — A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.
verb — To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
verb — To prepare.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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flatfeet
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flatfoot
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flea
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flee
verb — To run away; to escape.
verb — To escape from.
verb — To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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fleet
noun — A group of vessels or vehicles.
adjective — Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
noun — Any group of associated items.
noun — A large, coordinated group of people.
noun — A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
adjective — Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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float
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floe
noun — A low, flat mass of floating ice.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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folate
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folk
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folktale
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fool
noun — A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
verb — To trick; to deceive
verb — To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
noun — A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
noun — A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
noun — Buddy, dude, man.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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footfall
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leaf
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leaflet
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left
verb — To depart; to separate from.
adjective — The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
noun — The left side or direction.
adverb — Towards the left side.
noun — The left hand or fist.
noun — The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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taffeta
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takeoff
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teff
noun — The fine grain of this plant.
noun — A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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toffee
noun — A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
noun — A small, individual piece of toffee
noun — Any kind of sweets; candy
verb — To coat in toffee.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- af×2
- al×3
- ef×1
- fa×6
- fe×11
- fl×10
- fo×7
- le×3
- lo×3
- of×1
- ta×2
- te×1
- to×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 5 |
| e | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| f | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 34 |
| l | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 6 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 4 |
| Σ | 24 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 51 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 137 points of 197 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17524 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
| e | Friday, October 24, 2025 | Friday, September 19, 2025 |
| f ● | Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
| k | Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Friday, August 29, 2025 |
| l | Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Friday, October 17, 2025 |
| o | Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | Wednesday, October 22, 2025 |
| t | Friday, October 24, 2025 | Sunday, October 19, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- onion 30
- naan 30
- nana 30
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- acacia 23
- acai 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- olio 23
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- lilt 21
- till 21
- tilt 21
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
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.
- alef
- alfa
- fallal
- feal
- felafel
- felloe
- feoff
- feoffee
- flatlet
- floatel
- flota
- foetal
- footle
- keef
- kloof
- loof
- toff
- toft