Monday, March 23, 2026
- Words
- 52
- Points
- 265
- Genius
- 185
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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clue
noun — A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
verb — To provide with a clue.
noun — Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
noun — An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
noun — Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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clued
verb — To provide with a clue.
verb — To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cuddle
noun — A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends.
verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cuddled
verb — To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly.
verb — To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth.
verb — To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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cull
noun — A selection.
verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
noun — A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
noun — An organised killing of selected animals.
noun — (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
noun — (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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culled
verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
verb — To gather, collect.
verb — To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
verb — To kill (animals etc).
verb — To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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deduce
verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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deduced
verb — To reach a conclusion by applying rules of logic to given premises.
verb — To take away; to deduct; to subtract.
verb — (Latinism) To lead forth.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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deuce
noun — A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
noun — A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
noun — The number two.
noun — A side of a die with two spots.
noun — A cast of dice totalling two.
noun — (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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dude
noun — (used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice.
interjection — A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.
noun — A man, generally a younger man.
noun — An inexperienced cowboy.
noun — A tourist.
noun — A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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dull
verb — To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
adjective — Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
verb — To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
verb — To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
verb — To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish.
adjective — Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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educe
verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
verb — To cause or generate; to bring about.
noun — An inference.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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educed
verb — To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
verb — To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
adjective — Evoked
adjective — Deduced
verb — To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
verb — To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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eunuch
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hued
adjective — Coloured; having a hue.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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hunched
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lull
noun — A period of rest or soothing.
verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite
noun — A period without waves or wind.
noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lulu
noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.
noun — A very attractive or alluring person.
noun — A very bad mistake or error.
noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lunched
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lune
noun — A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
noun — A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
noun — (hawking) A leash for a hawk.
noun — Anything crescent-shaped.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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nude
noun — A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
adjective — Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
noun — (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.
noun — A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
adjective — Characterized by the nudity of people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
adjective — (of clothing, makeup, etc) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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null
noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
verb — To nullify; to annul.
adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"
noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
noun — Something that has no force or meaning.
noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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unclench
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unclenched
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lunched is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ce×1
- cl×2
- cu×5
- de×7
- du×8
- ed×2
- el×2
- en×2
- eu×1
- hu×7
- lu×6
- nu×2
- un×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 8 |
| d | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | · | · | 15 |
| e | · | 3 | 4 | · | · | · | 7 |
| h | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 7 |
| l | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 6 |
| n | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| u | · | 2 | · | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Σ | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 52 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 185 points of 265 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19815 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Friday, March 20, 2026 | Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
| d | Sunday, March 22, 2026 | Monday, January 26, 2026 |
| e | Saturday, March 21, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| h | Sunday, March 22, 2026 | Monday, February 23, 2026 |
| l | Sunday, March 22, 2026 | Sunday, March 15, 2026 |
| n | Sunday, March 22, 2026 | Thursday, March 19, 2026 |
| u ● | Saturday, March 21, 2026 | Friday, March 6, 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
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- imam 24
- maim 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- lilt 23
- till 23
- tilt 23
- aria 23
- mitt 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.
- culch
- deuced
- duce
- duded
- dudeen
- duelled
- duende
- dunch
- heuch
- hunh
- leud
- luce
- lucence
- lude
- lunule
- nulled
- nuncle
- unde
- undee
- undeluded
- undulled
- unended
- unled