Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Words
- 35
- Points
- 163
- Genius
- 114
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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cadge
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cadged
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caged
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change
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changed
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edge
noun — The boundary line of a surface.
verb — To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
noun — A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
noun — An advantage.
noun — The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
noun — A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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edged
verb — To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
adjective — That has a sharp planar surface.
verb — To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
verb — (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
verb — To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
verb — To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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egged
verb — To throw eggs at.
verb — To encourage, incite.
verb — To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
verb — To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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encaged
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gaga
adjective — Mentally senile.
noun — A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon.
adjective — Crazy.
adjective — Infatuated.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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ganache
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gene
noun — A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
noun — A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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ghee
noun — A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
noun — Vegetable oil for cooking.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hanged
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henge
noun — A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
changed is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ad×1
- ag×2
- ca×4
- ch×2
- da×1
- ed×2
- eg×4
- en×4
- ga×7
- ge×1
- gh×1
- ha×2
- he×3
- na×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| c | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | 6 |
| d | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| e | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| g | 5 | · | 3 | 1 | · | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 5 |
| n | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 114 points of 163 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
| c | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| d | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| e | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| g ● | Friday, May 15, 2026 | Saturday, May 2, 2026 |
| h | Monday, May 18, 2026 | Monday, April 6, 2026 |
| n | Saturday, May 16, 2026 | Thursday, May 7, 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.
- agee
- agene
- agha
- anga
- chang
- dagga
- danged
- degage
- gaed
- gaen
- gaged
- gane
- geed
- haggada
- haggadah
- hagged
- nagana