Sunday, August 9, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 77
- Points
- 346
- Genius
- 242
- Pangrams
- 2
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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 8 recorded puzzles.
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alcohol
noun — Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
noun — Ethanol.
noun — Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
noun — Any very fine powder.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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aloha
noun — Good wishes, love.
interjection — Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun — An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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athlete
noun — A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
noun — A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
noun — An exceptionally physically fit person.
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attach
verb — To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
verb — To adhere; to be attached.
verb — To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
verb — To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
verb — To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
verb — To take, seize, or lay hold of.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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attache
noun — A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.
Appeared in 2 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 8 recorded puzzles.
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cachet
noun — A seal, as of a letter.
verb — To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.
noun — A special characteristic or quality; prestige.
noun — A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
noun — A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
noun — A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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catch
noun — The act of seizing or capturing.
verb — (heading) To capture, overtake.
noun — The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
noun — The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
noun — The game of catching a ball.
noun — Something which is captured or caught.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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catchall
noun — Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought.
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chalet
noun — An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
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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 4 recorded puzzles.
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chat
noun — Informal conversation.
verb — To be engaged in informal conversation.
noun — A small potato, such as is given to swine.
noun — (local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
noun — A louse (small, parasitic insect).
noun — Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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chattel
noun — Tangible, movable property.
noun — A slave.
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cheat
verb — To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
noun — Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
verb — To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
verb — To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
verb — To deceive; to fool; to trick.
noun — An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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cheetah
noun — A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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chocolate
noun — A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
verb — (chiefly in the past participle) To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.
adjective — Made of or containing chocolate.
noun — A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.
noun — A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.
noun — A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).
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cloche
noun — A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
noun — A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
noun — A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
noun — An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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cloth
noun — A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
noun — Specifically, a tablecloth, especially as spread before a meal or removed afterwards.
noun — A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
noun — (metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
noun — (metaphoric) Appearance; seeming.
noun — A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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clothe
verb — To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
verb — To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
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coach
noun — A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
verb — To train.
noun — A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple unit.
noun — (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
noun — A single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
noun — The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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cochlea
noun — The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
noun — A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
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cochleae
noun — The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
noun — A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
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coho
noun — An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
Appeared in 12 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 8 recorded puzzles.
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echo
noun — A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
verb — (of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.
noun — The visual image formed by an echocardiograph.
noun — The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart.
noun — An utterance repeating what has just been said.
noun — A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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echolocate
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etch
verb — To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
noun — An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been been mowed; also, a field of such growth.
verb — To engrave a surface.
verb — To make a lasting impression.
verb — To sketch; to delineate.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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halal
verb — To make halal.
adjective — Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
adverb — In a halal manner; in accordance with Muslim religious customs.
adjective — (of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hale
noun — Health, welfare.
adjective — Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
verb — To drag or pull, especially forcibly.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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hall
noun — A corridor; a hallway.
noun — A meeting room.
noun — A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
noun — A building providing student accommodation at a university.
noun — The principal room of a secular medieval building.
noun — Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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halo
noun — A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
verb — To encircle with a halo.
noun — A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
noun — Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
noun — Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
noun — The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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halt
verb — To limp; move with a limping gait.
noun — A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
verb — To stop marching.
noun — Lameness; a limp.
adjective — Lame, limping.
verb — To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hatch
noun — A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
verb — To close with a hatch or hatches.
noun — The act of hatching.
verb — (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
verb — To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
noun — A trapdoor.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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hatchet
noun — A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
verb — To cut with a hatchet.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hate
noun — An object of hatred.
verb — To dislike intensely or greatly.
noun — Hatred.
noun — Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
verb — To experience hatred.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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hath
verb — To possess, own.
verb — To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
verb — Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
verb — To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
verb — To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
verb — To experience, go through, undergo.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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heal
noun — A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
verb — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
verb — To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
noun — Health
verb — To become better or healthy again.
verb — To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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health
noun — The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
noun — A warrior; hero; man.
noun — A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
noun — Physical condition.
noun — Cure, remedy.
noun — A toast to prosperity.
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heat
noun — Thermal energy.
verb — To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
noun — The condition or quality of being hot.
noun — An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
noun — A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
noun — An undesirable amount of attention.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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heath
noun — A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
noun — Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
noun — Certain butterflies and moths
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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heel
noun — The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
verb — To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
noun — The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
verb — To incline to one side; to tilt.
verb — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
verb — To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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hellcat
noun — A witch.
noun — A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman.
