Friday, August 7, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 314
- Genius
- 219
- Pangram
- 1
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deeding
verb — To transfer real property by deed.
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deepening
verb — To make deep or deeper
noun — The act of becoming deeper.
verb — To make darker or more intense; to darken
verb — To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
verb — To make lower in tone
verb — To make more thorough or extensive.
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deign
verb — To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
verb — To condescend to give; to do something.
verb — To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
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deigned
verb — To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
verb — To condescend to give; to do something.
verb — To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
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deigning
verb — To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
verb — To condescend to give; to do something.
verb — To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
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depending
verb — (followed by on or upon, formerly also by of) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
verb — (followed by on or upon) To trust; to have confidence; to rely.
verb — To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
verb — To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.
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digging
verb — To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
verb — To understand or show interest in.
noun — The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
verb — To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
verb — To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
verb — To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ding
noun — Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
verb — To hit or strike.
noun — The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
noun — An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
noun — A rejection.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dinged
verb — To hit or strike.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
verb — To strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in
verb — To dash; to throw violently.
verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
verb — To fire or reject.
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dinging
verb — To hit or strike.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
verb — To dash; to throw violently.
verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
verb — To fire or reject.
verb — To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dining
verb — To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
noun — Eating dinner as a social function.
verb — To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
verb — To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun — Entertaining someone to dinner.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dipping
verb — To lower into a liquid.
noun — An act or process of immersing.
verb — To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
verb — (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
verb — To lower a light's beam.
verb — To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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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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edging
verb — To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
noun — Something that forms, defines or marks the edge.
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.
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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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egging
verb — To throw eggs at.
verb — To encourage, incite.
noun — The act of pelting with eggs.
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 5 recorded puzzles.
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ending
noun — A termination or conclusion.
verb — To come to an end
noun — The last part of something.
noun — (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").
verb — To finish, terminate.
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engine
noun — A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
verb — To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
noun — A tool; a utensil or implement.
noun — A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
noun — A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
noun — The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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expending
verb — To consume, exhaust (some resource)
noun — Expenditure
verb — (of money) to spend, disburse
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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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genie
noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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genii
noun — Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
noun — A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
noun — Extraordinary mental capacity.
noun — Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
noun — The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
noun — A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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gigged
verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
verb — To engender.
verb — To engage in musical performances.
verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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gigging
verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
verb — To engender.
verb — To engage in musical performances.
verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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ginned
verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
adjective — Drunk
verb — To trap something in a gin.
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ginning
verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To begin.
noun — The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To trap something in a gin.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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indexing
verb — To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
noun — A system used to assign indexes.
verb — To inventory, to take stock.
verb — To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
verb — To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
verb — To access a value in a data container by an index.
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indigene
noun — An indigenous person; a native.
adjective — Indigenous.
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inning
noun — A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
verb — To house; to lodge.
noun — A similar period of play.
noun — A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
noun — A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
noun — The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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needing
verb — To have an absolute requirement for.
noun — A need.
verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
verb — To be required; to be necessary.
verb — To be necessary (to someone).
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nipping
verb — To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
verb — To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
noun — The act or sensation of giving a nip.
verb — To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
verb — To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
verb — To annoy, as by nipping.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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nixing
verb — To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel.
verb — To destroy or eradicate.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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peeing
verb — To urinate.
verb — (mildly vulgar) To drizzle.
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peeping
verb — To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
verb — To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
noun — The action of the verb to peep.
verb — To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
verb — To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
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pegged
verb — To fasten using a peg.
verb — To affix or pin.
verb — To fix a value or price.
verb — To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
verb — To throw.
verb — To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
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pegging
verb — To fasten using a peg.
noun — The act of fastening with a peg.
verb — To affix or pin.
verb — To fix a value or price.
verb — To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
verb — To throw.
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pending
verb — To hang down.
verb — To pen; to confine.
verb — To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
adjective — Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
preposition — While waiting for something; until.
verb — To arch over (something); to vault.
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penning
verb — To enclose in a pen.
verb — To write (an article, a book, etc.).
noun — Writing; literary composition.
noun — An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.
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pepping
verb — To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
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pidgin
noun — An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
noun — A person's business, occupation, work, or trade.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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pigged
verb — (of swine) to give birth.
verb — To greedily consume (especially food).
verb — To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
verb — To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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pigging
verb — (of swine) to give birth.
noun — The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
adjective — Damned (used as a mild intensive).
noun — A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
verb — To greedily consume (especially food).
verb — To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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pigpen
noun — A pigsty; an enclosure where pigs are kept.
noun — Something extremely dirty or messy.
noun — The pigpen cipher
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ping
noun — A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
verb — To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
noun — (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
noun — A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
noun — An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
noun — Latency.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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pinged
verb — To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
verb — (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
verb — To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
verb — (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
verb — To flick.
verb — To bounce.
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pinging
verb — To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
noun — The sound of a ping.
verb — (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
verb — To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
verb — (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
verb — To flick.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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pining
verb — To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
noun — The act of one who pines.
verb — To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
verb — To grieve or mourn for.
verb — To inflict pain upon; to torment.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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pinning
verb — To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
verb — (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun — The action of the verb pin in any sense.
verb — (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
verb — To pin down (someone).
verb — To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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piping
verb — To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
noun — The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
adjective — High-pitched.
verb — To shout loudly and at high pitch.
verb — To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
verb — Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- de×6
- di×6
- ed×3
- eg×2
- en×2
- ex×1
- ge×3
- gi×4
- in×3
- ne×1
- ni×2
- pe×7
- pi×10
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
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| d | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| e | 1 | 2 | 4 | · | · | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 7 |
| i | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | 3 |
| n | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 3 |
| p | 1 | · | 8 | 8 | · | · | 17 |
| Σ | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 219 points of 314 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18269 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| d | Thursday, August 6, 2026 | Thursday, August 6, 2026 |
| e | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| g ● | Thursday, July 30, 2026 | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
| i | Thursday, August 6, 2026 | Monday, July 27, 2026 |
| n | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Sunday, August 2, 2026 |
| p | Friday, July 31, 2026 | Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
| x | Thursday, June 25, 2026 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 43
- onion 31
- naan 31
- nana 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- nene 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.
- denning
- dieing
- digged
- dinge
- dinning
- engined
- engining
- epigene
- geed
- geeing
- genip
- giddied
- gied
- gieing
- gien
- gipped
- gipping
- indigen
- indign
- niding
- peening
- peining
- pieing
- piggie
- piggin
- piing
- pipping