Wednesday, August 6, 2025
- Words
- 44
- Points
- 187
- Genius
- 130
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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abate
verb — To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
verb — To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
verb — To reduce in amount, size, or value.
verb — To decrease in size, value, or amount.
verb — To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
verb — (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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abet
verb — To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
verb — To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
verb — To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
noun — An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
verb — To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
noun — Fraud or cunning.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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bate
verb — To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
verb — To hit; strike
verb — To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
verb — To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
verb — To move with pulsation or throbbing.
verb — To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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beat
verb — To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
verb — To hit; strike
verb — To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
noun — A pulsation or throb.
noun — A rhythm.
adjective — Exhausted
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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beet
noun — A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
noun — Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
verb — To improve; to mend.
verb — To kindle a fire.
verb — To rouse.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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beta
noun — The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
noun — The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
noun — Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
noun — Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
noun — Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
adjective — Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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enjambment
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meet
verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.
verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.
verb — To satisfy; to comply with.
noun — A meeting.
noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
verb — (Of groups) To come together.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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mentee
noun — A person who is being mentored
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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mete
verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
verb — To measure.
adjective — Suitable; right; proper.
noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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natant
adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)
adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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teem
verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
verb — To be stocked to overflowing.
verb — To pour (especially with rain)
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tenement
noun — A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
noun — Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
noun — Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×4
- an×3
- ba×4
- be×5
- ea×1
- em×1
- en×2
- je×1
- ma×4
- me×6
- na×1
- ne×2
- ta×1
- te×9
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | 7 |
| b | 5 | · | 3 | · | · | 1 | · | 9 |
| e | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 1 | 4 |
| j | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| m | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 10 |
| n | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| t | 6 | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | 10 |
| Σ | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 130 points of 187 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, August 3, 2025 | Saturday, July 19, 2025 |
| b | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
| e | Monday, August 4, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| j | first recorded appearance | first recorded time |
| m | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | Friday, July 25, 2025 |
| n | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | Tuesday, August 5, 2025 |
| t ● | Monday, August 4, 2025 | Thursday, July 17, 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.
- ament
- anent
- anta
- antae
- ataman
- atma
- atman
- attent
- bannet
- batman
- batmen
- batt
- bemata
- bennet
- betta
- ebbet
- emmet
- enate
- enemata
- enjambement
- entameba
- entamebae
- etna
- jennet
- mammate
- mammet
- matt
- meatman
- meatmen
- menta
- metate
- nett
- tannate
- tate