Thursday, January 8, 2026
- Words
- 64
- Points
- 299
- Genius
- 209
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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admitted
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daddy
noun — (usually childish) Father.
verb — To father; to sire.
noun — A male lover.
noun — An informal term of address for a man.
noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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data
noun — (plural: data) A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.
noun — (plural: data) A fact known from direct observation.
noun — (plural: data) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.
noun — (plural: datums) A fixed reference point, or a coordinate system.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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daytime
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dyad
noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.
noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.
Appeared in 10 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 20 recorded puzzles.
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imitated
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immediate
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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 20 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 25 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 25 recorded puzzles.
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mediate
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mediated
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meditate
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meditated
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
daytime is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ad×3
- ai×3
- am×2
- da×8
- de×2
- di×1
- dy×1
- ed×2
- id×3
- im×4
- ma×14
- me×10
- mi×1
- ta×5
- te×5
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | 8 |
| d | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | · | · | 12 |
| e | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 |
| i | 2 | · | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| m | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| t | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 10 |
| Σ | 20 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 64 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 209 points of 299 available. The average answer runs 5.5 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17315 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Monday, January 5, 2026 |
| d | Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Thursday, December 4, 2025 |
| e | Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Friday, December 5, 2025 |
| i | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Tuesday, December 30, 2025 |
| m | Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
| t | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 |
| y | Monday, January 5, 2026 | Thursday, December 11, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- lilt 20
- till 20
- tilt 20
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.
- adeem
- adeemed
- adit
- adyta
- amia
- amide
- amie
- atma
- dada
- diademed
- diamide
- dita
- edemata
- etyma
- imamate
- madded
- mamey
- mamie
- mammae
- mammate
- mammati
- mammee
- mammet
- mammey
- mammie
- mammy
- matt
- maya
- mayed
- meated
- mediad
- mediae
- metate
- tammie
- tammy
- tate
- tattie
- teated