Thursday, June 18, 2026
- Words
- 40
- Points
- 168
- Genius
- 117
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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deft
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detox
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detoxed
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detoxified
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effete
adjective — Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
adjective — (of a person) Affected, overrefined
adjective — Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
adjective — Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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exit
noun — An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
verb — To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
noun — A way out.
noun — The act of departing from life; death.
verb — To depart from life; to die.
verb — To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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feet
noun — Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
noun — A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
noun — A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
noun — The base or bottom of anything.
noun — A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
noun — (often used attributively) Travel by walking.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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fete
noun — A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
noun — A feast, celebration or carnival.
verb — (usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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feted
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footed
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idiot
noun — A person of low general intelligence.
adjective — Idiotic, stupid
noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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teff
noun — The fine grain of this plant.
noun — A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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text
noun — A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
verb — To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
noun — A book, tome or other set of writings.
noun — A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
noun — Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
noun — A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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toffee
noun — A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
noun — A small, individual piece of toffee
noun — Any kind of sweets; candy
verb — To coat in toffee.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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toot
noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.
verb — To stand out, or be prominent.
noun — A toilet.
noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.
noun — Cocaine.
noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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tote
noun — A tote bag.
verb — To carry or bear.
verb — To add up; to calculate a total.
noun — A heavy burden.
noun — (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
noun — A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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toxified
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Words by first two letters
- de×4
- di×3
- do×3
- ed×2
- ef×1
- ex×2
- fe×4
- fi×1
- fo×3
- id×1
- te×4
- ti×5
- to×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 10 |
| e | 2 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 5 |
| f | 3 | 2 | 3 | · | · | · | 8 |
| i | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 9 | 2 | 4 | · | 1 | · | 16 |
| Σ | 17 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 117 points of 168 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19259 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| d | Sunday, June 14, 2026 | Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| e | Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
| f | Tuesday, June 9, 2026 | Friday, June 5, 2026 |
| i | Tuesday, June 16, 2026 | Saturday, June 13, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | Tuesday, June 9, 2026 |
| t ● | Monday, June 15, 2026 | Monday, May 25, 2026 |
| x | Monday, June 1, 2026 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 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.
- deet
- dite
- dittoed
- dixit
- doit
- doited
- fetted
- fixit
- fixt
- foetid
- ootid
- otto
- tedded
- teiid
- tiffed
- titi
- tittie
- toff
- toft
- toit
- toited
- totted
- toxoid