Sunday, March 1, 2026
- Words
- 56
- Points
- 320
- Genius
- 224
- Pangrams
- 3
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affirming
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aiming
verb — To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
noun — The act of one who aims.
verb — To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
verb — To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
verb — To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
verb — To guess or conjecture.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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anagram
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anagramming
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anima
noun — The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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arming
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farming
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firming
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framing
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gamin
noun — A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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gaming
verb — To gamble.
noun — The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.
verb — To play card games, board games, or video games.
verb — To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
verb — (of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
noun — Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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gamma
noun — The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
noun — A nonlinear operation used to encode and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems.
noun — The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.
noun — A constant approximately equal to 0.55721566, symbolized by γ (also known as the Euler–Mascheroni constant).
noun — A non-SI unit of measure of magnetic flux density, equal to 1 nT.
noun — (industries) slope of log-log plot of video input and luminance output.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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gram
noun — A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g
noun — A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
noun — Grandmother
adjective — Angry
noun — A photograph or video shared on this service.
noun — The seeds of these plants.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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gramma
noun — Grandmother
noun — A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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grammar
noun — A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
verb — To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
noun — The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
noun — A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
noun — A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
noun — Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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grammarian
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imaging
verb — To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
noun — The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of body parts.
verb — To reflect, mirror.
verb — To create an image of.
verb — To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
noun — The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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imagining
verb — To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
noun — Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
verb — To believe in something created by one's own mind.
verb — To assume
verb — To conjecture or guess
verb — To use one's imagination
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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infirm
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infirming
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magi
noun — A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
noun — (common usage) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan
noun — (special usage) a Zoroastrian priest
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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magma
noun — The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
noun — A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.
noun — Any soft doughy mass.
noun — The residuum after expressing the juice from fruits.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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maiming
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
noun — The act by which somebody is maimed.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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main
verb — Short for mainline.
adjective — Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
adverb — Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
noun — That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
noun — A hand or match in a game of dice.
noun — A basket for gathering grapes.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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mamma
noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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managing
verb — To direct or be in charge of.
noun — Management
verb — To handle or control (a situation, job).
verb — To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
verb — To succeed at an attempt.
verb — To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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manga
noun — A comic originating in Japan.
noun — A covering for a crucifix.
noun — An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
noun — A comic in manga style, regardless of the country of origin.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mania
noun — Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
noun — Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
noun — The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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manna
noun — Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
noun — (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
noun — The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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manning
verb — To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
verb — To take up position in order to operate (something).
verb — (possibly obsolete) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
verb — To wait on, attend to or escort.
verb — To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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margin
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marring
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miffing
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miming
verb — To act without words.
verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
noun — A performance in mime.
verb — To mimic.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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mini
adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.
noun — A miniskirt.
noun — A minicomputer.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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minim
noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.
noun — A small fish; a minnow.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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minima
noun — The lowest limit.
noun — The smallest amount.
noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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mining
noun — The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
verb — To remove (ore) from the ground.
verb — To dig into, for ore or metal.
noun — Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work
noun — The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
verb — To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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naming
verb — (ditransitive) To give a name to.
noun — The process of giving names to things.
adjective — Giving a name to a person or thing.
verb — To mention, specify.
verb — To identify as relevant or important
verb — To publicly implicate.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ramming
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farming, framing are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- af×2
- ai×2
- an×3
- ar×1
- fa×2
- fi×2
- fr×1
- ga×3
- gr×5
- im×3
- in×2
- ma×18
- mi×9
- na×1
- ra×1
- ri×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 1 | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| g | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 8 |
| i | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 5 |
| m | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | · | · | · | 27 |
| n | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| r | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 224 points of 320 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18634 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, February 27, 2026 | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| f | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Sunday, January 4, 2026 |
| g | Monday, February 23, 2026 | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, February 28, 2026 | Saturday, February 28, 2026 |
| m ● | Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Saturday, February 21, 2026 |
| n | Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 |
| r | Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | Tuesday, February 3, 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.
- agama
- agma
- amain
- amarna
- amia
- amiga
- amin
- amir
- amnia
- animi
- faming
- firman
- gagman
- gama
- gamming
- grama
- griming
- inarm
- inarming
- maar
- maffia
- magian
- mair
- mana
- manana
- mannan
- margarin
- margining
- maria
- marram
- migg
- mina
- miri
- nimming
- ragman
- rami
- riming