Saturday, April 18, 2026
- Words
- 30
- Points
- 104
- Genius
- 72
- Pangram
- 1
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camo
noun — A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
verb — To camouflage.
noun — Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb — To put on camouflage clothing.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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coma
noun — A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
noun — A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
noun — A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
noun — A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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comeback
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comma
noun — The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
verb — To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
noun — A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
noun — Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
noun — A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
noun — A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- ac×1
- ba×2
- be×3
- bo×2
- ca×5
- co×12
- em×1
- ma×1
- me×1
- mo×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| c | 10 | 5 | · | 2 | 17 |
| e | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| m | 2 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 72 points of 104 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, April 17, 2026 | Wednesday, April 15, 2026 |
| b | Friday, April 17, 2026 | Tuesday, April 14, 2026 |
| c ● | Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | Thursday, April 9, 2026 |
| e | Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| k | Monday, April 6, 2026 | Friday, April 3, 2026 |
| m | Friday, April 17, 2026 | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |
| o | Monday, April 13, 2026 | Thursday, April 2, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 41
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 28
- toot 28
- loll 27
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- loon 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- neon 21
- none 21
- olio 21
- lilt 20
- till 20
- tilt 20
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.
- abaca
- ackee
- acock
- bacca
- baccae
- bemock
- cabob
- cabomba
- caca
- caeca
- caeoma
- ceca
- cobb
- coco
- comae
- comake
- combe
- coocoo
- cooee
- coomb
- coombe
- kebbock
- keck
- macaco
- mack
- mammock