Saturday, November 29, 2025
- Words
- 69
- Points
- 315
- Genius
- 220
- Pangram
- 1
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alien
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alienate
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annihilate
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anthill
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anti
adjective — Opposed to something.
noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.
preposition — Alternative form of anti-
adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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atilt
adjective — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
adverb — At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
preposition — Diagonally over or across.
adverb — Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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attain
verb — To gain (an object or desired result).
verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
verb — To reach in excellence or degree.
verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
verb — To get at the knowledge of.
verb — To reach a person after being behind them.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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entail
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halite
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hiatal
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hill
noun — An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
verb — To form into a heap or mound.
noun — A sloping road.
noun — A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
noun — A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
noun — The pitcher’s mound.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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hilt
noun — The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
verb — To provide with a hilt.
noun — The base of the penis.
verb — To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hint
noun — A clue.
verb — To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
noun — A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
noun — A small, barely detectable amount of.
noun — Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
noun — An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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inhalant
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inhale
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initial
adjective — Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
noun — In plural, the first letter of each word of a person's full name considered as a unit.
noun — The first letter of a word or a name.
verb — To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.
noun — A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
adjective — Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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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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lilt
noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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lineal
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lint
noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.
Appeared in 13 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.
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nineteenth
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ninetieth
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ninth
noun — The person or thing in the ninth position.
verb — To lose a ninth
adjective — The ordinal form of the number nine.
noun — One of nine equal parts of a whole.
noun — The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).
verb — To divide by nine
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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tail
noun — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
noun — The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary value of the coin is indicated; the reverse.
noun — The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
verb — To follow and observe surreptitiously.
noun — The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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taint
verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.
noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation
noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tali
noun — The bone of the ankle.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tannin
noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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thin
noun — A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
verb — To make thin or thinner.
adjective — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
adverb — Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
noun — Any food produced or served in thin slices.
verb — To become thin or thinner.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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thine
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till
preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
conjunction — Until, until the time that.
noun — A cash register.
noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tilt
verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
verb — To be at an angle.
noun — A slope or inclination.
noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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tilth
noun — Agricultural labour; husbandry.
noun — The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
noun — Rich cultivated soil.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tint
verb — To shade, to color.
noun — A slight coloring.
noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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titan
noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- al×3
- an×3
- at×2
- el×1
- en×2
- ha×2
- he×1
- hi×4
- in×10
- la×2
- le×2
- li×11
- na×1
- ni×6
- ta×6
- th×2
- ti×11
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
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| a | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 8 |
| e | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| h | 4 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| i | · | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 10 |
| l | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | · | · | · | 15 |
| n | 3 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| t | 8 | 6 | 4 | · | · | 1 | · | 19 |
| Σ | 23 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 220 points of 315 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17499 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Friday, November 28, 2025 | Friday, November 28, 2025 |
| e | Thursday, November 27, 2025 | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 |
| h | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Monday, October 20, 2025 |
| i ● | Friday, November 28, 2025 | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 |
| l | Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | Sunday, November 23, 2025 |
| n | Friday, November 28, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| t | Thursday, November 27, 2025 | Friday, November 7, 2025 |
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
- alanin
- alanine
- alienee
- aline
- allanite
- anil
- anile
- anilin
- aniline
- anthelia
- antialien
- antielite
- attaint
- elain
- elhi
- elint
- entia
- heil
- hila
- hili
- ilea
- ileal
- ilia
- ilial
- illite
- inia
- inti
- intine
- intitle
- italianate
- laith
- lanital
- lathi
- lati
- lattin
- liana
- liane
- lienal
- lineate
- linin
- linn
- litai
- lithia
- litten
- nannie
- nellie
- nielli
- nihil
- nill
- taenia
- taeniae
- taille
- tain
- tallith
- tantalite
- tattie
- telia
- telial
- tenail
- tenaille
- tenia
- teniae
- tentie
- thalli
- theelin
- thein
- theine
- thill
- tillite
- tinea
- tineal
- titanate
- titania
- titanite
- titi
- titian
- tittie