Saturday, January 10, 2026
- Words
- 57
- Points
- 320
- Genius
- 224
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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grog
noun — (original meaning) An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
noun — (by extension) Any alcoholic beverage.
noun — A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
noun — An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
noun — A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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groom
noun — A man who is about to marry.
noun — A person who cares for horses.
verb — To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
noun — One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
noun — A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
verb — To care for (horses or other animals) by brushing and cleaning them.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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grooming
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guru
noun — A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
noun — (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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inurn
verb — To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
verb — To hold or contain (the remains of a person who has died).
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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iron
noun — A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
verb — To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
adjective — Made of the metal iron.
noun — A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
noun — Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
noun — A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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minoring
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mirroring
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mooring
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morn
noun — Morning.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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morning
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moron
noun — A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
noun — A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mourn
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mourning
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murmuring
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norm
noun — That which is normal or typical.
verb — To endow (a vector space, etc) with a norm.
noun — A rule that is enforced by members of a community.
noun — A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission or prohibition.
noun — A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
noun — A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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rigor
noun — Short for rigor mortis.
noun — Severity or strictness.
noun — Harshness, as of climate.
noun — A trembling or shivering response.
noun — Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
noun — Shrewd questioning.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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rooming
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ruin
noun — (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
verb — To cause the fiscal ruin of.
noun — The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
noun — Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
noun — A fall or tumble.
noun — A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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rumoring
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rung
noun — A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
verb — Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
adjective — Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
noun — A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
noun — A position in a hierarchy.
noun — A floor timber in a ship.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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unmoor
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unmooring
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- go×3
- gr×7
- gu×1
- ig×1
- in×3
- ir×2
- mi×6
- mo×7
- mu×2
- ni×1
- no×3
- or×1
- ri×5
- ro×3
- ru×7
- un×4
- ur×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | 11 |
| i | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | 2 | · | 6 |
| m | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| n | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| o | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| r | 4 | 3 | · | 7 | 1 | · | 15 |
| u | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 2 | 5 |
| Σ | 14 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 57 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 224 points of 320 available. The average answer runs 6.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19762 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| g | Monday, January 5, 2026 | Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
| i | Friday, January 9, 2026 | Tuesday, December 30, 2025 |
| m | Thursday, January 8, 2026 | Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
| n | Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Friday, January 2, 2026 |
| o | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| r ● | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
| u | Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Saturday, December 27, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- nene 26
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- imam 24
- maim 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- lilt 23
- till 23
- tilt 23
- aria 23
- mitt 23
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.
- girn
- girning
- giro
- giron
- grig
- grigri
- griming
- gringo
- groining
- grugru
- grum
- grunion
- guiro
- gunroom
- gunrunning
- gurging
- immuring
- inro
- iring
- miri
- monuron
- morion
- morrion
- morro
- muggur
- muring
- murr
- noniron
- rigour
- riming
- rinning
- roguing
- ronion
- rugging
- rumour
- rumouring