Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Words
- 29
- Points
- 125
- Genius
- 87
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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ethyl
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eyeteeth
noun — A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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eyetooth
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ghetto
noun — An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
verb — To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
adjective — Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
noun — An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.
noun — An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
noun — (sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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goth
noun — A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
adjective — Relating to this music or these people.
noun — A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
noun — A person who is part of the goth subculture.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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holt
noun — A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
noun — The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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hoot
noun — A derisive cry or shout.
verb — To cry out or shout in contempt.
noun — The cry of an owl.
noun — A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
noun — A small particle.
verb — To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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hotel
noun — A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
noun — An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
noun — A restaurant; any dining establishment.
noun — The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
noun — The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
noun — The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hotly
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loot
noun — A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
noun — The act of plundering.
verb — To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
noun — Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
noun — Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
noun — Items dropped by defeated enemies.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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lotto
noun — A game of chance similar to bingo
noun — A lottery
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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otology
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teeth
noun — The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb — To grow teeth.
noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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teethe
verb — To grow teeth.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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tell
verb — To convey by speech; to say.
verb — To narrate.
verb — To instruct or inform.
verb — To order; to direct, to say to someone.
verb — To reveal.
verb — To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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thee
verb — To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
pronoun — Objective and reflexive case of thou.
verb — To thrive; prosper.
noun — The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
verb — To use the word thee.
pronoun — Thou.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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theology
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they
pronoun — (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
pronoun — There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
pronoun — (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female.
pronoun — (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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toll
noun — Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
verb — To impose a fee for the use of.
noun — The act or sound of tolling
verb — To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
verb — To draw; pull; tug; drag.
verb — To take away; to vacate; to annul.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tool
noun — A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
verb — To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
noun — Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
noun — Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
noun — A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
noun — A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Appeared in 15 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 29 recorded puzzles.
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tooth
noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
verb — To provide or furnish with teeth.
noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
noun — A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
noun — A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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toothy
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tootle
verb — To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
verb — To make a soft toot sound.
verb — To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
noun — A soft toot sound.
noun — A trip or excursion.
verb — To transport (someone somewhere).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tote
noun — A tote bag.
verb — To carry or bear.
verb — To add up; to calculate a total.
noun — A heavy burden.
noun — (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
noun — A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- et×1
- ey×3
- ge×1
- gh×1
- go×1
- ho×4
- lo×2
- ot×1
- te×4
- th×3
- to×8
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 4 |
| g | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| h | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| l | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| o | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| t | 7 | 2 | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Σ | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 87 points of 125 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18482 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Saturday, January 24, 2026 |
| g | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| h | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | Friday, January 9, 2026 |
| l | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | Wednesday, January 21, 2026 |
| t ● | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 |
| y | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Saturday, January 17, 2026 |
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.
- ethology
- gleet
- gleety
- goglet
- helot
- heth
- hogget
- hooty
- hyte
- leet
- lethe
- loth
- lotte
- otto
- teel
- tele
- telly
- teth
- theelol
- theolog
- thole
- tole
- tolyl
- toyo
- tyee
- tythe
- yett