Thursday, July 30, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 28
- Points
- 122
- Genius
- 85
- Pangram
- 1
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enough
adverb — Sufficiently.
pronoun — A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
interjection — Stop! Don't do that any more!
adverb — Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
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ghee
noun — A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
noun — Vegetable oil for cooking.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ghetto
noun — An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)
verb — To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
adjective — Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
noun — An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.
noun — An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.
noun — (sometimes derogatory) An isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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goth
noun — A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
adjective — Relating to this music or these people.
noun — A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock.
noun — A person who is part of the goth subculture.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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henge
noun — A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hone
noun — A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
verb — To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
noun — A kind of swelling in the cheek.
verb — To grumble.
noun — A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
verb — To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
Appeared in 8 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 12 recorded puzzles.
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huge
adjective — Very large.
adjective — Distinctly interesting, significant, important, likeable, well regarded.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hung
verb — To be or remain suspended.
adjective — Suspended by hanging.
verb — To float, as if suspended.
verb — (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
verb — To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
verb — To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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hunt
noun — The act of hunting.
verb — To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
noun — A hunting expedition.
noun — An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
noun — A pack of hunting dogs.
verb — To try to find something; search (for).
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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nought
noun — Nothing; something which does not exist.
verb — To abase, to set at nought.
adjective — Good for nothing; worthless.
adverb — To no extent; in no way; not at all.
pronoun — Nothing; zero.
noun — A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
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ought
noun — Property; possession
noun — Duty; place; office
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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outthought
verb — To best an opponent by thinking.
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 6 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 6 recorded puzzles.
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tenth
noun — The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
verb — To divide by ten, into tenths.
adjective — The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
noun — One of ten equal parts of a whole.
noun — The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
noun — (in the plural) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
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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 6 recorded puzzles.
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then
conjunction — Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
noun — That time
adjective — Being so at that time.
adverb — (temporal location) At that time.
conjunction — (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.
adverb — (temporal location) Soon afterward.
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thong
noun — A strip of leather.
noun — (usually in the plural) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
noun — An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
noun — The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
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though
adverb — Despite that; however.
conjunction — Despite the fact that; although.
adverb — (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
conjunction — If, that, even if.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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thought
verb — To ponder, to go over in one's head.
verb — To seem, to appear.
noun — Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
verb — To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
verb — To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
verb — To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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thug
noun — Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
verb — To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of someone who does.
noun — One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
noun — In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
noun — A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
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 12 recorded puzzles.
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tough
noun — A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
verb — To endure.
adjective — Strong and resilient; sturdy.
interjection — Used to indicate lack of sympathy
verb — To toughen.
adjective — (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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toughen
verb — To make tough.
verb — To become tough.
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unhung
adjective — (of a person) Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged.
adjective — (of a painting) Not selected for exhibition.
adjective — (of game) Cooked without being hung to mature.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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unthought
verb — To undo the process of thinking.
noun — That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.
adjective — Not having been thought.
toughen is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- en×1
- gh×2
- go×1
- he×1
- ho×2
- hu×3
- no×1
- ou×2
- te×3
- th×7
- to×3
- un×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| g | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| h | 5 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| n | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 2 |
| t | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 13 |
| u | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| Σ | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 85 points of 122 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17891 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| g | Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
| h ● | Sunday, July 26, 2026 | Monday, June 15, 2026 |
| n | Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | Friday, June 12, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Sunday, July 26, 2026 |
| t | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
| u | Wednesday, July 29, 2026 | Friday, July 17, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- onion 31
- naan 30
- nana 30
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- bill 22
- mini 22
- minim 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- lilt 21
- till 21
- tilt 21
- aria 21
- imam 21
- maim 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.
- ethene
- hent
- heth
- heugh
- hogg
- hogget
- hognut
- hong
- hunh
- nonghetto
- outhunt
- teth
- teugh
- thegn
- thuggee