Monday, June 22, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 55
- Points
- 229
- Genius
- 160
- Pangram
- 1
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acacia
noun — A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
noun — (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
noun — The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
noun — A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
noun — Gum arabic; gum acacia.
noun — Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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acai
noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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acclaim
verb — To shout; to call out.
noun — An acclamation; a shout of applause.
verb — To express great approval (for).
verb — To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
verb — To claim.
verb — To declare by acclamations.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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ache
verb — To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
noun — Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
verb — To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
noun — The name of the Latin-script letter H.
noun — Parsley
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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cache
noun — A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
noun — A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
noun — (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb — To place in a cache.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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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 16 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 16 recorded puzzles.
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calm
noun — (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
verb — To make calm.
adjective — (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
noun — (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
noun — A period of time without wind.
verb — To become calm.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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celiac
noun — Someone who has celiac disease.
adjective — Of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity.
adjective — Of or pertaining to celiac disease.
Appeared in 5 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 13 recorded puzzles.
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chalice
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challah
noun — A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.
noun — The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
noun — The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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chemical
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cilia
noun — Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.
noun — A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.
noun — One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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claim
noun — A demand of ownership made for something.
verb — To demand ownership of.
noun — The thing claimed.
noun — The right or ground of demanding.
noun — A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
noun — A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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clam
noun — A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
verb — To dig for clams.
noun — A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
verb — To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
noun — Clamminess; moisture
verb — To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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each
pronoun — Every one; every thing.
adverb — For one; apiece; per.
noun — (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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heliacal
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helical
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icicle
noun — A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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iliac
adjective — Of or pertaining to the ilium.
Appeared in 12 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 7 recorded puzzles.
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laic
noun — A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
adjective — Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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leach
verb — To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
verb — To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
noun — A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
noun — An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
noun — A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
noun — A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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lech
noun — A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
verb — To behave lecherously
noun — A lecher.
noun — The capstone of a cromlech.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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leech
noun — An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
noun — A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
verb — To drain (resources) without giving back.
noun — The vertical edge of a square sail.
noun — The aft edge of a triangular sail.
noun — A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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lice
noun — A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
noun — (not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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lilac
noun — A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers.
adjective — Having a pale purple colour.
noun — A flower of the lilac shrub.
noun — (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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mica
noun — Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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mimic
noun — A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
verb — To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
adjective — Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
noun — An imitation.
verb — To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective — Mock, pretended.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×5
- ca×8
- ce×3
- ch×12
- ci×1
- cl×4
- ea×1
- em×1
- ha×1
- he×2
- ic×1
- il×1
- la×3
- le×3
- li×2
- ma×3
- me×1
- mi×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 5 |
| c | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| e | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| h | · | · | · | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| i | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| l | 4 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 8 |
| m | 3 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 7 |
| Σ | 20 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 55 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 160 points of 229 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17432 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, June 19, 2026 | Friday, June 19, 2026 |
| c ● | Friday, June 19, 2026 | Sunday, June 7, 2026 |
| e | Friday, June 19, 2026 | Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
| h | Monday, June 15, 2026 | Monday, June 15, 2026 |
| i | Sunday, June 21, 2026 | Saturday, June 13, 2026 |
| l | Sunday, June 21, 2026 | Tuesday, June 2, 2026 |
| m | Friday, June 19, 2026 | Thursday, June 4, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- acacia 23
- acai 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lull 20
- lulu 20
- lilt 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.
- achillea
- acmic
- aecia
- aecial
- alcaic
- alchemic
- alchemical
- alec
- allelic
- amice
- amici
- caca
- caeca
- caecal
- calami
- calcic
- caleche
- caliche
- calicle
- camail
- camelia
- ceca
- cecal
- ceil
- cella
- cellae
- chacma
- chalah
- chaleh
- challa
- challie
- cham
- chela
- chelae
- chemic
- chiel
- chile
- chilli
- chimla
- cicala
- cicale
- cilice
- clach
- eche
- echelle
- emic
- haemic
- halacha
- heliac
- hemic
- ileac
- laich
- lich
- lichee
- lichi
- macchia
- macchie
- mach
- mache
- macle
- malacca
- melic
- micell
- micella
- micellae
- micelle
- miche
- milch
- mimical