Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- Words
- 61
- Points
- 243
- Genius
- 170
- Pangrams
- 2
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clot
noun — A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
verb — To form a clot or mass.
noun — A solidified mass of any liquid.
noun — A silly person.
verb — To cause to clot or form into a mass.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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cocci
noun — Any approximately spherical bacterium.
noun — Coccidioidomycosis
noun — One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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cocoon
noun — The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
verb — To envelop in a protective case
noun — Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb — To withdraw into such a case.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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coil
noun — Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
verb — To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
noun — A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
noun — Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
noun — A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
noun — Entanglement; perplexity.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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colic
noun — Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
adjective — Relating to the colon; colonic.
noun — A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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colon
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A husbandman.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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colt
noun — A young male horse.
verb — To horse; to get with young.
noun — A young crane (bird).
noun — A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
noun — A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
noun — A young camel or donkey.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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conflict
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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coot
noun — Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
noun — A foolish or eccentric fellow
noun — (with the) A success; something excellent.
noun — Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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foil
noun — A very thin sheet of metal.
noun — Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
verb — To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
noun — (authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
verb — To cover or wrap with foil.
noun — A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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folic
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folio
noun — (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
noun — A leaf of a book or manuscript
noun — A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
noun — A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
verb — To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page
noun — A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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fool
noun — A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
verb — To trick; to deceive
verb — To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
noun — A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
noun — A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
noun — Buddy, dude, man.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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infliction
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info
noun — Information.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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into
preposition — To or towards the inside of.
preposition — To or towards the region of.
preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.
preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.
preposition — After the start of.
preposition — Interested in or attracted to.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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liftoff
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lion
noun — A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
adjective — Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
noun — (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
noun — A Chinese foo dog.
noun — An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
noun — A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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loci
noun — A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
noun — The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
noun — A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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loin
noun — The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
noun — Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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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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lotion
noun — A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
verb — To cover or treat with a lotion.
noun — A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
Appeared in 7 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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noon
noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
verb — To relax or sleep around midday
noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.
noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
noun — The highest point; culmination.
Appeared in 44 recorded puzzles.
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notion
noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
noun — A sentiment; an opinion.
noun — Sense; mind.
noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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olio
noun — A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
noun — A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
noun — A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
noun — (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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onion
noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
noun — The bulb of such a plant.
noun — The genus as a whole.
noun — A ball.
noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.
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onto
adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
preposition — Upon; on top of.
preposition — Aware of.
preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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tinfoil
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toil
noun — Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
verb — To labour; work.
noun — Trouble, strife.
noun — (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
verb — To struggle.
verb — To work (something); often with out.
Appeared in 12 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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toon
noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
noun — A town.
noun — A melody.
noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
noun — The wood of this tree.
Appeared in 22 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 30 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- cl×1
- co×19
- fi×2
- fo×7
- ic×2
- in×3
- io×1
- li×2
- lo×9
- no×4
- oc×1
- ol×1
- on×2
- ti×1
- to×6
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| f | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 9 |
| i | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 6 |
| l | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 11 |
| n | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 4 |
| t | 5 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 7 |
| Σ | 31 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 61 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 170 points of 243 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18854 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Monday, February 23, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| f | Thursday, February 12, 2026 | Sunday, January 4, 2026 |
| i | Monday, February 23, 2026 | Sunday, February 8, 2026 |
| l | Sunday, February 22, 2026 | Sunday, February 22, 2026 |
| n | Sunday, February 22, 2026 | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 |
| o ● | Saturday, February 21, 2026 | Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
| t | Saturday, February 21, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 30
- 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
- onto 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.
- cion
- clon
- clonic
- cloot
- coccic
- coco
- coff
- coft
- coition
- colicin
- colin
- colitic
- coloni
- confliction
- coni
- conin
- conn
- conto
- coocoo
- coof
- coon
- cotillon
- fico
- fillo
- filo
- finfoot
- fino
- floc
- flocci
- foin
- inion
- intinction
- lino
- lintol
- litotic
- locofoco
- loof
- loti
- lotic
- nicol
- nicotin
- nicotinic
- ninon
- nitinol
- niton
- noil
- nolo
- nonionic
- ocotillo
- ontic
- oolitic
- otic
- otitic
- otto
- tictoc
- toff
- toft
- toit