Saturday, September 12, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 70
- Points
- 284
- Genius
- 198
- Pangram
- 1
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aria
noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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aril
noun — A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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armpit
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atilt
adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
preposition — Diagonally over or across.
adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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atria
noun — A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
noun — A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
noun — A cavity, entrance, or passage.
noun — Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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impair
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impala
noun — An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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impart
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impartial
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lair
noun — A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
noun — A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
noun — A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
noun — A bed or resting place.
noun — A grave; a cemetery plot.
verb — To rest; to dwell.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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liar
noun — One who tells lies.
noun — A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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lilt
noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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limit
noun — A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
verb — To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
noun — The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
noun — A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
noun — A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
noun — (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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limp
noun — An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
verb — To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
noun — A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore off the sieve in the operation of hand-jigging.
verb — To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
adjective — Flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
verb — To happen; befall; chance.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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lira
noun — The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
noun — The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
noun — The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
noun — The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
noun — A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
noun — Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mail
noun — A bag or wallet.
verb — (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
noun — Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
verb — To arm with mail.
noun — An old French coin worth half a denier.
noun — A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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marital
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martial
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militia
noun — An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
noun — The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g. modern Belarus).
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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mill
noun — A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
verb — (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
noun — A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
noun — An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
noun — An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
noun — The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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mitral
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mitt
noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
noun — A mitten
noun — (especially in plural) A hand.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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pair
noun — Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
verb — To group into one or more sets of two.
verb — To impair, to make worse.
noun — Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
noun — Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)
noun — A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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palatial
adjective — On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.
adjective — Of or relating to a palace.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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partial
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pimp
noun — Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
verb — To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
adjective — Excellent, fashionable, stylish
numeral — Five in Cumbrian and Welsh sheep counting
noun — A man who can easily attract women.
verb — To prostitute someone.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pipit
noun — Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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pita
noun — A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pitapat
noun — A series of quick tapping sounds
verb — To make a series of quick tapping sounds; to palpitate
adverb — With a quick tapping sound
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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plait
noun — A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
verb — To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
noun — A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
verb — To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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prim
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primal
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primp
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rail
noun — The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
noun — A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
noun — A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
noun — A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
verb — To criticize severely.
noun — Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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raita
noun — A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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rial
noun — The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
noun — An old gold coin of England.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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tail
noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.
noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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taillamp
noun — A taillight.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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tali
noun — The bone of the ankle.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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tiara
noun — The papal crown.
noun — An ornamental coronet.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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tilapia
noun — Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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till
preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
conjunction — Until, until the time that.
noun — A cash register.
noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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tilt
verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
verb — To be at an angle.
noun — A slope or inclination.
noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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tipi
noun — Alternative form of teepee
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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trail
noun — The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
verb — To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
noun — A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
noun — A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
noun — A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
verb — To drag (something) behind on the ground.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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trait
noun — An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
noun — An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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trial
noun — An opportunity to test something out; a test.
verb — To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
adjective — Pertaining to a trial or test.
adjective — Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
noun — Appearance at judicial court in order to be examined.
noun — A difficult or annoying experience.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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trill
noun — A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
verb — To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
verb — To trickle.
verb — To twirl.
noun — A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr.
noun — A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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trip
noun — A journey; an excursion or jaunt
verb — To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
adjective — Of or relating to trips
noun — A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
noun — A stumble or misstep
noun — An error; a failure; a mistake
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ai×1
- al×1
- ar×3
- at×3
- im×5
- la×2
- li×6
- ma×6
- mi×4
- pa×6
- pi×6
- pl×1
- pr×3
- ra×3
- ri×2
- ta×7
- ti×5
- tr×6
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 8 |
| i | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | 1 | 5 |
| l | 6 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| m | 4 | · | 1 | 4 | 1 | · | 10 |
| p | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | · | 16 |
| r | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| t | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 18 |
| Σ | 30 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 70 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 198 points of 284 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19911 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, September 11, 2026 | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 |
| i ● | Friday, September 11, 2026 | Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
| l | Thursday, September 10, 2026 | Monday, August 31, 2026 |
| m | Saturday, September 5, 2026 | Saturday, September 5, 2026 |
| p | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | Monday, September 7, 2026 |
| r | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 |
| t | Tuesday, September 8, 2026 | Thursday, September 3, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- nene 26
- imam 25
- maim 25
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
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.
- aalii
- airt
- amia
- amir
- amrita
- arapaima
- armilla
- atrip
- ilia
- ilial
- impi
- laari
- lamia
- lapilli
- lari
- lati
- latria
- limpa
- liri
- litai
- maill
- mair
- mammati
- mammilla
- maria
- milia
- miliaria
- miliarial
- militaria
- milpa
- milt
- miri
- pallia
- pallial
- palpi
- papillar
- pappi
- pial
- pilar
- pili
- pima
- pipal
- priapi
- prill
- prima
- primatal
- primatial
- primi
- primipara
- raia
- rami
- ramtil
- riata
- riprap
- talaria
- tallitim
- tirl
- titi
- tripart