Monday, December 15, 2025
- Words
- 35
- Points
- 215
- Genius
- 150
- Pangram
- 1
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awing
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awning
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fawning
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fungi
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gigging
verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
verb — To engender.
verb — To engage in musical performances.
verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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ginning
verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To begin.
noun — The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To trap something in a gin.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gnawing
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guffawing
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inning
noun — A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
verb — To house; to lodge.
noun — A similar period of play.
noun — A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
noun — A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
noun — The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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naif
noun — One who is naive.
adjective — Naive.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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wagging
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waging
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waif
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waning
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wigwag
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wigwagging
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wing
noun — An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
verb — To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
noun — Human arm.
noun — Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
noun — One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
noun — One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ag×2
- an×1
- aw×2
- fa×2
- fi×2
- fu×1
- ga×5
- gi×2
- gn×1
- gu×2
- ig×1
- in×1
- na×2
- wa×4
- wi×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | 5 |
| f | · | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 5 |
| g | 1 | · | · | 8 | 1 | · | 10 |
| i | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 2 |
| n | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| w | 2 | · | 4 | 4 | · | 1 | 11 |
| Σ | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 150 points of 215 available. The average answer runs 6.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20967 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Friday, December 12, 2025 |
| f | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
| g | Saturday, December 13, 2025 | Wednesday, December 10, 2025 |
| i ● | Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Monday, December 1, 2025 |
| n | Sunday, December 14, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| u | Saturday, December 13, 2025 | Saturday, December 13, 2025 |
| w | Monday, December 1, 2025 | Friday, October 31, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 33
- toot 33
- loll 30
- acacia 29
- acai 29
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 28
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
- cancan 25
- canna 25
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.
- agin
- fagging
- fagin
- fain
- figging
- finning
- fugging
- fuguing
- funning
- gaffing
- gaging
- giga
- guanin
- iguanian
- infauna
- inia
- unaging
- unai
- unwaning
- waffing
- waifing
- wain
- wanigan
- wannigan
- wanning
- wifing
- wigan