Sunday, September 13, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 40
- Points
- 222
- Genius
- 155
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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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 3 recorded puzzles.
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anion
noun — A negatively charged ion.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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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 12 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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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 3 recorded puzzles.
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donation
noun — A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
noun — The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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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 21 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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naan
noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Appeared in 36 recorded puzzles.
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nada
pronoun — Nothing.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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naiad
noun — A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
noun — The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
noun — Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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nana
noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother
noun — A banana
noun — A fool
noun — A nanny
Appeared in 36 recorded puzzles.
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natant
adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)
adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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noon
noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
verb — To relax or sleep around midday
noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.
noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
noun — The highest point; culmination.
Appeared in 46 recorded puzzles.
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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 9 recorded puzzles.
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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 21 recorded puzzles.
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onion
noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
noun — The bulb of such a plant.
noun — The genus as a whole.
noun — A ball.
noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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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 25 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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tannin
noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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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 24 recorded puzzles.
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titan
noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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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 25 recorded puzzles.
oxidant is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ad×1
- an×9
- at×1
- ax×1
- di×3
- do×1
- in×3
- na×6
- no×3
- on×2
- ox×2
- ta×4
- ti×2
- to×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| d | 2 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | · | 3 |
| n | 4 | 1 | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 9 |
| o | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| t | 2 | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| Σ | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 155 points of 222 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19951 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 |
| d | Friday, September 11, 2026 | Friday, September 4, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Saturday, September 12, 2026 |
| n ● | Thursday, September 10, 2026 | Monday, August 24, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 | Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| t | Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Thursday, September 3, 2026 |
| x | Sunday, August 30, 2026 | first recorded time |
Other days with these pangrams
- Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — antioxidant, center O
- Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — oxidant, center O
- Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — oxidation, center O
Same seven letters
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 46
- naan 36
- nana 36
- onion 32
- toot 32
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- nene 26
- imam 25
- maim 25
- onto 25
- toon 25
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
- loon 24
- tint 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.
- adnation
- anatoxin
- anatto
- andantino
- anna
- anoa
- anta
- antitax
- attaint
- axion
- danio
- dioxan
- dona
- donna
- dotation
- inanition
- inia
- inion
- inti
- iodation
- iodin
- iodination
- nandin
- nandina
- naoi
- natation
- nidi
- ninon
- nitid
- niton
- nodi
- nona
- nontax
- nota
- odontoid
- tain
- tanto
- titania
- titian
- tondi
- tondo