Tuesday, October 7, 2025
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 204
- Genius
- 142
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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aria
noun — A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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attar
noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.
noun — A perfume made from this oil.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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frag
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fratty
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graffiti
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graft
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gratify
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ratatat
noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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ratify
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tart
adjective — Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
noun — A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
noun — A prostitute.
verb — To practice prostitution
adjective — (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
adjective — Sharp; keen; severe.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tartar
noun — A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of tartar.
noun — A fearsome or angrily violent person.
noun — A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
gratify is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- af×3
- ag×2
- ai×1
- ar×3
- at×2
- fa×4
- fi×1
- fr×7
- ga×3
- gr×4
- ra×9
- ri×1
- ta×7
- ti×1
- tr×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 5 | 4 | 2 | · | · | 11 |
| f | 6 | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 12 |
| g | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| r | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| t | 2 | 6 | 2 | · | · | 10 |
| Σ | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 142 points of 204 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Monday, October 6, 2025 | Friday, September 26, 2025 |
| f | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
| g | Monday, October 6, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| i | Monday, October 6, 2025 | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 |
| r | Friday, September 26, 2025 | Wednesday, September 10, 2025 |
| t | Sunday, October 5, 2025 | Thursday, October 2, 2025 |
| y | Sunday, October 5, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- onion 30
- naan 30
- nana 30
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- acacia 23
- acai 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- olio 23
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- lilt 21
- till 21
- tilt 21
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 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.
- afrit
- agria
- airt
- faggy
- fiar
- giga
- grat
- raff
- raggy
- ragi
- raia
- rarify
- ratafia
- raya
- riata
- taffia
- tafia
- tagrag
- tarty
- tatar
- tragi
- yaff
- yagi
- yttria