Monday, October 6, 2025
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 271
- Genius
- 189
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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alga
noun — Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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algal
noun — An alga.
adjective — Pertaining to, or like, algae
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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alibi
noun — The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
verb — To provide an excuse for.
verb — To provide an alibi for.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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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 19 recorded puzzles.
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annal
noun — The record of a single event or item.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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bail
noun — Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
noun — Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
verb — To exit quickly.
verb — To fail to meet a commitment.
noun — A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
verb — To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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ball
noun — A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
noun — A round or ellipsoidal object.
verb — To play basketball.
noun — A very enjoyable time.
verb — To form or wind into a ball.
noun — A formal dance.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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bilabial
adjective — Articulated with both lips.
noun — A speech sound articulated with both lips.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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bill
noun — A piece of paper money; a banknote.
noun — A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
verb — To charge; to send a bill to.
noun — A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
noun — The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.
noun — Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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blab
verb — To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
noun — Gossip; prattle.
noun — One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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blazing
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gala
noun — Pomp, show, or festivity.
adjective — Celebratory; festive.
noun — A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
noun — A showy and festive party.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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gall
noun — Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
verb — To bother or trouble.
noun — A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
verb — To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun — The gall bladder.
noun — Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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labia
noun — The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
noun — A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.
noun — The lip of a labiate corolla.
noun — The lip against which pressured air is driven to produce sound in a recorder and in a pipe organ with flue pipes.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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labial
adjective — Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
adjective — Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
noun — A consonant articulated by the lips.
adjective — Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
noun — Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
noun — An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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labializing
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lain
verb — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
verb — To be placed or situated.
verb — To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
verb — Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
verb — Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
verb — Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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lanai
noun — (Florida) A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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nail
noun — The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
noun — A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
verb — To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
verb — To drive a nail.
verb — To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
verb — To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
blazing is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ai×1
- al×5
- an×3
- ba×7
- bi×3
- bl×6
- ga×7
- gi×3
- gl×3
- la×7
- li×1
- na×2
- ni×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 9 |
| b | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | · | 16 |
| g | 5 | · | · | 4 | 4 | · | 13 |
| l | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | · | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | 4 |
| Σ | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 189 points of 271 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18385 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, October 4, 2025 | Friday, September 26, 2025 |
| b | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Saturday, September 13, 2025 |
| g | Sunday, October 5, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, October 4, 2025 | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
| l ● | Thursday, October 2, 2025 | Saturday, September 27, 2025 |
| n | Sunday, October 5, 2025 | Sunday, October 5, 2025 |
| z | Thursday, October 2, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 43
- onion 31
- naan 31
- nana 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- nene 24
- olio 24
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- imam 22
- maim 22
- cancan 22
- canna 22
- bill 22
- mini 22
- minim 22
- lilt 21
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.
- aalii
- abigail
- agnail
- alan
- alang
- alanin
- alba
- albinal
- albizia
- albizzia
- algin
- alibiing
- alining
- analgia
- anginal
- anil
- anilin
- baal
- banalizing
- biali
- bilging
- binal
- blain
- gabling
- gaggling
- galabia
- ganglial
- gingal
- gingall
- gingili
- gingilli
- glial
- ilia
- ilial
- lagan
- lall
- lallan
- lalling
- lang
- liana
- liang
- liblab
- ligan
- lignin
- ling
- linga
- linin
- linn
- nilgai
- nill
- nilling
- zill
- zizzling