Friday, December 12, 2025
- Words
- 62
- Points
- 334
- Genius
- 233
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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agog
adjective — In eager desire, eager, astir.
adverb — In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.
adjective — (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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agonizing
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aioli
noun — A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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alga
noun — Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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algal
noun — An alga.
adjective — Pertaining to, or like, algae
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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along
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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 20 recorded puzzles.
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analog
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analogizing
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anion
noun — A negatively charged ion.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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annal
noun — The record of a single event or item.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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gaga
adjective — Mentally senile.
noun — A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.
adjective — Crazy.
adjective — Infatuated.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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gala
noun — Pomp, show, or festivity.
adjective — Celebratory; festive.
noun — A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
noun — A showy and festive party.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gall
noun — Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
verb — To bother or trouble.
noun — A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
verb — To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun — The gall bladder.
noun — Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gallon
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ganglion
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gazillion
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goal
noun — A result that one is attempting to achieve.
verb — To score a goal.
noun — In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
noun — The act of placing the object into the goal.
noun — A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
noun — A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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lagoon
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lain
verb — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
verb — To be placed or situated.
verb — To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
verb — Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
verb — Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
verb — Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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lanai
noun — (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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lanolin
noun — A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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llano
noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
Appeared in 9 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 9 recorded puzzles.
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loaning
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loggia
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longan
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naan
noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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nail
noun — The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
noun — A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
verb — To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
verb — To drive a nail.
verb — To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
verb — To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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nana
noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother
noun — A banana
noun — A fool
noun — A nanny
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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nonagonal
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zinnia
noun — Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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zonal
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ag×4
- ai×2
- al×5
- an×8
- ga×16
- gl×2
- go×2
- la×6
- ll×1
- lo×4
- na×5
- no×2
- za×1
- zi×3
- zo×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 19 |
| g | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 20 |
| l | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | · | · | · | · | 11 |
| n | 3 | · | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 7 |
| z | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 5 |
| Σ | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 233 points of 334 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Monday, December 8, 2025 |
| g | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
| i | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Monday, December 1, 2025 |
| l | Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
| n | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| o | Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| z | Monday, December 8, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 43
- naan 32
- nana 32
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- nene 25
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- imam 22
- maim 22
- cancan 22
- canna 22
- bill 22
- mini 22
- minim 22
- lilt 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.
- aalii
- agin
- agio
- agnail
- agnizing
- agon
- agonal
- alan
- alang
- alanin
- algin
- algolagnia
- alining
- aloin
- analgia
- anga
- anginal
- anil
- anilin
- anna
- anoa
- azan
- azlon
- azon
- azonal
- gaggling
- gaging
- galago
- galloon
- ganglial
- gaol
- gaoling
- gazania
- giga
- gingal
- gingall
- glial
- goaling
- goanna
- gonia
- ilia
- ilial
- inia
- lagan
- lagoonal
- lall
- lallan
- lalling
- lang
- liana
- liang
- ligan
- linalol
- linalool
- linga
- logan
- logania
- logia
- nagana
- naoi
- nazi
- nilgai
- nona
- olla
- oogonia
- oogonial
- zanana
- zanza
- zingani
- zingano
- zoonal