Tuesday, February 10, 2026
- Words
- 26
- Points
- 126
- Genius
- 88
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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hint
noun — A clue.
verb — To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
noun — A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
noun — A small, barely detectable amount of.
noun — Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
noun — An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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honor
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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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horn
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horror
noun — An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
noun — Something horrible; that which excites horror.
noun — Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
noun — A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
noun — An individual work in this genre.
noun — A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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inhibitor
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ninth
noun — The person or thing in the ninth position.
verb — To lose a ninth
adjective — The ordinal form of the number nine.
noun — One of nine equal parts of a whole.
noun — The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb — To divide by nine
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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rhino
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thin
noun — A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
verb — To make thin or thinner.
adjective — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
adverb — Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
noun — Any food produced or served in thin slices.
verb — To become thin or thinner.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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tinhorn
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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.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- bi×1
- bo×4
- br×1
- hi×1
- ho×7
- in×3
- ni×1
- no×1
- rh×1
- th×3
- ti×1
- to×1
- tr×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | 6 |
| h | 4 | 1 | 3 | · | · | · | 8 |
| i | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| n | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| r | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 1 | 4 | · | 1 | · | · | 6 |
| Σ | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 88 points of 126 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18634 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| b | Sunday, February 8, 2026 | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| h ● | Thursday, February 5, 2026 | Friday, January 9, 2026 |
| i | Monday, February 9, 2026 | Sunday, February 8, 2026 |
| n | Sunday, February 8, 2026 | Friday, January 2, 2026 |
| o | Monday, February 9, 2026 | Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
| r | Saturday, February 7, 2026 | Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| t | Monday, February 9, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- bill 22
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.
- bhoot
- birthroot
- hornito
- inhibin
- ortho
- thio
- thionin
- thir
- thoro
- thoron
- thro
- toroth