Monday, December 29, 2025
- Words
- 55
- Points
- 329
- Genius
- 230
- Pangrams
- 3
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alibi
noun — The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
verb — To provide an excuse for.
verb — To provide an alibi for.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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baba
noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
noun — A baby, child.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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bail
noun — Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
noun — Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
verb — To exit quickly.
verb — To fail to meet a commitment.
noun — A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
verb — To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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bald
noun — A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
verb — To become bald.
adjective — Having no hair, fur or feathers.
adjective — (by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.
adjective — Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
adjective — (of a statement or account) Unembellished.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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balding
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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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banana
noun — An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
adjective — Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
noun — The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
noun — A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
noun — (mildly) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare coconut or Oreo.
noun — A banana equivalent dose.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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band
noun — A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
verb — To fasten with a band.
noun — A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
verb — To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
verb — To tie; to confine by any ligature.
noun — A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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bandana
noun — A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
noun — A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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bandanna
noun — A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
noun — A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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bang
noun — A sudden percussive noise.
verb — To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
adverb — Right, directly.
interjection — A sudden percussive sound, such as made by the firing of a gun, slamming of a door, etc.
noun — Hair hanging over the forehead.
noun — Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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bilabial
adjective — Articulated with both lips.
noun — A speech sound articulated with both lips.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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bill
noun — A piece of paper money; a banknote.
noun — A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
verb — To charge; to send a bill to.
noun — A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
noun — The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
noun — Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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binging
verb — To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
verb — To go; walk; come; run
verb — Making the sound of a bounce
verb — To bounce
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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binning
verb — To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
noun — A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value. Wp
verb — To throw away, reject, give up.
verb — To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
verb — To place into a bin for storage.
noun — The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units. Wp
Appeared in 4 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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blading
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bland
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blind
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blinding
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dabbling
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gibing
verb — Alternative spelling of gybe
noun — A gibe.
verb — Alternative spelling of jibe
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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labia
noun — The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
noun — A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.
noun — The lip of a labiate corolla.
noun — The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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labial
adjective — Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
adjective — Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
noun — A consonant articulated by the lips.
adjective — Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
noun — Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
noun — An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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libidinal
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balding, blading are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- al×1
- ba×23
- bi×10
- bl×9
- da×2
- ga×2
- gi×1
- gl×1
- la×2
- li×1
- na×1
- ni×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| b | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 |
| d | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 |
| g | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 4 |
| l | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 3 |
| n | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 |
| Σ | 11 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 55 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 230 points of 329 available. The average answer runs 6.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19319 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | Friday, December 12, 2025 |
| b ● | Sunday, December 21, 2025 | Sunday, December 14, 2025 |
| d | Friday, December 26, 2025 | Thursday, December 4, 2025 |
| g | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
| i | Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Tuesday, December 23, 2025 |
| l | Sunday, December 28, 2025 | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
| n | Saturday, December 27, 2025 | Friday, December 26, 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
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.
- abba
- abigail
- alba
- albinal
- alibiing
- baal
- badinaging
- badland
- bani
- banian
- baning
- biali
- bibb
- bibbing
- biggin
- bigging
- bilging
- binal
- blain
- dibbing
- dibbling
- gabling
- galabia
- gangbang
- gibbing
- indaba
- liblab
- nibbing