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hellhole
noun — A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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hello
noun — "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.
verb — To greet with "hello".
interjection — A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
interjection — A greeting used when answering the telephone.
interjection — A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
interjection — Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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hole
noun — A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
verb — To make holes in (an object or surface).
adjective — Entire, undivided.
noun — (heading) In games.
noun — An excavation pit or trench.
noun — A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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holt
noun — A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
noun — The lair of an animal, especially of an otter.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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hooch
noun — Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
noun — A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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hoot
noun — A derisive cry or shout.
verb — To cry out or shout in contempt.
noun — The cry of an owl.
noun — A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
noun — A small particle.
verb — To make the cry of an owl, a hoo.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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hotel
noun — A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.
noun — An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.
noun — A restaurant; any dining establishment.
noun — The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
noun — The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
noun — The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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latch
verb — To close or lock as if with a latch.
noun — A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
verb — To smear; to anoint.
verb — To catch; lay hold of.
noun — A flip-flop electronic circuit
noun — A latching.
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lath
noun — A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
verb — To cover or line with laths
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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lathe
verb — To invite; bid; ask.
noun — An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
noun — A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
verb — To shape with a lathe.
noun — The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
noun — A granary; a barn.
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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 4 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 5 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 5 recorded puzzles.
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lethal
noun — Any weapon that causes death.
adjective — Deadly; mortal; fatal.
noun — One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
noun — An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
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loach
noun — A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
noun — Acronym of light observation helicopter.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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loath
adjective — Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
verb — To detest, hate, revile.
adjective — Angry, hostile.
adjective — Loathsome, unpleasant.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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loathe
verb — To detest, hate, revile.
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loch
noun — A lake.
noun — A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.
noun — A bay or arm of the sea.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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oath
noun — A solemn pledge or promise, appealing to a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest to the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
verb — To pledge.
noun — A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
noun — A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
noun — A curse, a curse word.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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tach
noun — Tachometer
noun — (costers) A hat.
noun — Tachycardia.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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teach
verb — To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
noun — (usually as a term of address) teacher
verb — (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
verb — To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
verb — (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
verb — (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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tech
noun — Technology
noun — Technician
noun — Technique
noun — (used in titles) technical college
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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teeth
noun — The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb — To grow teeth.
noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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teethe
verb — To grow teeth.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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telehealth
noun — Healthcare facilitated by telecommunication technology.
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that
noun — Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
adverb — (degree) To a given extent or degree.
pronoun — (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
conjunction — Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
adverb — (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
adverb — To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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thatch
noun — Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
verb — To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
noun — Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
noun — A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
noun — (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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thee
verb — To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
pronoun — Objective and reflexive case of thou.
verb — To thrive; prosper.
noun — The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
verb — To use the word thee.
pronoun — Thou.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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theta
noun — The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
noun — The measure of an angle.
noun — The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
noun — Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).
noun — The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tooth
noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
verb — To provide or furnish with teeth.
noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
noun — A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
noun — A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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toothache
noun — A pain or ache in a tooth.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×2
- al×2
- at×3
- ca×4
- ch×7
- cl×3
- co×4
- ea×1
- ec×2
- et×1
- ha×10
- he×9
- ho×5
- la×3
- le×4
- lo×4
- oa×1
- ta×1
- te×5
- th×4
- to×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | · | · | · | 7 |
| c | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | · | 18 |
| e | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 4 |
| h | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 24 |
| l | 3 | 6 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 11 |
| o | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 4 | 4 | 2 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Σ | 27 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 77 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 242 points of 346 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18385 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, August 6, 2026 | Friday, July 3, 2026 |
| c | Thursday, August 6, 2026 | Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
| e | Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| h ● | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | Thursday, July 30, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Tuesday, June 2, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 |
| t | Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
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.
- ahchoo
- allheal
- althaea
- althea
- altho
- cachalot
- cahoot
- caleche
- catechol
- cathect
- chaeta
- chaetae
- chaetal
- chalah
- chaleh
- challa
- challot
- challoth
- chalot
- chaloth
- chao
- chela
- chelae
- chelate
- chetah
- cheth
- cholate
- cholla
- cholo
- chott
- clach
- coalhole
- cooch
- coolth
- eath
- eche
- echelle
- haet
- haha
- halacha
- halachot
- halachoth
- halala
- halalah
- hallah
- hallel
- hallo
- halloa
- halloo
- hallot
- halloth
- haole
- hatchel
- helo
- helot
- heth
- holla
- hollo
- holloa
- holloo
- hootch
- hotch
- latchet
- leachate
- letch
- lethe
- lotah
- loth
- ootheca
- oothecae
- oothecal
- tache
- teth
- thae
- theca
- thecae
- thecal
- thecate
- theelol
- thole