Wednesday, October 29, 2025
- Words
- 59
- Points
- 278
- Genius
- 194
- Pangrams
- 2
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cell
noun — The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
noun — A cellular phone.
noun — A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
noun — The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
noun — A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
noun — Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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clue
noun — A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
verb — To provide with a clue.
noun — Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
noun — An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
noun — Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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clued
verb — To provide with a clue.
verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cuddle
noun — A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cuddled
verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cull
noun — A selection.
verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
noun — A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
noun — An organised killing of selected animals.
noun — (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
noun — (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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culled
verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
verb — To gather, collect.
verb — To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
verb — To kill (animals etc).
verb — To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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dill
noun — Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
verb — To cook or flavor with dill
verb — To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
noun — A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
noun — A fool.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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dull
verb — To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
adjective — Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
verb — To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
verb — To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
verb — To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adjective — Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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icicle
noun — A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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include
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included
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lend
noun — The lumbar region; loin.
verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
noun — (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.
verb — To make a loan.
verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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leucine
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lice
noun — A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
noun — (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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lull
noun — A period of rest or soothing.
verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite
noun — A period without waves or wind.
noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lulu
noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.
noun — A very attractive or alluring person.
noun — A very bad mistake or error.
noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lune
noun — A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
noun — A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
noun — (hawking) A leash for a hawk.
noun — Anything crescent-shaped.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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needle
noun — A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
noun — Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
noun — A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
noun — A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
noun — A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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needled
verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
adjective — Covered or armored with needles.
verb — To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
verb — To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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nuclei
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nucleic
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null
noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
verb — To nullify; to annul.
adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"
noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
noun — Something that has no force or meaning.
noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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unlined
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include is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ce×4
- cl×3
- cu×4
- de×6
- di×3
- du×4
- el×4
- ic×1
- id×2
- in×4
- le×4
- li×8
- lu×5
- ne×2
- nu×3
- un×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | · | 11 |
| d | 5 | · | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| e | · | 2 | 2 | · | · | 4 |
| i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| l | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| n | 1 | · | 2 | 2 | · | 5 |
| u | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| Σ | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 59 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 194 points of 278 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19815 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Thursday, October 23, 2025 | Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| d | Monday, October 27, 2025 | Monday, October 27, 2025 |
| e | Sunday, October 26, 2025 | Friday, September 19, 2025 |
| i | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 |
| l ● | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | Friday, October 17, 2025 |
| n | Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | Thursday, October 9, 2025 |
| u | Monday, October 27, 2025 | Thursday, September 25, 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
Accepted on other days, not today
These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.
- linden
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.
- ceil
- ceiled
- cilice
- cline
- culicid
- culicine
- cullied
- decile
- deil
- dele
- deled
- diel
- dilled
- dindle
- dindled
- duelled
- duelli
- dunlin
- edile
- icicled
- indulin
- induline
- inulin
- leucin
- leud
- licence
- licenced
- licencee
- lilied
- linin
- linn
- luce
- lucence
- lude
- ludic
- lunule
- nellie
- nielli
- nill
- nilled
- nucelli
- nuclein
- nuclide
- nuclidic
- nulled
- nuncle
- undeluded
- undulled
- unled