Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 27
- Points
- 116
- Genius
- 81
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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eight
noun — The digit/figure 8.
numeral — A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
adjective — The ordinal form of the number eight.
noun — An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
noun — Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
noun — A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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eighth
noun — The person or thing in the eighth position.
verb — To divide by eight
adjective — The ordinal form of the number eight.
noun — One of eight equal parts of a whole.
noun — An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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eighty
numeral — The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.
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eyeteeth
noun — A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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height
noun — The distance from the base of something to the top.
noun — The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).
noun — The highest point or maximum degree.
noun — A high point.
noun — An area of land at the top of a cliff.
Appeared in 3 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 8 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 8 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 8 recorded puzzles.
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they
pronoun — (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
pronoun — There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
pronoun — (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female.
pronoun — (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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thigh
noun — The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
noun — That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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tithe
noun — A tenth.
verb — To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:
adjective — Tenth.
noun — A boon (a grant or concession).
verb — To grant, concede.
adjective — Receiving a concession or grant; successful in prayer or request.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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twee
adjective — Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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tweet
noun — The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
verb — To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds.
interjection — An onomatopoeic of bird singing.
noun — An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
verb — To post an update to Twitter.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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twig
noun — A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
verb — To beat with twigs.
verb — To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
verb — To twitch; to pull; to tweak.
verb — To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
verb — To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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twit
noun — A reproach, gibe or taunt.
verb — To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
noun — A foolish or annoying person.
noun — A euphemism for "twat", a contemptible or stupid person.
noun — A person who twitters, i.e. chatters inanely (see usage notes).
verb — To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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weight
noun — (physical) Matter, material.
noun — The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
noun — The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
verb — To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
noun — A large quantity; a sum.
noun — Celebration of the Eucharist.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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weighty
adjective — Heavy.
adjective — Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
adjective — Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
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whet
noun — The act of whetting something.
verb — To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
noun — That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
verb — To stimulate or make more keen.
verb — To preen.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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whit
noun — The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
preposition — Against.
preposition — In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
preposition — In addition to; as an accessory to.
preposition — Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
preposition — In support of.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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white
noun — The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
verb — To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
adjective — Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
noun — A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.
noun — Any butterfly of the family Pieridae.
noun — White wine.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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wight
noun — A living creature, especially a human being.
adjective — (except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong.
noun — A being of one of the Nine Worlds of Heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
noun — A ghost, deity or other supernatural entity.
noun — A wraith-like creature.
adjective — Strong; stout; active.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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with
adverb — Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
preposition — Against.
noun — A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.
preposition — In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
preposition — In addition to; as an accessory to.
preposition — Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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witty
adjective — Wise, having good judgement.
adjective — Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
adjective — Clever; amusingly ingenious.
adjective — Full of wit.
adjective — Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
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yeti
noun — An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
weighty is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ei×4
- ey×1
- he×1
- it×1
- te×2
- th×3
- ti×2
- tw×4
- we×2
- wh×3
- wi×3
- ye×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | 1 | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| h | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 5 | 5 | 1 | · | · | · | 11 |
| w | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 8 |
| y | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 81 points of 116 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18521 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| g | Monday, August 10, 2026 | Monday, August 10, 2026 |
| h | Sunday, August 9, 2026 | Sunday, August 9, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, August 8, 2026 | Monday, July 27, 2026 |
| t ● | Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
| w | Tuesday, August 4, 2026 | Saturday, June 27, 2026 |
| y | Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- imam 22
- maim 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.
- etwee
- heighth
- heth
- hight
- highth
- hyte
- teth
- thew
- thewy
- titi
- tittie
- titty
- twiggy
- tyee
- tythe
- weet
- whitey
- whity
- wite
- withe
- withy
- wyte
- yett