Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Words
- 59
- Points
- 264
- Genius
- 184
- Pangrams
- 2
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bend
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blend
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blended
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blond
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blonde
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bonbon
noun — A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
noun — A small, spherical savory snack or canapé.
noun — A Christmas cracker.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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bonded
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bone
noun — A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
verb — To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
adjective — Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
verb — To apprehend, steal.
verb — To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
noun — A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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boned
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bonobo
noun — The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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boon
noun — A prayer; petition.
adjective — Good; prosperous.
noun — The woody portion of flax, separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
noun — That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
noun — A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
noun — An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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debone
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deboned
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demon
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ebon
noun — (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
adjective — Made of ebony.
adjective — Black in colour.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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embolden
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emboldened
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ennoble
verb — To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
verb — To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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ennobled
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lone
adjective — Solitary; having no companion.
adjective — Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
adjective — Sole; being the only one of a type.
adjective — Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
adjective — Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
adjective — Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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melodeon
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mooned
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neon
noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent
noun — A form or sample of the element.
noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.
noun — A neon tetra fish.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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noble
noun — An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
adjective — Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
noun — A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
adjective — Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
adjective — Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
adjective — (of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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noel
noun — Christmas
noun — A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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none
noun — A person without religious affiliation.
adverb — To no extent, in no way.
pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.
noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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noob
noun — (often pejorative) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
Appeared in 8 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 42 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- be×3
- bl×4
- bo×7
- de×3
- do×3
- eb×1
- em×4
- en×3
- le×2
- lo×2
- me×4
- mo×4
- ne×6
- no×10
- od×1
- ol×1
- om×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Σ | |
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| b | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | · | · | 14 |
| d | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 6 |
| e | 1 | 2 | · | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| l | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| m | 3 | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 8 |
| n | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | · | 16 |
| o | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 22 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 59 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 184 points of 264 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| b | Friday, September 5, 2025 | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
| d | Sunday, September 7, 2025 | Sunday, September 7, 2025 |
| e | Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Sunday, August 3, 2025 |
| l | Monday, September 8, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| m | Monday, September 8, 2025 | Tuesday, August 26, 2025 |
| n ● | Sunday, September 7, 2025 | Friday, August 15, 2025 |
| o | Sunday, September 7, 2025 | Thursday, September 4, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lilt 20
- till 20
- tilt 20
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.
- bedemen
- bended
- bendee
- bene
- benne
- blende
- bondmen
- bonne
- dene
- denned
- doblon
- dolmen
- donne
- donnee
- enol
- leben
- leno
- leone
- loden
- meno
- monde
- neem
- neoned
- nobble
- nobbled
- noddle
- noddled
- nolo
- nome
- nomen
- nonbonded
- nonmen
- oenomel
- omened