Thursday, July 10, 2025
- Words
- 53
- Points
- 230
- Genius
- 161
- Pangram
- 1
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element
noun — One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
noun — A small part of the whole.
noun — A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
noun — (with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
noun — A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
noun — A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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entitlement
noun — The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
noun — Something that one is entitled to.
noun — A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
noun — Power, authority to do something.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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impel
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implement
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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lime
noun — Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
adjective — Lime-green.
adjective — Containing lime or lime juice.
adjective — Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
noun — A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
noun — Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
Appeared in 8 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 6 recorded puzzles.
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limn
verb — To draw or paint; to delineate.
verb — To illuminate, as a manuscript; to decorate with gold or some other bright colour.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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limpet
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linemen
noun — A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage
noun — A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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liniment
noun — A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
verb — To apply liniment to.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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lint
noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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melee
noun — A noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap.
noun — Any any confused, disorganised, disordered or chaotic situation.
noun — A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
noun — Lively contention or debate, skirmish.
verb — To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon.
noun — A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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melt
verb — To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
verb — To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
verb — To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
verb — To be emotionally softened or touched.
noun — The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
noun — Molten material, the product of melting.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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mettle
noun — A quality of endurance and courage.
noun — Good temperament and character.
noun — Metal; a metallic substance.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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mile
noun — The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
noun — One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
noun — (travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
noun — Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
noun — Any similarly large distance.
noun — A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
Appeared in 8 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 13 recorded puzzles.
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millet
noun — Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
noun — A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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pimple
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tell
verb — To convey by speech; to say.
verb — To narrate.
verb — To instruct or inform.
verb — To order; to direct, to say to someone.
verb — To reveal.
verb — To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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temple
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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 19 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 19 recorded puzzles.
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timeline
noun — A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future); a chronology.
noun — A schedule of activities; a timetable.
noun — An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world.
verb — To analyse a sequence of events or activities.
verb — To display such a sequence graphically.
noun — A metaphorical conception of time as a stream, or flowing body of water.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- el×2
- en×2
- im×2
- in×2
- le×3
- li×16
- me×3
- mi×3
- ne×1
- ni×1
- pe×4
- pi×4
- pl×1
- te×2
- ti×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | 4 |
| i | · | 3 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 4 |
| l | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 19 |
| m | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| n | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| p | 5 | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 9 |
| t | 4 | 1 | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 9 |
| Σ | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 161 points of 230 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | first recorded time |
| i | Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | Sunday, July 6, 2025 |
| l ● | Saturday, July 5, 2025 | Thursday, July 3, 2025 |
| m | Sunday, July 6, 2025 | first recorded time |
| n | Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | first recorded time |
| p | Monday, July 7, 2025 | first recorded time |
| t | Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | Wednesday, July 9, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 41
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 28
- toot 27
- loll 27
- mama 24
- mamma 24
- cocoon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- loon 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- neon 21
- none 21
- olio 21
- anon 20
- lull 19
- lulu 19
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.
- elemi
- elint
- illite
- ilmenite
- intitle
- leet
- lenten
- lept
- limen
- linin
- linn
- lipin
- lippen
- litten
- melilite
- melinite
- mell
- mille
- millieme
- millime
- milline
- milt
- minimill
- nellie
- nielli
- nill
- pele
- pelite
- pellmell
- pelmet
- penlite
- pettle
- pilei
- pili
- pintle
- teel
- tele
- telemen
- templet
- tillite