Tuesday, November 18, 2025
- Words
- 36
- Points
- 126
- Genius
- 88
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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ammo
noun — Ammunition.
verb — To load up on ammunition.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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camo
noun — A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
verb — To camouflage.
noun — Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb — To put on camouflage clothing.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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coma
noun — A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
noun — A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
noun — A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
noun — A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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comic
noun — A comedian.
adjective — Funny; amusing; comical.
noun — A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
noun — A children's newspaper.
adjective — Relating to comedy.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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comma
noun — The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
verb — To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
noun — A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
noun — Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
noun — A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
noun — A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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karmic
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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mamma
noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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mica
noun — Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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microcrack
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mimic
noun — A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
verb — To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
adjective — Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
noun — An imitation.
verb — To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective — Mock, pretended.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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mirror
noun — A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
verb — Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.
noun — An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
noun — A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.
noun — A mirror carp.
noun — A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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momma
noun — Mother
noun — A voluptuous woman.
noun — One's wife or girlfriend.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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room
noun — Opportunity or scope (to do something).
verb — To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
adjective — Wide; spacious; roomy.
adverb — Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
noun — A deep blue dye.
noun — Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- am×2
- ar×2
- ca×3
- co×3
- cr×1
- im×1
- ka×2
- ko×1
- ma×9
- mi×5
- mo×4
- ro×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | 4 |
| c | 4 | 3 | · | · | · | 7 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| k | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| m | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| r | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 88 points of 126 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20488 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, November 16, 2025 | Monday, November 10, 2025 |
| c | Monday, November 17, 2025 | Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| i | Monday, November 17, 2025 | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 |
| k | Friday, November 14, 2025 | Friday, November 14, 2025 |
| m ● | Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Saturday, November 15, 2025 |
| o | Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
| r | Monday, November 17, 2025 | Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 33
- toot 32
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- acacia 28
- acai 28
- nene 28
- imam 26
- maim 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- onto 25
- toon 25
- cancan 25
- canna 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
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.
- acmic
- acromia
- amia
- amici
- amir
- camorra
- carrom
- corm
- kami
- kamik
- maar
- macaco
- mack
- mair
- makar
- mammock
- marc
- maria
- markka
- markkaa
- marram
- mick
- micra
- micrococci
- mikra
- miri
- mirk
- moira
- moirai
- momi
- moorcock
- mora
- morro
- oomiac
- oomiack
- oomiak
- rami
- rimrock