Sunday, November 30, 2025
- Words
- 40
- Points
- 234
- Genius
- 163
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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cocci
noun — Any approximately spherical bacterium.
noun — Coccidioidomycosis
noun — One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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cocoon
noun — The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
verb — To envelop in a protective case
noun — Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
verb — To withdraw into such a case.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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coho
noun — An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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conch
noun — A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
verb — To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
noun — A machine (rather like a rotating pestle and mortar) used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding.
noun — The shell of this sea animal.
noun — A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
noun — The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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couching
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cough
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coughing
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hiccough
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hiccoughing
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honcho
noun — Boss, leader
verb — To lead or manage.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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hooch
noun — Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
noun — A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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noon
noun — The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
verb — To relax or sleep around midday
noun — The letter ن in the Arabic script.
noun — Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
noun — The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
noun — The highest point; culmination.
Appeared in 44 recorded puzzles.
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noun
noun — (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
verb — To convert a word to a noun.
noun — (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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onion
noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
noun — The bulb of such a plant.
noun — The genus as a whole.
noun — A ball.
noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Appeared in 31 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ch×2
- co×14
- gn×1
- go×5
- hi×2
- ho×4
- ic×2
- io×1
- no×4
- nu×1
- on×2
- ou×1
- un×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | · | 16 |
| g | 2 | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | · | 6 |
| h | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| n | 2 | · | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| o | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| u | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 163 points of 234 available. The average answer runs 5.9 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18877 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Thursday, November 27, 2025 | Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
| g | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 |
| h | Saturday, November 29, 2025 | Monday, October 20, 2025 |
| i | Saturday, November 29, 2025 | Saturday, November 29, 2025 |
| n | Saturday, November 29, 2025 | Monday, November 17, 2025 |
| o ● | Friday, November 28, 2025 | Monday, November 24, 2025 |
| u | Saturday, November 22, 2025 | Tuesday, November 4, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- onto 22
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.
- chico
- chon
- chough
- cion
- coccic
- cochin
- coco
- cogging
- cogon
- cohog
- coign
- coigning
- congii
- congo
- congou
- coni
- conin
- coning
- conn
- cooch
- coocoo
- coon
- gogo
- gonion
- gonococci
- hogg
- honchoing
- hong
- incog
- inconnu
- ingoing
- inion
- ninon
- nogg
- nogging
- nonionic
- nooning
- ohing
- oohing
- ouching
- unco