Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- Words
- 53
- Points
- 245
- Genius
- 171
- Pangrams
- 2
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abbot
noun — The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
noun — The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
noun — A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
noun — (British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
noun — (British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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abort
noun — A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
verb — (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
noun — The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
noun — An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
noun — The function used to abort a process.
noun — An event involving the abort of a process.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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airboat
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aorta
noun — The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
noun — The liveliest part of something.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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arbitrator
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atria
noun — A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
noun — A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
noun — A cavity, entrance, or passage.
noun — Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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attar
noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.
noun — A perfume made from this oil.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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aviator
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bait
noun — Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
noun — Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
verb — To attract with bait; to entice.
verb — To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
noun — Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
verb — To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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boat
noun — A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
verb — To travel by boat.
noun — A full house.
noun — A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
noun — One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
noun — The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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boot
noun — A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
verb — To kick.
noun — Remedy, amends.
verb — To avail, benefit, profit.
noun — The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
verb — To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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brat
noun — A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
noun — Bratwurst
noun — A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
noun — Acronym of Born, Raised, And Transferred.
noun — A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.
noun — A turbot or flatfish
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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iota
noun — The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
noun — A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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obit
noun — Death of a person.
noun — An obituary.
noun — A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.
noun — A record of a person's death.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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orbit
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rabbit
noun — A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
verb — To hunt rabbits.
verb — To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
verb — Confound; damn; drat.
noun — The meat from this animal.
noun — The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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raita
noun — A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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ratatat
noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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ribbit
noun — The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
verb — To make the sound of a frog or toad.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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riot
noun — Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
verb — To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
noun — The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
noun — A wide and unconstrained variety.
noun — Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
verb — To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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robot
noun — A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
noun — An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
noun — A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
noun — A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
noun — A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
noun — A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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root
noun — The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
verb — To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
noun — An act of sexual intercourse.
verb — To turn up or dig with the snout.
verb — (with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
noun — A root vegetable.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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roti
noun — A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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rotor
noun — A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
noun — The wing of a helicopter or similar aircraft.
noun — A quantity having magnitude, direction and position.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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taboo
noun — An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
verb — To mark as taboo.
adjective — Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
noun — (in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
verb — To ban.
verb — To avoid.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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tabor
noun — A small drum.
verb — To make (a sound) with a tabor.
noun — A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
verb — To strike lightly and frequently.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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taro
noun — Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
noun — Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
noun — Food from a taro plant.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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tarot
noun — (singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.
noun — Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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tart
adjective — Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
noun — A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
noun — A prostitute.
verb — To practice prostitution
adjective — (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
adjective — Sharp; keen; severe.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tartar
noun — A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
noun — A fearsome or angrily violent person.
noun — A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tattoo
noun — An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
verb — To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
noun — A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
verb — To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
noun — A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.
noun — A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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tiara
noun — The papal crown.
noun — An ornamental coronet.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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tibia
noun — The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
noun — The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
noun — The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
noun — A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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toot
noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.
verb — To stand out, or be prominent.
noun — A toilet.
noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.
noun — Cocaine.
noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.
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tori
noun — A topological space which is a product of two circles.
noun — One who executes a technique against the training partner, or uke.
noun — The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut.
noun — (in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.
noun — A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.
noun — The end of the peduncle or flower stalk to which the floral parts (or in the Asteraceae, the florets of a flower head) are attached; receptacle, thalamus.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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torii
noun — A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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toro
noun — A traditional Japanese lantern.
noun — Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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tort
noun — An injury or wrong.
adjective — Tart; sharp.
adjective — Stretched tight; taut.
noun — A tortoise.
noun — A tortoiseshell (animal with coloured markings on fur).
noun — A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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trait
noun — An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
noun — An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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trio
noun — A group of three people or things.
noun — A group of three musicians.
noun — A piece of music written for three musicians.
noun — A passage in the middle of a minuet, frequently in a different key.
noun — Any cocktail made with a spirit, a liqueur, and a creamy ingredient.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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trot
noun — Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
noun — Heroin (drug).
noun — An ugly old woman, a hag.
verb — To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
noun — A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
noun — A supporter of Trotskyism.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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vibrato
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vibrator
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vibrato is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×2
- ai×1
- ao×1
- ar×1
- at×2
- av×2
- ba×1
- bi×1
- bo×2
- br×1
- io×1
- ob×1
- or×3
- ra×4
- ri×2
- ro×5
- ta×7
- ti×2
- to×6
- tr×6
- vi×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
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| a | · | 5 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 1 | 9 |
| b | 4 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| o | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| r | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | 11 |
| t | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 21 |
| v | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 17 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 171 points of 245 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19153 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, January 5, 2026 | Monday, January 5, 2026 |
| b | Friday, January 2, 2026 | Monday, December 29, 2025 |
| i | Monday, January 5, 2026 | Tuesday, December 30, 2025 |
| o | Monday, January 5, 2026 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| r | Sunday, January 4, 2026 | Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
| t ● | Thursday, January 1, 2026 | Wednesday, December 31, 2025 |
| v | Friday, December 19, 2025 | Friday, December 19, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- onion 31
- toot 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- onto 23
- toon 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.
- abator
- abattoir
- airt
- babbitt
- barrator
- batt
- bitt
- boart
- bort
- bota
- bott
- brit
- britt
- obviator
- ottar
- ottava
- otto
- rabat
- rabato
- rato
- riata
- rota
- roto
- tatar
- tiro
- titbit
- titi
- titrator
- toit
- tora
- torot
- torr
- viator
- vita
- vitiator
- vitta