Friday, April 10, 2026
- Words
- 38
- Points
- 215
- Genius
- 150
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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digging
verb — To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
verb — To understand or show interest in.
noun — The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
verb — To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
verb — To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
verb — To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ding
noun — Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
verb — To hit or strike.
noun — The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
noun — An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
noun — A rejection.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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dinging
verb — To hit or strike.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
verb — To dash; to throw violently.
verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
verb — To fire or reject.
verb — To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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dining
verb — To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
noun — Eating dinner as a social function.
verb — To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
verb — To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun — Entertaining someone to dinner.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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doxing
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doxxing
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dozing
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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 9 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 9 recorded puzzles.
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gonzo
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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iodizing
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ionizing
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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.
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noon
noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
verb — To relax or sleep around midday
noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.
noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
noun — The highest point; culmination.
Appeared in 47 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 33 recorded puzzles.
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oozing
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oxidizing
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zoning
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- di×7
- do×8
- gi×2
- go×5
- in×2
- io×2
- ni×1
- no×3
- on×2
- oo×1
- ox×1
- zi×3
- zo×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | · | · | 15 |
| g | 2 | 2 | · | 3 | · | · | 7 |
| i | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | · | 4 |
| n | 1 | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| o | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 4 |
| Σ | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 150 points of 215 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20967 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| d | Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | Monday, January 26, 2026 |
| g | Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | Tuesday, April 7, 2026 |
| i | Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | Thursday, March 26, 2026 |
| n ● | Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Saturday, March 28, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | Thursday, April 2, 2026 |
| x | Monday, March 16, 2026 | first recorded time |
| z | Monday, January 12, 2026 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 33
- toot 33
- loll 30
- acacia 29
- acai 29
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 28
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
- cancan 25
- canna 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.
- digoxin
- dingdong
- dingdonging
- dinning
- doggoning
- godding
- gonion
- indign
- indigoid
- ingoing
- inion
- iodin
- nidi
- niding
- ninon
- nodi
- nogg
- nogging
- nonionizing
- nonoxidizing
- noodging
- nooning
- ozonizing
- zoon