Sunday, November 16, 2025
- Words
- 44
- Points
- 189
- Genius
- 132
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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agar
noun — A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
noun — A culture medium based on this material.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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alright
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arhat
noun — One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
noun — One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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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 22 recorded puzzles.
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aril
noun — A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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arthralgia
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atria
noun — A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
noun — A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
noun — A cavity, entrance, or passage.
noun — Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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attagirl
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attar
noun — An essential oil extracted from flowers.
noun — A perfume made from this oil.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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girth
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hart
noun — A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
noun — A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
noun — A red deer or one of related species.
noun — Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
noun — The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
noun — Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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lair
noun — A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
noun — A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
noun — A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
noun — A bed or resting place.
noun — A grave; a cemetery plot.
verb — To rest; to dwell.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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liar
noun — One who tells lies.
noun — A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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lira
noun — The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
noun — The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
noun — The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
noun — The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
noun — A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
noun — Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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raga
noun — Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
noun — Passion, love, lust.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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rail
noun — The metal bar that makes the track for a railroad.
noun — A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
noun — A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
noun — A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
verb — To criticize severely.
noun — Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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raita
noun — A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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ratatat
noun — A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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rial
noun — The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
noun — An old gold coin of England.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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right
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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 14 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 14 recorded puzzles.
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thrall
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tiara
noun — The papal crown.
noun — An ornamental coronet.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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trait
noun — An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
noun — An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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trill
noun — A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
verb — To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
verb — To trickle.
verb — To twirl.
noun — A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish rr.
noun — A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
alright is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- aa×1
- ag×1
- ai×1
- al×2
- ar×4
- at×4
- gi×3
- gr×3
- ha×2
- la×2
- li×2
- ra×6
- ri×3
- ta×2
- th×2
- ti×1
- tr×5
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| g | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| h | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| l | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| r | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 9 |
| t | 2 | 5 | 3 | · | · | · | 10 |
| Σ | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 132 points of 189 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18455 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, November 14, 2025 | Monday, November 10, 2025 |
| g | Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| h | Saturday, November 8, 2025 | Monday, October 20, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 |
| l | Friday, November 14, 2025 | Saturday, November 1, 2025 |
| r ● | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| t | Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Friday, November 7, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 43
- naan 32
- nana 32
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 26
- mamma 26
- nene 25
- acacia 24
- acai 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.
- aarrgh
- aarrghh
- agria
- airt
- airth
- alar
- argal
- argala
- argali
- argil
- aright
- artal
- garth
- gharial
- gharri
- glair
- graal
- grat
- grig
- grigri
- grith
- haar
- harl
- hartal
- hilar
- laari
- lahar
- lari
- latria
- liri
- ragi
- raia
- ratal
- rath
- riata
- tagrag
- tahr
- talar
- talaria
- tatar
- thir
- thirl
- tirl
- tragi