Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- Words
- 49
- Points
- 208
- Genius
- 145
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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anal
adjective — Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
adjective — Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
adjective — Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
noun — Anal sex.
noun — Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
adjective — (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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annal
noun — The record of a single event or item.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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ball
noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.
verb — To play basketball.
noun — A very enjoyable time.
verb — To form or wind into a ball.
noun — A formal dance.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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blab
verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
noun — Gossip; prattle.
noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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blob
noun — A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
verb — To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
noun — Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).
noun — In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
noun — A bubble; a bleb.
noun — A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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bloc
noun — A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
noun — A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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boll
noun — The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
verb — To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
noun — An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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bolo
noun — A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
verb — To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
noun — A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb — To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
noun — A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb — To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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call
noun — A telephone conversation.
verb — (heading) To use one's voice.
noun — A decision or judgement.
noun — The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
noun — A cry or shout.
noun — A short visit, usually for social purposes.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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calla
noun — The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.
noun — A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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callaloo
noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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canal
noun — An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
noun — A tubular channel within the body.
verb — To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
verb — To travel along a canal by boat
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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canola
noun — Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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clan
noun — A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
noun — Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
noun — A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
noun — A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
noun — A badger colony.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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cloaca
noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.
noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.
noun — An outhouse or lavatory.
noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coal
noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
noun — Charcoal.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cola
noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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colcannon
noun — A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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colon
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A husbandman.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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cornball
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coronal
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labor
noun — Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
verb — To toil, to work.
noun — That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
noun — Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
noun — A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
noun — The act of a mother giving birth.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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llano
noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loan
noun — A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
verb — To lend (something) to (someone).
noun — An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
noun — The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
noun — The permission to borrow any item.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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lobo
noun — A wolf.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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local
noun — A person who lives near a given place.
adjective — From or in a nearby location.
adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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oral
adjective — Spoken rather than written.
adjective — Relating to the mouth.
noun — Oral sex.
noun — A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
noun — A physical examination of the mouth.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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roll
noun — The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
verb — To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
noun — That which is rolled up.
noun — A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
noun — Something which rolls.
noun — A swagger or rolling gait.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- an×2
- ba×3
- bl×3
- bo×3
- ca×10
- cl×2
- co×13
- la×1
- ll×1
- lo×6
- no×1
- or×1
- ro×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| b | 7 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 9 |
| c | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| l | 5 | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 8 |
| n | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| o | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| r | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 145 points of 208 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19319 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, December 8, 2025 | Monday, December 8, 2025 |
| b | Monday, December 8, 2025 | Sunday, October 12, 2025 |
| c | Saturday, December 6, 2025 | Tuesday, December 2, 2025 |
| l ● | Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Sunday, December 7, 2025 |
| n | Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| o | Saturday, December 6, 2025 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| r | Sunday, December 7, 2025 | Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- cocoon 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 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.
- clonal
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.
- abolla
- aboral
- alan
- alar
- alba
- allobar
- anconal
- baal
- babool
- bacalao
- balboa
- ballon
- barbal
- bolar
- boral
- cabbala
- calcar
- callan
- calo
- caracal
- caracol
- carl
- claro
- cloacal
- clon
- coala
- coccal
- cocobola
- cocobolo
- craal
- labara
- labra
- lall
- lallan
- lobar
- loca
- loral
- loran
- lorn
- nolo
- noncola
- noncolor
- nonlabor
- obol
- olla
- robalo