Tuesday, March 3, 2026
- Words
- 60
- Points
- 266
- Genius
- 186
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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able
adjective — Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
adjective — Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
adjective — Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
adjective — Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
adjective — Suitable; competent.
adjective — Legally qualified or competent.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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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 21 recorded puzzles.
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babble
noun — Idle talk; senseless prattle
noun — Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
verb — To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
verb — To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
verb — To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
noun — A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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babe
noun — A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
noun — An attractive person, especially a young woman.
noun — Darling (term of endearment).
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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babel
noun — A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
noun — A place or scene of noise and confusion.
noun — A tall, looming structure.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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bale
noun — A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
noun — A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
noun — A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
noun — A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
verb — To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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ballcock
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baobab
noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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blockable
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boba
noun — Short for boba tea.
noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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cacao
noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cake
noun — A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
verb — Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
verb — To cackle like a goose.
noun — A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
noun — A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
noun — A block of any of various dense materials.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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call
noun — A telephone conversation.
verb — (heading) To use one's voice.
noun — A decision or judgement.
noun — The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
noun — A cry or shout.
noun — A short visit, usually for social purposes.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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calla
noun — The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.
noun — A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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callaloo
noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cloaca
noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.
noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.
noun — An outhouse or lavatory.
noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cloak
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coal
noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
noun — Charcoal.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coca
noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cocoa
noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun — Coconut palm.
noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
noun — A serving of this drink.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cola
noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
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 cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cookable
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label
noun — A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
noun — A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
verb — To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
verb — (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
noun — A company that sells records.
noun — In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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lace
noun — A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp
noun — A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp
verb — To fasten (something) with laces.
verb — To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
noun — Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
verb — To interweave items.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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local
noun — A person who lives near a given place.
adjective — From or in a nearby location.
adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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lockable
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×2
- al×4
- ba×12
- be×1
- bl×5
- bo×3
- ca×11
- cl×3
- co×6
- ka×2
- ke×1
- ko×2
- la×4
- le×1
- lo×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 6 |
| b | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| c | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | · | 20 |
| k | 2 | 3 | · | · | · | 5 |
| l | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 8 |
| Σ | 24 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 60 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 186 points of 266 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19911 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| b | Friday, February 27, 2026 | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| c | Monday, March 2, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| e | Saturday, February 28, 2026 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| k | Saturday, February 28, 2026 | Friday, January 23, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, February 28, 2026 | Sunday, February 22, 2026 |
| o | Monday, March 2, 2026 | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- nene 26
- imam 25
- maim 25
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
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.
- abaca
- abaka
- abba
- abbe
- abele
- abolla
- abollae
- ackee
- acock
- akee
- akela
- alae
- alba
- alec
- alee
- allee
- baal
- baboo
- babool
- bacalao
- bacca
- baccae
- backblock
- balboa
- becloak
- blackcock
- blae
- cabbala
- cabob
- caca
- caeca
- caecal
- calk
- calo
- ceca
- cecal
- cella
- cellae
- cloacae
- cloacal
- coala
- coccal
- cocobola
- kabab
- kabaka
- kabala
- kabbala
- kaka
- labelable
- labella
- lall
- leal
- loca
- olea
- olla