Friday, September 5, 2025
- Words
- 41
- Points
- 161
- Genius
- 112
- Pangram
- 1
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able
adjective — Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
adjective — Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
adjective — Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
adjective — Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
adjective — Suitable; competent.
adjective — Legally qualified or competent.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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allay
noun — Alleviation; abatement; check.
verb — To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
noun — An alloy.
verb — To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
verb — To subside, abate, become peaceful.
verb — To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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ally
noun — A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate.
verb — To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy.
noun — A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
noun — A glass marble or taw.
noun — A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary.
noun — Anything akin to something else by structure, etc.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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anal
adjective — Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
adjective — Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
adjective — Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
noun — Anal sex.
noun — Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
adjective — (of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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annal
noun — The record of a single event or item.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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anneal
noun — An act of annealing.
verb — To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
verb — To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
verb — To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
verb — To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
verb — To strengthen or harden.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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baba
noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
noun — A baby, child.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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babble
noun — Idle talk; senseless prattle
noun — Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
verb — To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
verb — To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
verb — To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
noun — A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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babe
noun — A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
noun — An attractive person, especially a young woman.
noun — Darling (term of endearment).
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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babel
noun — A confused mixture of sounds and voices, especially in different languages.
noun — A place or scene of noise and confusion.
noun — A tall, looming structure.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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bale
noun — A bundle of compressed wool or hay, compacted for shipping and handling.
noun — A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
noun — A measurement of hay equal to 10 flakes. Approximately 70-90 lbs (32-41 kg).
noun — A measurement of paper equal to 10 reams.
verb — To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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ball
noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.
verb — To play basketball.
noun — A very enjoyable time.
verb — To form or wind into a ball.
noun — A formal dance.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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banana
noun — An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
adjective — Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
noun — The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
noun — A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
noun — (mildly) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare coconut or Oreo.
noun — A banana equivalent dose.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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bane
noun — A cause of misery or death.
verb — To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
noun — Bone
noun — Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
noun — A killer, murderer, slayer.
noun — Destruction; death.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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bean
noun — A reusable software component written in Java.
noun — Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
verb — To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
noun — The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean).
noun — The edible seedpod of such a plant.
noun — (by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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blab
verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
noun — Gossip; prattle.
noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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elan
noun — Ardor or zeal inspired by passion or enthusiasm.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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enable
verb — To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
verb — To affirm; to make firm and strong.
verb — To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
verb — To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
verb — To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
verb — To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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label
noun — A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
noun — A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
verb — To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
verb — (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
noun — A company that sells records.
noun — In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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lane
noun — (used in street names) A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
noun — A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
noun — A narrow road, as in the country.
noun — A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
noun — A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart.
noun — A course designated for ships or aircrafts.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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lean
noun — (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
verb — To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
noun — Meat with no fat on it.
verb — To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
adjective — (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
verb — To conceal.
Appeared in 10 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 38 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 38 recorded puzzles.
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nanny
noun — A child's nurse.
verb — To serve as a nanny.
noun — A grandmother.
noun — A godmother.
noun — A female goat.
verb — To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×3
- al×4
- an×4
- ba×13
- be×3
- bl×2
- el×1
- en×1
- ey×1
- je×2
- la×2
- le×2
- na×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 4 | 3 | · | · | · | 11 |
| b | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | · | 18 |
| e | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| j | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| n | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 112 points of 161 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20286 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Thursday, September 4, 2025 | Saturday, August 30, 2025 |
| b | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
| e | Monday, September 1, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| j | Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | first recorded time |
| l | Thursday, September 4, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| n | Thursday, September 4, 2025 | Friday, August 15, 2025 |
| y | Thursday, September 4, 2025 | first recorded time |
Other days with this pangram
- Monday, September 21, 2026 — jellybean, center N
Same seven letters
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 46
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 32
- toot 32
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- acacia 27
- acai 27
- nene 27
- imam 26
- maim 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- onto 25
- toon 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
- natant 24
- cancan 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.
- abba
- abbe
- abele
- abye
- ajee
- alae
- alan
- alane
- alanyl
- alba
- alee
- allee
- allyl
- anabaena
- anele
- anna
- baal
- bally
- balneal
- blae
- eyeable
- jane
- jellaba
- jnana
- labelable
- labella
- lall
- lallan
- lanely
- leal
- leally
- nabe
- nyala
- yean