Monday, September 22, 2025
- Words
- 33
- Points
- 175
- Genius
- 122
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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digging
verb — To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
verb — To understand or show interest in.
noun — The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
verb — To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
verb — To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
verb — To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ding
noun — Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
verb — To hit or strike.
noun — The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
noun — An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
noun — A rejection.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dinging
verb — To hit or strike.
verb — To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
verb — To dash; to throw violently.
verb — To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
verb — To fire or reject.
verb — To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dining
verb — To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
noun — Eating dinner as a social function.
verb — To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
verb — To dine upon; to have to eat.
noun — Entertaining someone to dinner.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dint
noun — A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
verb — To dent.
noun — Force, power; especially in by dint of.
noun — The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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dodo
noun — A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
noun — A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
noun — Fried plantain.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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doggo
noun — A dog.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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doting
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dotting
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good
adjective — (of people)
interjection — That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
adverb — Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
noun — The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
verb — To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
verb — To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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goodnight
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hood
noun — A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
verb — To cover something with a hood.
noun — Gangster, thug.
noun — Neighborhood.
adjective — Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
noun — Person wearing a hoodie.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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hooding
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hoodoo
noun — A practitioner of voodoo.
verb — To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to.
noun — Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck.
noun — A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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hotdog
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hotdogging
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idiot
noun — A person of low general intelligence.
adjective — Idiotic, stupid
noun — A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool.
noun — A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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tiding
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- dh×1
- di×9
- do×10
- go×2
- hi×2
- ho×5
- id×1
- in×1
- no×1
- ti×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | · | · | 20 |
| g | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| h | 2 | · | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 7 |
| i | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| n | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| t | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 122 points of 175 available. The average answer runs 5.7 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19216 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| d ● | Saturday, September 20, 2025 | Sunday, September 7, 2025 |
| g | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| h | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| i | Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Friday, September 12, 2025 |
| n | Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| o | Friday, September 19, 2025 | Sunday, September 14, 2025 |
| t | Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Monday, August 25, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
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.
- dhooti
- dido
- dight
- dighting
- digitonin
- dingdong
- dingdonging
- dinning
- dinting
- dittoing
- doggoning
- dogtooth
- doit
- godding
- godhood
- hoddin
- hoodooing
- indign
- indigoid
- indigotin
- inditing
- iodid
- iodin
- nidi
- niding
- nitid
- nodi
- noodging
- odontoid
- ootid
- tondi
- tondo