Sunday, March 8, 2026
- Words
- 63
- Points
- 393
- Genius
- 275
- Pangrams
- 2
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acacia
noun — A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
noun — (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
noun — The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
noun — A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
noun — Gum arabic; gum acacia.
noun — Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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acai
noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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action
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anion
noun — A negatively charged ion.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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annotation
noun — A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
noun — A comment added to a text
noun — The process of writing such comment or commentary
noun — Metadata added to a document or program
noun — Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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anoint
verb — To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
verb — To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
verb — To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
verb — To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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anoxic
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anti
adjective — Opposed to something.
noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.
preposition — Alternative form of anti-
adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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antic
noun — A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
verb — To perform antics, caper.
adjective — Playful, funny, absurd
adjective — Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun — A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
noun — A caricature.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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attain
verb — To gain (an object or desired result).
verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
verb — To reach in excellence or degree.
verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
verb — To get at the knowledge of.
verb — To reach a person after being behind them.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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attic
noun — The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cacti
noun — Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
noun — Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cantina
noun — A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
noun — Abbreviated form of cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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catatonia
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catatonic
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cation
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ciao
noun — A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
interjection — Hello, hi.
interjection — Bye, goodbye.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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citation
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coati
noun — Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Appeared in 4 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 19 recorded puzzles.
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connotation
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contain
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inaction
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incant
verb — To state solemnly, to chant.
verb — To recite an incantation.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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incantation
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initiation
noun — The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
noun — The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
noun — The first step of transcription or of transduction.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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intact
adjective — Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged
adjective — Of animals, not castrated: an intact bull.
adjective — Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
Appeared in 10 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 18 recorded puzzles.
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intonation
noun — The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
noun — The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
noun — Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
noun — Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
noun — A thundering; thunder.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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intoxicant
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intoxication
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iota
noun — The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
noun — A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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nation
noun — A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
noun — Damnation.
adverb — Extremely, very.
noun — A sovereign state.
noun — An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.
noun — A great number; a great deal.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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niacin
noun — A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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nontoxic
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notation
noun — The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
noun — A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
noun — A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
Appeared in 7 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 18 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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tacit
adjective — Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
adjective — Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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tactic
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
adjective — Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
noun — A maneuver used against an enemy.
noun — A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective — Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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tactician
noun — A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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taint
verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.
noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation
noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tannic
adjective — Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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tannin
noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tint
verb — To shade, to color.
noun — A slight coloring.
noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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titan
noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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titanic
adjective — Having great size, or great strength, force or power.
adjective — Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×3
- an×8
- at×3
- ca×6
- ci×2
- co×7
- ic×2
- in×9
- io×2
- na×1
- ni×1
- no×3
- on×1
- ta×8
- ti×4
- to×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 3 | 7 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 14 |
| c | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 15 |
| i | 3 | 1 | 3 | · | 1 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| n | · | · | 3 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 15 |
| Σ | 9 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 275 points of 393 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17771 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 |
| c | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| i ● | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Saturday, February 28, 2026 |
| n | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Monday, March 2, 2026 |
| o | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
| t | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
| x | Thursday, December 25, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- onion 31
- naan 30
- nana 30
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- lilt 21
- till 21
- tilt 21
- aria 21
- imam 21
- maim 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
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.
- acini
- acinic
- aconitic
- actin
- actinia
- actinian
- actinic
- actinon
- anatoxin
- anionic
- antitax
- antitoxic
- atactic
- ataxic
- atonic
- attaint
- axion
- axonic
- cain
- cantic
- cationic
- cion
- coaction
- cocain
- coccic
- coition
- conation
- coni
- conin
- ictic
- inanition
- incitant
- incitation
- inia
- inion
- inti
- intinction
- ixia
- naoi
- natation
- nicotiana
- nicotin
- nicotinic
- ninon
- niton
- nonaction
- nonintoxicant
- nonionic
- oiticica
- ontic
- otic
- otitic
- ototoxic
- taction
- tain
- taxitic
- tictac
- tictoc
- titania
- titi
- titian
- toit
- toxicant