Sunday, February 1, 2026
- Words
- 80
- Points
- 427
- Genius
- 298
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
Show the 80 answersHide answers
Pangrams highlighted. Click a word for its definition.
-
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.
-
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 18 recorded puzzles.
-
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.
-
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 18 recorded puzzles.
-
ballooning
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bilabial
adjective — Articulated with both lips.
noun — A speech sound articulated with both lips.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
-
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.
-
billabong
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
billion
noun — (modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard
noun — (British & Australian, long scale) A million million (logic: 1,000,000^2): a 1 followed by twelve zeros; 1012
noun — An unspecified very large number.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
-
bingo
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
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 18 recorded puzzles.
-
blob
noun — A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
verb — To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
noun — Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).
noun — In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
noun — A bubble; a bleb.
noun — A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
blobbing
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
blogging
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bobbin
noun — A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
noun — In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
noun — The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
noun — (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
-
bobbing
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bobbling
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bogging
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boggling
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boil
noun — A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
noun — The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour.
verb — (of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
noun — A dish of boiled food, especially based on seafood.
noun — The collective noun for a group of hawks.
verb — To cook in boiling water.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
-
boiling
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boing
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boll
noun — The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
verb — To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
noun — An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
bolo
noun — A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
verb — To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
noun — A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb — To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
noun — A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb — To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
bologna
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bonbon
noun — A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
noun — A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
noun — A Christmas cracker.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
boning
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
bonobo
noun — The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
boob
noun — Idiot, fool.
verb — To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
adjective — Idiotic, foolish.
noun — A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.
noun — A prison; jail.
verb — To make a mistake
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
-
booboo
noun — A mistake or error.
noun — (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
noun — (by or to young children) Feces.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
-
boogaloo
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
booing
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
boon
noun — A prayer; petition.
adjective — Good; prosperous.
noun — The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
noun — That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
noun — A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
noun — An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
gibbon
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
global
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
gobbling
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
goblin
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
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.
-
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.
-
lobbing
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
-
lobo
noun — A wolf.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
noob
noun — (often pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
-
obliging
No cached definition. Look it up on Wiktionary.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- al×2
- ba×18
- bi×8
- bl×9
- bo×23
- ga×2
- gi×2
- gl×3
- go×2
- la×2
- lo×2
- na×2
- ni×1
- no×1
- ob×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| b | 17 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| g | 2 | · | 4 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 9 |
| l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| n | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| o | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 21 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 80 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 298 points of 427 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, January 31, 2026 | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| b ● | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Monday, December 29, 2025 |
| g | Friday, January 30, 2026 | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, January 31, 2026 | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, January 31, 2026 | Friday, January 30, 2026 |
| n | Friday, January 30, 2026 | Friday, January 2, 2026 |
| o | Saturday, January 31, 2026 | Wednesday, January 21, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lilt 20
- till 20
- tilt 20
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
- abolla
- aboon
- alba
- albinal
- alibiing
- baal
- baboo
- babool
- bagnio
- balboa
- ballon
- bani
- banian
- baning
- biali
- bibb
- bibbing
- biggin
- bigging
- bignonia
- bilbo
- bilboa
- bilging
- billon
- binal
- blain
- bogan
- bolling
- bonging
- boobing
- gabion
- gabling
- gaboon
- galabia
- gangbang
- gibbing
- globin
- globing
- goban
- gobang
- gobbing
- gobo
- liblab
- nibbing
- nobbling
- obia
- obol
- oboli