Saturday, May 16, 2026
- Words
- 64
- Points
- 286
- Genius
- 200
- Pangrams
- 3
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annatto
noun — A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
noun — The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
noun — An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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annotate
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 22 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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atone
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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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ethane
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hate
noun — An object of hatred.
verb — To dislike intensely or greatly.
noun — Hatred.
noun — Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
verb — To experience hatred.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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hath
verb — To possess, own.
verb — To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
verb — Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
verb — To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
verb — To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
verb — To experience, go through, undergo.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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heat
noun — Thermal energy.
verb — To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
noun — The condition or quality of being hot.
noun — An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
noun — A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
noun — An undesirable amount of attention.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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heath
noun — A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
noun — Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
noun — Certain butterflies and moths
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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heathen
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henna
noun — A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
verb — To dye or tattoo with henna.
adjective — Of a rich reddish-brown colour.
noun — A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.
noun — A rich reddish-brown colour.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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heptane
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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 34 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 34 recorded puzzles.
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natant
adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)
adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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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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neath
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neonate
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notate
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oaten
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oath
noun — A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
verb — To pledge.
noun — A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
noun — A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
noun — A curse, a curse word.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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panettone
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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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pantheon
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phaeton
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phonate
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potentate
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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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tattoo
noun — An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
verb — To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
noun — A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
verb — To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
noun — A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.
noun — A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
Appeared in 17 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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than
adverb — At that time; then.
preposition — Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.
conjunction — Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
conjunction — (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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thane
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that
noun — Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
adverb — (degree) To a given extent or degree.
pronoun — (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
conjunction — Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
adverb — (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
adverb — To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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theta
noun — The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
noun — The measure of an angle.
noun — The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
noun — Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).
noun — The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
phaeton, phonate are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ae×1
- an×6
- ap×1
- at×2
- ea×1
- et×1
- ha×4
- he×6
- na×4
- ne×5
- no×1
- oa×2
- pa×10
- pe×4
- ph×3
- po×3
- ta×3
- te×3
- th×4
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 2 | · | 2 | 2 | · | 10 |
| e | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| h | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 10 |
| n | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 10 |
| o | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| p | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| t | 5 | 2 | 3 | · | · | · | 10 |
| Σ | 26 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 64 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 200 points of 286 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19216 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Friday, May 15, 2026 | Wednesday, May 6, 2026 |
| e | Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| h | Monday, May 11, 2026 | Monday, April 6, 2026 |
| n | Friday, May 15, 2026 | Thursday, May 7, 2026 |
| o | Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
| p | Friday, May 15, 2026 | Friday, February 27, 2026 |
| t | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Monday, May 11, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 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.
- anatto
- anent
- anna
- anoa
- anta
- antae
- aphtha
- aphthae
- apnoea
- appetent
- atap
- attent
- eath
- enate
- epha
- ephah
- etape
- etna
- haen
- haet
- haha
- hant
- hapten
- haptene
- honan
- naphtha
- naphthene
- nappe
- nepenthean
- nona
- nota
- opah
- paeon
- pahoehoe
- panne
- panto
- pantothenate
- paten
- pattee
- patten
- pean
- penna
- pennae
- pennate
- petnap
- phenate
- tannate
- tanto
- tapeta
- tappet
- tate
- teopan
- tepa
- thae
- toea