Saturday, October 4, 2025
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 277
- Genius
- 193
- Pangrams
- 4
Official answers
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ache
verb — To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
noun — Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
verb — To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
noun — The name of the Latin-script letter H.
noun — Parsley
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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cache
noun — A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
noun — A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
noun — (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
verb — To place in a cache.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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chain
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chained
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chance
noun — An opportunity or possibility.
noun — Random occurrence; luck.
noun — The probability of something happening.
adjective — Happening by chance, casual.
verb — To try or risk.
verb — To happen by chance, to occur.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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chanced
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chide
verb — To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
verb — To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
verb — To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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chided
verb — To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
verb — To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
verb — To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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china
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chinned
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cinched
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each
pronoun — Every one; every thing.
adverb — For one; apiece; per.
noun — (operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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echidna
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echinacea
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enchain
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enchained
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enhance
verb — To augment or make something greater.
verb — To improve something by adding features.
verb — To lift, raise up.
verb — To be raised up; to grow larger.
verb — (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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enhanced
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hacienda
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heed
verb — To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
verb — To pay attention, care.
noun — Careful attention.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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heeded
verb — To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
verb — To pay attention, care.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hence
adverb — As a result; therefore, for this reason
adverb — (of a length of time) in the future from now
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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hide
verb — To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
verb — To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
noun — The skin of an animal.
noun — A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
noun — (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
noun — The human skin.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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inched
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chained, echidna are perfect pangrams — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
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Words by first two letters
- ac×2
- ah×1
- ca×2
- ch×15
- ci×2
- da×1
- de×2
- ea×1
- ec×2
- en×4
- ha×3
- he×9
- hi×3
- in×2
- ni×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| c | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | · | · | · | 19 |
| d | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | · | · | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | 7 |
| h | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 15 |
| i | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| n | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 193 points of 277 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17142 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, October 2, 2025 | Friday, September 26, 2025 |
| c | Friday, October 3, 2025 | Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| d | Friday, October 3, 2025 | Monday, September 22, 2025 |
| e | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Friday, September 19, 2025 |
| h ● | Friday, September 26, 2025 | Tuesday, July 22, 2025 |
| i | Friday, October 3, 2025 | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
| n | Friday, October 3, 2025 | Friday, October 3, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 41
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 28
- toot 27
- loll 27
- mama 24
- mamma 24
- cocoon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- loon 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- neon 21
- none 21
- olio 21
- anon 20
- lull 19
- lulu 19
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.
- aahed
- achene
- acidhead
- cancha
- chaine
- chicane
- chicaned
- chid
- chidden
- chinch
- chine
- chined
- eche
- eched
- echidnae
- echini
- hade
- haded
- haed
- haen
- haha
- hance
- hided
- hied
- hinnied
- niched