Monday, March 16, 2026
- Words
- 38
- Points
- 225
- Genius
- 157
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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ceiling
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egging
verb — To throw eggs at.
verb — To encourage, incite.
noun — The act of pelting with eggs.
verb — To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
verb — To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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engine
noun — A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
verb — To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
noun — A tool; a utensil or implement.
noun — A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
noun — A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
noun — The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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excellence
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excelling
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exiling
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gelling
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gene
noun — A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
noun — A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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genie
noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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genii
noun — Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
noun — Extraordinary mental capacity.
noun — Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
noun — The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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gigging
verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
verb — To engender.
verb — To engage in musical performances.
verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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ginning
verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To begin.
noun — The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To trap something in a gin.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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inning
noun — A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
verb — To house; to lodge.
noun — A similar period of play.
noun — A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
noun — A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
noun — The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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legging
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negligee
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negligence
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nene
noun — The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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nice
noun — Niceness.
adjective — Pleasant, satisfactory.
adverb — Nicely.
interjection — Used to signify a job well done.
verb — To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
adjective — Of a person: friendly, attractive.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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niece
noun — A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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niggle
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nine
noun — The digit or figure 9.
numeral — A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
noun — A playing card with nine pips.
noun — A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
noun — (usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
noun — A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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nixing
verb — To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
verb — To destroy or eradicate.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ce×1
- cl×3
- eg×1
- en×1
- ex×3
- ge×4
- gi×4
- gl×1
- ic×1
- in×4
- le×2
- li×4
- ne×3
- ni×6
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| e | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| g | 2 | 2 | · | 4 | 1 | · | · | 9 |
| i | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 5 |
| l | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 6 |
| n | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | 2 | · | 1 | 9 |
| Σ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 157 points of 225 available. The average answer runs 6.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19259 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Sunday, March 15, 2026 | Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
| e | Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| g | Saturday, March 14, 2026 | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
| i | Sunday, March 15, 2026 | Friday, March 13, 2026 |
| l | Sunday, March 15, 2026 | Sunday, March 15, 2026 |
| n ● | Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
| x | Sunday, March 8, 2026 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- cocoon 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
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.
- celling
- cine
- cline
- engining
- exigence
- exine
- geeing
- genic
- gieing
- gien
- gingeli
- gingelli
- gingili
- gingilli
- ingle
- leggin
- licence
- licencee
- licencing
- lignin
- ling
- linin
- linn
- neglige
- nellie
- nielli
- nill
- nilling
- nixe
- nixie
- xenic