Sunday, May 17, 2026
- Words
- 54
- Points
- 212
- Genius
- 148
- Pangrams
- 2
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allocator
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aortal
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call
noun — A telephone conversation.
verb — (heading) To use one's voice.
noun — A decision or judgement.
noun — The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
noun — A cry or shout.
noun — A short visit, usually for social purposes.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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calla
noun — The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.
noun — A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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carload
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cartload
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clot
noun — A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
verb — To form a clot or mass.
noun — A solidified mass of any liquid.
noun — A silly person.
verb — To cause to clot or form into a mass.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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collard
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colt
noun — A young male horse.
verb — To horse; to get with young.
noun — A young crane (bird).
noun — A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
noun — A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
noun — A young camel or donkey.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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doctoral
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doll
noun — A toy in the form of a human.
noun — A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
noun — (sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman
noun — A dollar.
noun — (now possibly offensive) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
noun — The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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dollar
noun — Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
noun — (by extension) Money generally.
noun — Imported from the United States, and paid for in U.S. dollars. (Note: distinguish "dollar wheat", North American farmers' slogan, meaning a market price of one dollar per bushel.)
noun — A quarter of a pound or one crown, historically minted as a coin of approximately the same size and composition as a then-contemporary dollar coin of the United States, and worth slightly more.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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dolt
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lard
noun — Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
verb — To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
verb — To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
noun — Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
verb — To smear with fat or lard.
verb — To fatten; to enrich.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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load
noun — A burden; a weight to be carried.
noun — (often in the plural) A large number or amount.
noun — A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
verb — To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
verb — To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
noun — A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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locator
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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loot
noun — A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
noun — The act of plundering.
verb — To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
noun — Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
noun — Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
noun — Items dropped by defeated enemies.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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lotto
noun — A game of chance similar to bingo
noun — A lottery
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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oral
adjective — Spoken rather than written.
adjective — Relating to the mouth.
noun — Oral sex.
noun — A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
noun — A physical examination of the mouth.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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tall
adjective — (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
adjective — (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
adjective — (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
adjective — (of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
noun — (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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told
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toll
noun — Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
verb — To impose a fee for the use of.
noun — The act or sound of tolling
verb — To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
verb — To draw; pull; tug; drag.
verb — To take away; to vacate; to annul.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tool
noun — A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
verb — To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
noun — Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
noun — Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
noun — A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
noun — A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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troll
noun — A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
noun — An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
verb — To saunter.
noun — The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
verb — To move circularly; to roll; to turn.
noun — An ugly person of either sex, especially one seeking sexual experiences.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- al×4
- ao×1
- at×1
- ca×7
- cl×4
- co×11
- do×5
- dr×2
- la×1
- lo×8
- oc×1
- or×1
- ro×1
- ta×2
- to×4
- tr×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 6 |
| c | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | · | 22 |
| d | 2 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| l | 6 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 9 |
| o | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| r | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 5 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| Σ | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 54 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 148 points of 212 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, May 16, 2026 | Saturday, May 16, 2026 |
| c | Friday, May 15, 2026 | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| d | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| l ● | Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 |
| o | Saturday, May 16, 2026 | Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
| r | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Sunday, April 26, 2026 |
| t | Saturday, May 16, 2026 | Monday, May 11, 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.
- acold
- alar
- aldol
- allod
- artal
- atlatl
- calcar
- calo
- caracal
- caracol
- carl
- catalo
- cattalo
- claro
- cloacal
- cloot
- coala
- coccal
- collator
- colorado
- craal
- dotal
- lall
- loca
- loral
- lota
- olla
- ratal
- rotl
- tala
- talar
- tallol
- tola