Wednesday, April 15, 2026
- Words
- 62
- Points
- 229
- Genius
- 160
- Pangram
- 1
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amen
noun — An instance of saying ‘amen’.
verb — To say amen.
adverb — At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
interjection — An expression of strong agreement. Often, though dated, in the phrase "Amen to that".
noun — A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
verb — To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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ante
noun — A price or cost, as in up the ante.
verb — To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
noun — In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
verb — To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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antenna
noun — A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
noun — An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
noun — The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
noun — A fragment of an oligosaccharide
noun — The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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antennae
noun — A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
noun — An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
noun — The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
noun — A fragment of an oligosaccharide
noun — The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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apeman
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apemen
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eaten
verb — To ingest; to be ingested.
adjective — (especially in combination) That has been consumed by eating
verb — To use up.
verb — To cause (someone) to worry.
verb — To take the loss in a transaction.
verb — To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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emanate
verb — To come from a source; issue from.
verb — To send or give out; manifest.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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enema
noun — An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
noun — The fluid so injected.
noun — A device for administering such an injection.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 26 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 26 recorded puzzles.
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manatee
noun — Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mane
noun — Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
noun — Long or thick hair of a person's head.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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manna
noun — Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
noun — (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
noun — The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http//www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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manta
noun — A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
noun — Any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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maven
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mean
verb — To lament.
verb — To intend.
adjective — Common; general.
noun — (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
adjective — Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
verb — To convey (a meaning).
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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meant
verb — To intend.
verb — To convey (a meaning).
verb — To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
verb — To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
verb — (usually with to) To be of some level of importance.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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naan
noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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name
noun — Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
verb — (ditransitive) To give a name to.
noun — Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
noun — Reputation.
noun — An abusive or insulting epithet.
noun — A person (or legal person).
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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nana
noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother
noun — A banana
noun — A fool
noun — A nanny
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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natant
adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)
adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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nave
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neat
noun — An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
adjective — Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
noun — A bull or cow.
adjective — Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
adjective — Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
adjective — With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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neaten
verb — To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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pant
noun — A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
verb — To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
noun — A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
noun — Eager longing.
verb — To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
verb — To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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pavane
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pavement
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penman
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tamp
verb — (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
verb — To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes
verb — To reduce the intensity of.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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tapa
noun — Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.
noun — Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine.
noun — A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tenant
noun — One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
verb — To hold as, or be, a tenant.
noun — One who has possession of any place.
noun — One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
noun — Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
verb — To inhabit.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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vamp
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vane
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- am×1
- an×3
- ap×3
- at×1
- ea×2
- em×1
- en×1
- ma×9
- me×4
- na×7
- ne×3
- pa×12
- pe×4
- ta×4
- te×4
- va×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 4 |
| m | 6 | 6 | · | 1 | · | 13 |
| n | 7 | · | 2 | · | 1 | 10 |
| p | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| t | 6 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 8 |
| v | 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 31 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 62 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 160 points of 229 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | Sunday, April 5, 2026 |
| e | Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| m | Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |
| n | Sunday, April 12, 2026 | Sunday, April 12, 2026 |
| p | Monday, April 6, 2026 | Friday, February 27, 2026 |
| t | Monday, April 13, 2026 | Wednesday, April 8, 2026 |
| v | Monday, March 30, 2026 | Wednesday, February 4, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 43
- naan 32
- nana 32
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- nene 25
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- imam 22
- maim 22
- cancan 22
- canna 22
- bill 22
- mini 22
- minim 22
- lilt 21
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.
- ament
- anent
- anna
- anta
- antae
- appetent
- ataman
- atap
- atma
- atman
- attent
- avant
- enate
- enemata
- etape
- etna
- mammae
- mammate
- mammee
- mammet
- mana
- manana
- mannan
- matt
- meatman
- meatmen
- menta
- metate
- metepa
- nappe
- navette
- nema
- pampean
- panne
- paten
- pattee
- patten
- pavan
- pean
- penna
- pennae
- penname
- pennate
- petnap
- tampan
- tannate
- tapeta
- tappet
- tate
- tepa
- vanman
- vanmen
- veena
- vena
- venae
- venenate