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ADHINOT

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Edited by Sam Ezersky

Words
42
Points
184
Genius
128
Pangram
1

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  • addition

    noun — The act of adding anything.

    noun — Anything that is added.

    noun — The arithmetic operation of adding.

    noun — A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

    noun — A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".

    noun — Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • annatto

    noun — A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.

    noun — The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.

    noun — An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • annotation

    noun — A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis

    noun — A comment added to a text

    noun — The process of writing such comment or commentary

    noun — Metadata added to a document or program

    noun — Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • anoint

    verb — To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

    verb — To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.

    verb — To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.

    verb — To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • anti

    adjective — Opposed to something.

    noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.

    preposition — Alternative form of anti-

    adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • attain

    verb — To gain (an object or desired result).

    verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

    verb — To reach in excellence or degree.

    verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

    verb — To get at the knowledge of.

    verb — To reach a person after being behind them.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • data

    noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

    noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.

    noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

    noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.

    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • dhoti

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • dint

    noun — A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.

    verb — To dent.

    noun — Force, power; especially in by dint of.

    noun — The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ditto

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    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • donation

    noun — A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

    noun — The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • doth

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 11 recorded puzzles.

  • hatha

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    Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.

  • hint

    noun — A clue.

    verb — To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.

    noun — A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.

    noun — A small, barely detectable amount of.

    noun — Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.

    noun — An opportunity; occasion; fit time.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 14 recorded puzzles.

  • idiot

    noun — A person of low general intelligence.

    adjective — Idiotic, stupid

    noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.

    noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • initiation

    noun — The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

    noun — The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

    noun — The first step of transcription or of transduction.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • into

    preposition — To or towards the inside of.

    preposition — To or towards the region of.

    preposition — Against, especially with force or violence.

    preposition — Indicates transition into another form or substance.

    preposition — After the start of.

    preposition — Interested in or attracted to.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • intonation

    noun — The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

    noun — The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

    noun — Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

    noun — Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

    noun — A thundering; thunder.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • iota

    noun — The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.

    noun — A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.

    Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.

  • natant

    adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)

    adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming

    Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.

  • nation

    noun — A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

    noun — Damnation.

    adverb — Extremely, very.

    noun — A sovereign state.

    noun — An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

    noun — A great number; a great deal.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • nationhood

    noun — The quality of being a nation.

    noun — The fact of achieving national independence or autonomy.

  • ninth

    noun — The person or thing in the ninth position.

    verb — To lose a ninth

    adjective — The ordinal form of the number nine.

    noun — One of nine equal parts of a whole.

    noun — The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).

    verb — To divide by nine

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • notation

    noun — The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

    noun — A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.

    noun — A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

    Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.

  • notion

    noun — Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

    noun — A sentiment; an opinion.

    noun — Sense; mind.

    noun — An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.

    noun — Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.

    noun — Inclination; intention; disposition.

    Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 9 recorded puzzles.

  • onto

    adjective — (of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.

    preposition — Upon; on top of.

    preposition — Aware of.

    preposition — Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • tahini

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • taint

    verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.

    noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish

    noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food

    verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.

    noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation

    noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • tannin

    noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • tattoo

    noun — An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

    verb — To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

    noun — A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

    verb — To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

    noun — A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

    noun — A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • than

    adverb — At that time; then.

    preposition — Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

    conjunction — Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

    conjunction — (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 11 recorded puzzles.

  • thin

    noun — A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

    verb — To make thin or thinner.

    adjective — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

    adverb — Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

    noun — Any food produced or served in thin slices.

    verb — To become thin or thinner.

    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • tint

    verb — To shade, to color.

    noun — A slight coloring.

    noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)

    noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.

    noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.

    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • titan

    noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

    Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.

  • toad

    noun — An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.

    verb — To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

    noun — A contemptible or unpleasant person.

    noun — An ugly person.

    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • toon

    noun — A cartoon, especially an animated television show.

    noun — A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.

    noun — A town.

    noun — A melody.

    noun — A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

    noun — The wood of this tree.

    Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.

  • toot

    noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.

    verb — To stand out, or be prominent.

    noun — A toilet.

    noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.

    noun — Cocaine.

    noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.

    Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.

  • 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 14 recorded puzzles.

Hints, no spoilers

Words by first two letters

  • ad×1
  • an×4
  • at×1
  • da×1
  • dh×1
  • di×2
  • do×2
  • ha×2
  • hi×1
  • ho×1
  • id×1
  • in×3
  • io×1
  • na×3
  • ni×1
  • no×2
  • oa×1
  • on×1
  • ta×4
  • th×3
  • ti×2
  • to×4

Words by first letter and length

4567810Σ
a 1·2111 6
d 32··1· 6
h 31···· 4
i 21···2 5
n ·13·11 6
o 2····· 2
t 733··· 13
Σ 1888134 42

The numbers

Genius today takes 128 points of 184 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.

Total points vs. all 427 recorded puzzles
41st percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
43rd percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 19259 recorded answers

418 today34.4% all-time58 today22.9% all-time68 today20.0% all-time71 today12.1% all-time83 today6.3% all-time92.6% all-time104 today1.3% all-time110.3% all-time120.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast as center
a Friday, August 28, 2026 Friday, July 3, 2026
d Friday, August 28, 2026 Thursday, August 6, 2026
h Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Sunday, August 9, 2026
i Friday, August 28, 2026 Saturday, August 22, 2026
n Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Monday, August 24, 2026
o Thursday, August 27, 2026 Monday, August 17, 2026
t ● Friday, August 28, 2026 Thursday, August 27, 2026

Most common answers, all recorded puzzles

  1. noon 45
  2. naan 34
  3. nana 34
  4. toot 32
  5. onion 31
  6. loll 29
  7. mama 27
  8. mamma 27
  9. nene 26
  10. acacia 25
  11. acai 25
  12. cocoon 24
  13. onto 24
  14. toon 24
  15. mini 24
  16. minim 24
  17. loon 24
  18. olio 24
  19. aria 23
  20. imam 23
  21. maim 23
  22. mitt 23
  23. cancan 23
  24. canna 23
  25. neon 23

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.