Sunday, July 5, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 54
- Points
- 232
- Genius
- 162
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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devoid
adjective — Empty; having none of; completely without
verb — To empty out; to remove.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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devolve
verb — To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
verb — To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
verb — To degenerate; to break down.
verb — To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
verb — To roll (something) down; to unroll.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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devolved
verb — To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
verb — To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
verb — To degenerate; to break down.
verb — To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
verb — To roll (something) down; to unroll.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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dildo
noun — An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
noun — An idiot, a bore.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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diode
noun — An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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dodo
noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
noun — Fried plantain.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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doff
verb — To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
verb — (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
verb — To get rid of, to throw off.
verb — To strip; to divest; to undress.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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doffed
verb — To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
verb — (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
verb — To get rid of, to throw off.
verb — To strip; to divest; to undress.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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dole
verb — To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
noun — Payment by the state to the unemployed.
noun — Money or other goods given as charity.
noun — Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
noun — A boundary; a landmark.
noun — Sorrow or grief; dolour.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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doled
verb — To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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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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dollied
verb — To move (an object) using a dolly.
verb — To hit a dolly.
verb — To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
verb — To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
verb — To crush ore with a dolly.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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doodle
verb — To draw or scribble aimlessly.
noun — A small mindless sketch, etc.
noun — Any crossbreed of a poodle with a different breed of dog.
noun — A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
noun — (sometimes childish) Penis.
verb — To drone like a bagpipe.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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doodled
verb — To draw or scribble aimlessly.
verb — To drone like a bagpipe.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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dove
noun — A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
verb — To jump into water head-first.
verb — To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
verb — (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
verb — To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
noun — A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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evolve
verb — To change; transform.
verb — Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
verb — To come into being; develop.
verb — To cause something to change or transform.
verb — To move in regular procession through a system.
verb — To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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evolved
verb — To change; transform.
verb — Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
adjective — Having arisen through a process of evolution or iterative development.
verb — To come into being; develop.
verb — To cause something to change or transform.
verb — To move in regular procession through a system.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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fivefold
adjective — In fives; consisting of five in one; quintuple.
adverb — By a factor of five.
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floe
noun — A low, flat mass of floating ice.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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flood
noun — A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
verb — To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
verb — To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
noun — A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
verb — To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
noun — A floodlight.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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flooded
adjective — Filled with water from rain or rivers.
adjective — (by extension) Overwhelmed with too much of something.
verb — To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
adjective — Filled with too much fluid.
verb — To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
verb — To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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foil
noun — A very thin sheet of metal.
noun — Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
verb — To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
noun — (authorship) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist.
verb — To cover or wrap with foil.
noun — A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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foiled
verb — To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
adjective — Having a foil.
verb — To cover or wrap with foil.
verb — To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
verb — To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
verb — To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
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fold
verb — To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
noun — A bend or crease.
noun — An act of folding.
verb — To become folded; to form folds.
verb — To stir gently, with a folding action.
verb — To give way on a point or in an argument.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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folded
verb — To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
verb — To become folded; to form folds.
verb — To make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending.
verb — To stir gently, with a folding action.
verb — To give way on a point or in an argument.
verb — To fall over; to be crushed.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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folio
noun — (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
noun — A leaf of a book or manuscript
noun — A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
noun — A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages.
verb — To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page
noun — A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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food
noun — Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
noun — A foodstuff.
noun — Anything that nourishes or sustains.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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foodie
noun — A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
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fool
noun — A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
verb — To trick; to deceive
verb — To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
noun — A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
noun — A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
noun — Buddy, dude, man.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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fooled
verb — To trick; to deceive
verb — To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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idol
noun — A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
noun — (originally Japan) Popular entertainer; usually young, captivating, attractive; and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
noun — A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
noun — An eidolon or phantom; something misleading or elusive.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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iodide
noun — A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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lode
noun — A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
noun — (by extension) A rich source of supply.
noun — A way or path; a road.
noun — A watercourse.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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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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lolled
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To laugh out loud.
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 3 recorded puzzles.
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love
noun — Strong affection.
verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
noun — A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
noun — A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
verb — To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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loved
verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, stative) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
adjective — Being the object of love.
verb — To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
verb — (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
verb — To derive delight from a fact or situation.
verb — To need, thrive on.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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offed
verb — To kill.
verb — To switch off.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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oiled
adjective — Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
verb — To lubricate with oil.
adjective — Drunk. Usually in conjunction with well.
verb — To grease with oil for cooking.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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oldie
noun — A song or record from a previous era.
noun — (in the plural) The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras.
noun — Something or someone old.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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oleo
noun — Margarine
noun — The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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olio
noun — A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
noun — A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
noun — A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
noun — (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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olive
noun — The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
noun — A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
adjective — Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
noun — A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
noun — The wood of the olive tree.
noun — A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
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ollie
noun — An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
verb — To perform an ollie.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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ovoid
adjective — Shaped like an oval.
noun — Something that is oval in shape.
adjective — Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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video
noun — Television, television show, movie.
noun — A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
verb — To record using a video camera, to videotape
noun — Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
verb — To record a television program
noun — VHS.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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videoed
verb — To record using a video camera, to videotape
verb — To record a television program
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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viol
noun — A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
verb — To play the viol.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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void
adjective — Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
noun — An empty space; a vacuum.
adjective — Being without; destitute; devoid.
verb — To make invalid or worthless.
verb — To empty.
adjective — Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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voided
verb — To make invalid or worthless.
verb — To empty.
adjective — With the centre cut out.
verb — To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
verb — To withdraw, depart.
verb — To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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voile
noun — A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
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vole
noun — Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.
noun — A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks.
verb — To win all the tricks by a vole.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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voodoo
noun — Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
noun — Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
noun — The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
noun — One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.
verb — To bewitch someone or something using voodoo
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- de×3
- di×2
- do×11
- ev×2
- fi×1
- fl×3
- fo×9
- id×1
- io×1
- lo×5
- of×1
- oi×1
- ol×5
- ov×1
- vi×3
- vo×5
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| e | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 |
| f | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| i | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| l | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| o | 2 | 6 | · | · | · | 8 |
| v | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | 8 |
| Σ | 19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 54 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 162 points of 232 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 |
|---|---|---|
| d | Friday, July 3, 2026 | Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| e | Saturday, July 4, 2026 | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 |
| f | Monday, June 29, 2026 | Friday, June 5, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, July 4, 2026 | Thursday, June 25, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, July 4, 2026 | Tuesday, June 2, 2026 |
| o ● | Friday, July 3, 2026 | Tuesday, June 30, 2026 |
| v | Sunday, June 28, 2026 | Sunday, June 28, 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.
- dido
- dildoe
- diol
- doiled
- doolee
- doolie
- eddo
- felloe
- feod
- feoff
- feoffed
- feoffee
- fido
- fillo
- filo
- flooie
- folioed
- foveole
- iodid
- levo
- lido
- looed
- loof
- looie
- ovoli
- ovolo
- voled
- voodooed