Sunday, December 7, 2025
- Words
- 37
- Points
- 213
- Genius
- 149
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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hill
noun — An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
verb — To form into a heap or mound.
noun — A sloping road.
noun — A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
noun — A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
noun — The pitcher’s mound.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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hilt
noun — The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
verb — To provide with a hilt.
noun — The base of the penis.
verb — To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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lighting
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lightning
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lilt
noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lint
noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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nightlight
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thrilling
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till
preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
conjunction — Until, until the time that.
noun — A cash register.
noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tilt
verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
verb — To be at an angle.
noun — A slope or inclination.
noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tilth
noun — Agricultural labour; husbandry.
noun — The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
noun — Rich cultivated soil.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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trill
noun — A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
verb — To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
verb — To trickle.
verb — To twirl.
noun — A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr.
noun — A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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trilling
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- gi×5
- gl×2
- gr×2
- hi×5
- li×7
- ni×2
- ri×2
- th×2
- ti×8
- tr×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 3 | · | · | · | 9 |
| h | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 5 |
| l | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 7 |
| n | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| r | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| t | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 12 |
| Σ | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 149 points of 213 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17499 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| g | Sunday, November 30, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| h | Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | Wednesday, December 3, 2025 |
| i | Friday, December 5, 2025 | Monday, December 1, 2025 |
| l ● | Thursday, December 4, 2025 | Sunday, November 23, 2025 |
| n | Friday, December 5, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| r | Saturday, December 6, 2025 | Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
| t | Saturday, December 6, 2025 | Friday, November 7, 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.
- gingili
- gingilli
- higgling
- hili
- hilting
- intitling
- lighttight
- lignin
- ling
- linin
- linn
- liri
- nihil
- nill
- nilling
- nitril
- rilling
- thill
- thirl
- thirling
- tirl
- tirling