Friday, March 20, 2026
- Words
- 56
- Points
- 232
- Genius
- 162
- Pangram
- 1
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deem
noun — An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
verb — To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
verb — To adjudge, to decree.
verb — To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
verb — (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
verb — To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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deemed
verb — To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
adjective — An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.
verb — To adjudge, to decree.
verb — To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
verb — (ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
verb — To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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emceed
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hammed
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madam
noun — A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
verb — To address as "madam".
noun — The mistress of a household.
noun — A conceited or quarrelsome girl.
noun — A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 29 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 29 recorded puzzles.
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matched
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meathead
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meet
verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.
verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.
verb — To satisfy; to comply with.
noun — A meeting.
noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
verb — (Of groups) To come together.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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meme
noun — Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
noun — A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
noun — Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
verb — To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
verb — To create and use humorous memes.
verb — To joke around.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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mete
verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
verb — To measure.
adjective — Suitable; right; proper.
noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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meted
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team
noun — A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
verb — To form a group, as for sports or work.
noun — Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
noun — A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
noun — A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
verb — (by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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teem
verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
verb — To be stocked to overflowing.
verb — To pour (especially with rain)
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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teemed
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them
pronoun — (plural) Those ones.
pronoun — (singular) Him, her, or it; that one.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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themed
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matched is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×2
- ah×1
- ca×1
- da×2
- de×2
- ed×2
- em×2
- ha×2
- he×2
- ma×18
- me×12
- ta×2
- te×5
- th×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | 3 |
| c | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| d | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | 4 |
| e | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 4 |
| h | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | 4 |
| m | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| t | 4 | 2 | 3 | · | 1 | 10 |
| Σ | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 56 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 162 points of 232 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21360 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 |
| c | Monday, March 16, 2026 | Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
| d | Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Monday, January 26, 2026 |
| e | Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| h | Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Monday, February 23, 2026 |
| m ● | Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Tuesday, March 10, 2026 |
| t | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 39
- nana 39
- onion 33
- toot 33
- acacia 30
- acai 30
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 29
- mini 27
- minim 27
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- cancan 26
- canna 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
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.
- adeem
- adeemed
- amah
- atma
- chacma
- cham
- chamade
- deme
- edemata
- emmet
- haem
- hamada
- hame
- hammada
- mach
- mache
- madded
- mammae
- mammate
- mammee
- mammet
- matt
- meated
- meed
- metate
- tacamahac