Sunday, April 19, 2026
- Words
- 68
- Points
- 363
- Genius
- 254
- Pangrams
- 2
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allium
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alum
noun — An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
verb — To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
noun — (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
noun — Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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alumina
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aluminum
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alumna
noun — A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
noun — A female graduate.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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alumni
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anima
noun — The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona.
noun — (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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autumnal
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ilium
noun — The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
noun — The ileum, part of the small intestine.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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illuminati
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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lama
noun — A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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limit
noun — A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
verb — To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
noun — The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
noun — A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
noun — A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
noun — (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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limn
verb — To draw or paint; to delineate.
verb — To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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llama
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mail
noun — A bag or wallet.
verb — (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
noun — Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
verb — To arm with mail.
noun — An old French coin worth half a denier.
noun — A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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main
verb — Short for mainline.
adjective — Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
adverb — Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
noun — That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
noun — A hand or match in a game of dice.
noun — A basket for gathering grapes.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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maintain
verb — To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
verb — To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
verb — To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mall
noun — A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
verb — To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
noun — An enclosed shopping centre.
noun — An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
noun — A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
noun — A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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malt
noun — Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
verb — To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
noun — Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
noun — A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
noun — Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
verb — To become malt.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 27 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 27 recorded puzzles.
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mammal
noun — An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
noun — A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mania
noun — Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
noun — Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
noun — The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Appeared in 15 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 20 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 15 recorded puzzles.
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manual
noun — A handbook.
adjective — Performed with the hands (of an activity).
noun — Mechanical transmission which shifts gears by the action of the driver's hand on the gearstick or gear lever, rather than automatically; a manual gearbox.
noun — A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
noun — A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
noun — An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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manumit
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matutinal
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maul
noun — A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
verb — To handle someone or something in a rough way.
noun — A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
verb — To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
verb — To criticise harshly.
verb — To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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militia
noun — An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
noun — The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g. modern Belarus).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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mill
noun — A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
verb — (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
noun — A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
noun — An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
noun — An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
noun — The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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mini
adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.
noun — A miniskirt.
noun — A minicomputer.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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minim
noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.
noun — A small fish; a minnow.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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minima
noun — The lowest limit.
noun — The smallest amount.
noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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minimum
noun — The lowest limit.
adjective — To the lowest degree.
noun — The smallest amount.
noun — A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
noun — A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
noun — The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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mint
adjective — (with condition) Like new.
noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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minutia
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mitt
noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
noun — A mitten
noun — (especially in plural) A hand.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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mull
noun — A thin, soft muslin.
verb — (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
noun — A promontory.
noun — Dirt; rubbish
noun — Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
noun — A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mutt
noun — A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
noun — A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.
noun — (sometimes derogatory) A person of diverse ancestry.
noun — An idiot, a stupid person.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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muumuu
noun — A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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tantalum
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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titanium
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tumult
noun — Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
verb — To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
noun — Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
noun — A riot or uprising.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ultima
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ultimata
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ultimatum
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unman
verb — To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
verb — To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
verb — To deprive of men.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- al×6
- an×2
- au×2
- il×2
- im×1
- la×3
- li×4
- ll×1
- ma×20
- mi×12
- mu×5
- ta×2
- ti×1
- tu×1
- ul×3
- um×2
- un×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
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| a | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 10 |
| i | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 3 |
| l | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | 8 |
| m | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 |
| t | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | · | · | 4 |
| u | · | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 6 |
| Σ | 18 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 68 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 254 points of 363 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18971 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, April 18, 2026 | Wednesday, April 15, 2026 |
| i | Friday, April 17, 2026 | Thursday, March 26, 2026 |
| l | Thursday, April 16, 2026 | Saturday, April 11, 2026 |
| m ● | Saturday, April 18, 2026 | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |
| n | Friday, April 17, 2026 | Sunday, April 12, 2026 |
| t | Thursday, April 16, 2026 | Wednesday, April 8, 2026 |
| u | Monday, April 13, 2026 | Monday, March 23, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- onto 22
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.
- alma
- alumin
- aluminium
- amain
- amanita
- amanitin
- amia
- amin
- amnia
- animi
- antiman
- ataman
- atma
- atman
- illinium
- illuminant
- imaum
- intima
- intimal
- lamia
- liman
- limina
- limuli
- linum
- lumina
- luminal
- maill
- malm
- mammati
- mammilla
- mana
- manana
- manilla
- manitu
- mannan
- mantua
- matin
- matinal
- matt
- mattin
- maun
- maut
- miaul
- milia
- milium
- milt
- mina
- minimill
- minium
- minutial
- mulla
- multiunit
- mumm
- mumu
- muni
- muntin
- numina
- tallitim
- tamal
- tinman
- titman
- tumuli
- ulama