Sunday, December 21, 2025
- Words
- 44
- Points
- 170
- Genius
- 118
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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attack
noun — An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
verb — To apply violent force to someone or something.
noun — An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
noun — A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
noun — (by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
noun — An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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backlot
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backtalk
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ballot
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blat
verb — To make a senseless noise.
verb — To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
verb — To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
verb — To talk inconsiderately.
noun — Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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bloat
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bootblack
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catcall
noun — A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
verb — To make such an exclamation.
noun — In the Eiffel programming language, a run-time error caused by use of the wrong data type.
noun — A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward a passing woman.
noun — A whistle blown by a theatre-goer to express disapproval.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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clot
noun — A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
verb — To form a clot or mass.
noun — A solidified mass of any liquid.
noun — A silly person.
verb — To cause to clot or form into a mass.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cobalt
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colt
noun — A young male horse.
verb — To horse; to get with young.
noun — A young crane (bird).
noun — A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
noun — A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
noun — A young camel or donkey.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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coot
noun — Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
noun — A foolish or eccentric fellow
noun — (with the) A success; something excellent.
noun — Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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loot
noun — A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
noun — The act of plundering.
verb — To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
noun — Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
noun — Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
noun — Items dropped by defeated enemies.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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lotto
noun — A game of chance similar to bingo
noun — A lottery
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tabla
noun — A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tack
noun — A small nail with a flat head.
verb — To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
noun — A stain; a tache.
noun — That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
noun — A thumbtack.
noun — A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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tact
noun — The sense of touch; feeling.
verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
noun — The stroke in beating time.
noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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talc
noun — Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
verb — To apply talc to.
noun — A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
noun — A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
noun — Talcum powder.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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tall
adjective — (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
adjective — (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
adjective — (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
adjective — (of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
noun — (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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toll
noun — Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
verb — To impose a fee for the use of.
noun — The act or sound of tolling
verb — To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
verb — To draw; pull; tug; drag.
verb — To take away; to vacate; to annul.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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tool
noun — A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
verb — To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
noun — Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
noun — Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
noun — A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
noun — A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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toot
noun — The noise of a horn or whistle.
verb — To stand out, or be prominent.
noun — A toilet.
noun — (by extension) A fart; flatus.
noun — Cocaine.
noun — A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
Appeared in 28 recorded puzzles.
backlot is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- al×2
- at×2
- ba×3
- bl×4
- bo×5
- ca×1
- cl×1
- co×5
- lo×2
- oc×1
- ta×9
- to×8
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 3 | 1 | · | · | · | 5 |
| b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| c | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 7 |
| l | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 17 |
| Σ | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 118 points of 170 available. The average answer runs 5.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17558 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Saturday, December 20, 2025 | Friday, December 12, 2025 |
| b | Thursday, December 18, 2025 | Sunday, December 14, 2025 |
| c | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | Tuesday, December 2, 2025 |
| k | Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | Friday, November 14, 2025 |
| l | Saturday, December 20, 2025 | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
| o | Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| t ● | Friday, December 19, 2025 | Tuesday, December 16, 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.
- acta
- albata
- atabal
- atlatl
- balata
- batt
- bota
- bott
- catalo
- catboat
- cattalo
- cloot
- coact
- cockboat
- cotta
- kata
- koto
- lota
- otto
- taka
- tala
- tallol
- talooka
- tola