Thursday, October 2, 2025
- Words
- 61
- Points
- 364
- Genius
- 254
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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anti
adjective — Opposed to something.
noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.
preposition — Alternative form of anti-
adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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atilt
adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
preposition — Diagonally over or across.
adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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attain
verb — To gain (an object or desired result).
verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
verb — To reach in excellence or degree.
verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
verb — To get at the knowledge of.
verb — To reach a person after being behind them.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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gallant
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glitz
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igniting
verb — To set fire to (something), to light (something)
verb — To spark off (something), to trigger
verb — To commence burning.
verb — To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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initial
adjective — Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
noun — In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
noun — The first letter of a word or a name.
verb — To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
noun — A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
adjective — Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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initialing
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initializing
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lantana
noun — Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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ligating
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lilt
noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lint
noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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litigant
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litigating
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natal
adjective — Of or relating to birth.
adjective — Of or relating to the buttocks.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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natant
adjective — Floating or swimming (in water)
adjective — In a horizontal position, as if swimming
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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tail
noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.
noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tailgating
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tailing
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taint
verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.
noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation
noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tali
noun — The bone of the ankle.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tall
adjective — (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
adjective — (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
adjective — (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
adjective — (of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
noun — (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tangling
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tannin
noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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tantalizing
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tattling
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till
preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
conjunction — Until, until the time that.
noun — A cash register.
noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tilt
verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
verb — To be at an angle.
noun — A slope or inclination.
noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tinging
verb — To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
verb — To make a high sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
verb — To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
verb — To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tinning
verb — To place into a tin in order to preserve.
noun — A covering or lining of tin.
verb — To cover with tin.
verb — To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tint
verb — To shade, to color.
noun — A slight coloring.
noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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tinting
verb — To shade, to color.
noun — The application of a tint or shade of color.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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titan
noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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titillating
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ziti
noun — A type of penne pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ag×2
- al×1
- an×1
- at×3
- ga×3
- gi×2
- gl×3
- gn×1
- ig×1
- in×4
- la×1
- li×6
- na×2
- ta×17
- ti×13
- zi×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 7 |
| g | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 9 |
| i | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 1 | 5 |
| l | 2 | · | · | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 7 |
| n | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| t | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 30 |
| z | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 15 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 61 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 254 points of 364 available. The average answer runs 6.5 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18877 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Friday, September 26, 2025 |
| g | Friday, September 26, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| i | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
| l | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Saturday, September 27, 2025 |
| n | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| t ● | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
| z | Saturday, September 20, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- onto 22
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.
- agatizing
- alant
- anta
- antiaging
- anting
- atlatl
- attaint
- attainting
- gaiting
- gallanting
- gittin
- ignatia
- initialling
- intagli
- inti
- intitling
- italianating
- italianizing
- lanital
- lati
- latinizing
- lattin
- litai
- tain
- tala
- tallaging
- tanging
- tazza
- ting
- tining
- titania
- titi
- titian
- tzitzit
- zizit