Sunday, April 5, 2026
- Words
- 68
- Points
- 348
- Genius
- 243
- Pangram
- 1
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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 25 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 25 recorded puzzles.
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afflict
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alfalfa
noun — A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
noun — A type or breed of this plant.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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allay
noun — Alleviation; abatement; check.
verb — To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
noun — An alloy.
verb — To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
verb — To subside, abate, become peaceful.
verb — To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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ally
noun — A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate.
verb — To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.
noun — A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
noun — A glass marble or taw.
noun — A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary.
noun — Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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atilt
adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
preposition — Diagonally over or across.
adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
Appeared in 13 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 19 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 19 recorded puzzles.
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calcify
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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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catcall
noun — A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
verb — To make such an exclamation.
noun — In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type.
noun — A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman.
noun — A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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cattail
noun — Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cilia
noun — Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.
noun — A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.
noun — One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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facially
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facility
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facticity
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fail
noun — Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
verb — To be unsuccessful.
adjective — That is a failure.
noun — A piece of turf cut from grassland.
noun — A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
noun — A failure (something incapable of success)
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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fall
noun — The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
verb — (heading) To be moved downwards.
noun — The chasing of a hunted whale.
noun — A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
noun — The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
noun — A loss of greatness or status.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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fallacy
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filial
adjective — Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
adjective — Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
adjective — Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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flail
noun — A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
verb — To beat using a flail or similar implement.
noun — A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
verb — To wave or swing vigorously
verb — To thresh.
verb — To move like a flail.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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flat
noun — An area of level ground.
verb — To make a flat call; to call without raising.
adjective — Having no variations in height.
adverb — So as to be flat.
noun — An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
verb — To beat or strike; pound
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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flay
noun — A fright; a scare.
verb — To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
verb — To strip skin off
noun — Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
verb — To frighten; scare; terrify.
verb — To be fear-stricken.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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iliac
adjective — Of or pertaining to the ilium.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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italic
noun — A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
adjective — (of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
noun — An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
adjective — (of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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lactic
adjective — Of, relating to, or derived from milk
adjective — (of fermentation) That produces lactic acid
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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laic
noun — A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
adjective — Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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lilac
noun — A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers.
adjective — Having a pale purple colour.
noun — A flower of the lilac shrub.
noun — (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
Appeared in 12 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 19 recorded puzzles.
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tact
noun — The sense of touch; feeling.
verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
noun — The stroke in beating time.
noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
Appeared in 20 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 19 recorded puzzles.
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tactical
noun — A combinator of proof tactics.
adjective — Of, or relating to tactics
noun — A private war reenactment event involving mock battles or skirmishes.
adjective — Of, or relating to military operations that are smaller or more local than strategic ones
adjective — Adroit, skilful or ingenious
adjective — Having a military appearance, typically with accessories such as a bipod, adjustable stock, detachable magazine or black coloration
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tail
noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.
noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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talc
noun — Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
verb — To apply talc to.
noun — A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
noun — A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
noun — Talcum powder.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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tali
noun — The bone of the ankle.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tall
adjective — (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
adjective — (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
adjective — (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
adjective — (of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
noun — (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tatty
noun — Potato
adjective — Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
noun — A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×3
- af×1
- al×4
- at×2
- ca×11
- ci×1
- cl×1
- cy×2
- fa×13
- fi×3
- fl×4
- il×1
- it×1
- la×5
- li×1
- ta×15
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | · | · | · | · | 10 |
| c | 3 | 4 | · | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| f | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | · | · | 20 |
| i | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| l | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| t | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 15 |
| Σ | 19 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 68 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 243 points of 348 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19454 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Friday, March 27, 2026 |
| c | Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Thursday, March 12, 2026 |
| f | Friday, April 3, 2026 | Tuesday, March 17, 2026 |
| i | Thursday, April 2, 2026 | Thursday, March 26, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Tuesday, March 31, 2026 |
| t | Thursday, April 2, 2026 | Monday, March 30, 2026 |
| y | Saturday, April 4, 2026 | Saturday, February 7, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- 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.
- aalii
- acta
- acyl
- alcaic
- alfa
- alicyclic
- alif
- aliya
- allyl
- allylic
- atactic
- atalaya
- atlatl
- caca
- caff
- caitiff
- calcic
- calcific
- calcitic
- calif
- catalatic
- catfall
- cicala
- cyclicality
- facia
- fallal
- fattily
- fila
- ilia
- ilial
- lacily
- laically
- lall
- lati
- litai
- lytically
- lytta
- taffia
- tafia
- tala
- tattily
- tical
- tictac
- yaff