Wednesday, November 26, 2025
- Words
- 37
- Points
- 180
- Genius
- 125
- Pangram
- 1
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alexia
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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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axillae
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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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bailiff
noun — (law enforcement) An officer of the court, particularly:
noun — A public administrator, particularly:
noun — A private administrator, particularly
noun — Any debt collector, regardless of his or her official status.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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belie
verb — To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
verb — To give a false representation of.
verb — To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
verb — To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
verb — To tell lies about.
verb — (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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bible
noun — An exemplar of the Bible.
noun — A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
noun — (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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biff
noun — A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
verb — To punch or hit.
noun — A wipeout.
verb — To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
verb — To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.
Appeared in 4 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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bile
noun — A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
noun — Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.
Appeared in 12 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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billable
adjective — Capable of being billed for.
noun — Something that is billed for.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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fail
noun — Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
verb — To be unsuccessful.
adjective — That is a failure.
noun — A piece of turf cut from grassland.
noun — A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
noun — A failure (something incapable of success)
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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fallible
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filial
adjective — Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
adjective — Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
adjective — Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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fill
verb — To occupy fully, to take up all of.
noun — (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
noun — One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
verb — To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
verb — To enter (something), making it full.
verb — To become full.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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fillable
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fixable
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flail
noun — A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
verb — To beat using a flail or similar implement.
noun — A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.
verb — To wave or swing vigorously
verb — To thresh.
verb — To move like a flail.
Appeared in 8 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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labile
adjective — Apt or likely to change.
adjective — (of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
adjective — (of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
adjective — Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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liable
adjective — (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.
adjective — Subject; susceptible.
adjective — Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
adjective — Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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libel
noun — A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
verb — To defame someone, especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
noun — The act or crime of displaying such a statement publicly.
noun — A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
noun — Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
noun — A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
fixable is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- af×1
- al×2
- ax×3
- ba×2
- be×2
- bi×7
- ex×1
- fa×2
- fi×7
- fl×2
- ib×1
- la×3
- li×4
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | 6 |
| b | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| e | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| f | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| l | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | · | 7 |
| Σ | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 125 points of 180 available. The average answer runs 5.6 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17524 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Monday, November 10, 2025 |
| b | Monday, November 24, 2025 | Sunday, October 12, 2025 |
| e | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 |
| f | Thursday, November 6, 2025 | Thursday, November 6, 2025 |
| i ● | Monday, November 24, 2025 | Wednesday, November 12, 2025 |
| l | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Sunday, November 23, 2025 |
| x | Monday, November 3, 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.
- aalii
- abaxial
- abaxile
- abelia
- affixable
- affixal
- affixial
- alible
- alif
- alliable
- axil
- axile
- bailable
- bailee
- bailie
- biali
- biaxal
- bibb
- biflex
- billie
- faille
- fila
- fileable
- fille
- flexile
- ilea
- ileal
- ilex
- ilia
- ilial
- ixia
- libellee
- liblab
- lief