Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Words
- 46
- Points
- 187
- Genius
- 130
- Pangram
- 1
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able
adjective — Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
adjective — Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
adjective — Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
adjective — Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
adjective — Suitable; competent.
adjective — Legally qualified or competent.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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babble
noun — Idle talk; senseless prattle
noun — Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
verb — To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
verb — To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
verb — To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
noun — A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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babe
noun — A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
noun — An attractive person, especially a young woman.
noun — Darling (term of endearment).
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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babel
noun — A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
noun — A place or scene of noise and confusion.
noun — A tall, looming structure.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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bale
noun — A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
noun — A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
noun — A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
noun — A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
verb — To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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belie
verb — To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
verb — To give a false representation of.
verb — To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
verb — To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
verb — To tell lies about.
verb — (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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bell
noun — A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
noun — The sounding of a bell as a signal.
noun — A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
noun — A telephone call.
noun — An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.
noun — Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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belle
noun — An attractive woman.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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bible
noun — An exemplar of the Bible.
noun — A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
noun — (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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bile
noun — A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
noun — Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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billable
adjective — Capable of being billed for.
noun — Something that is billed for.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cell
noun — The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
noun — A cellular phone.
noun — A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
noun — The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
noun — A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
noun — Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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clickable
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label
noun — A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
noun — A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
verb — To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
verb — (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
noun — A company that sells records.
noun — In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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labile
adjective — Apt or likely to change.
adjective — (of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
adjective — (of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
adjective — Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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lace
noun — A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp
noun — A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp
verb — To fasten (something) with laces.
verb — To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
noun — Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
verb — To interweave items.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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liable
adjective — (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
adjective — Subject; susceptible.
adjective — Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
adjective — Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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libel
noun — A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
verb — To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
noun — The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
noun — A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
noun — Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
noun — A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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likable
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likeable
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- al×2
- ba×5
- be×5
- bi×4
- bl×1
- ca×5
- ce×4
- cl×1
- ic×1
- ka×1
- ke×2
- ki×1
- la×4
- le×2
- li×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| b | 8 | 5 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 15 |
| c | 2 | 3 | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| i | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| k | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| l | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | 13 |
| Σ | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 130 points of 187 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, May 25, 2026 | Saturday, May 23, 2026 |
| b | Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Tuesday, April 21, 2026 |
| c | Saturday, May 23, 2026 | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| e ● | Saturday, May 23, 2026 | Saturday, March 21, 2026 |
| i | Monday, May 25, 2026 | Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
| k | Sunday, May 24, 2026 | Sunday, May 24, 2026 |
| l | Friday, May 22, 2026 | Sunday, May 17, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 41
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 28
- toot 27
- loll 27
- mama 24
- mamma 24
- 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
- anon 20
- lull 19
- lulu 19
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.
- abbe
- abele
- abelia
- ackee
- aecia
- aecial
- akee
- akela
- alae
- alec
- alee
- alible
- allee
- allelic
- alliable
- baccae
- bailable
- bailee
- bailie
- beaklike
- beebee
- beelike
- belike
- belleek
- biblike
- bice
- bikie
- billie
- blae
- bleb
- caeca
- caecal
- calicle
- ceca
- cecal
- ceiba
- ceil
- cella
- cellae
- cicale
- cilice
- cleek
- eellike
- icelike
- ilea
- ileac
- ileal
- kebbie
- keck
- keckle
- keek
- kibbe
- kibe
- kibei
- kickable
- kike
- killie
- labelable
- labella
- lacelike
- lakelike
- leal
- leke
- libellee