Saturday, September 20, 2025
- Words
- 69
- Points
- 308
- Genius
- 215
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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adze
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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 18 recorded puzzles.
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analyze
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analyzed
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annal
noun — The record of a single event or item.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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daddy
noun — (usually childish) Father.
verb — To father; to sire.
noun — A male lover.
noun — An informal term of address for a man.
noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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daze
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dazed
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dazedly
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dazzle
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dazzled
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dyad
noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.
noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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land
noun — The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
noun — Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
noun — A country or region.
verb — To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
verb — To acquire; to secure.
adjective — Of or relating to land.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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lazed
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lazy
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leadenly
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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 30 recorded puzzles.
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nada
pronoun — Nothing.
Appeared in 13 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 30 recorded puzzles.
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zany
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ad×6
- al×5
- an×7
- az×1
- da×11
- de×9
- dy×1
- el×2
- en×1
- la×13
- le×7
- na×4
- za×1
- ze×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| d | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| e | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| l | 8 | 4 | 6 | · | 2 | 20 |
| n | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| z | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 23 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 69 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 215 points of 308 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Thursday, September 18, 2025 | Monday, September 8, 2025 |
| d | Monday, September 15, 2025 | Sunday, September 7, 2025 |
| e | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Friday, September 19, 2025 |
| l | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| n | Thursday, September 18, 2025 | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| y | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | first recorded time |
| z | Saturday, August 30, 2025 | first recorded time |
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.
- addedly
- adenyl
- alae
- alan
- aland
- alane
- alanyl
- alee
- allee
- allyl
- anele
- aneled
- anna
- azan
- dada
- daddle
- daddled
- daedal
- deaned
- dedal
- delead
- deleaded
- ladened
- lall
- lallan
- lalland
- lalled
- lanely
- layed
- leady
- leal
- leally
- naled
- nyala
- yald
- yean
- yeaned
- zanana
- zanza
- zazen
- zenana