Wednesday, January 21, 2026
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 207
- Genius
- 144
- Pangram
- 1
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allowance
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anon
noun — An anonymous person, especially an author.
adverb — Straight away; at once.
adverb — Soon; in a little while.
adverb — At another time; then; again.
adjective — Anonymous
noun — A work with an unknown author.
Appeared in 21 recorded puzzles.
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cacao
noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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callaloo
noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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callow
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cannon
noun — A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
verb — To bombard with cannons.
noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.
noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
noun — Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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canola
noun — Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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canon
noun — A generally accepted principle; a rule.
noun — A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
noun — A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
noun — A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
noun — The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
noun — A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cello
noun — A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.
noun — Cellophane
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cloaca
noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.
noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.
noun — An outhouse or lavatory.
noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coal
noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
noun — Charcoal.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coca
noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cocoa
noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun — Coconut palm.
noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
noun — A serving of this drink.
Appeared in 18 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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cola
noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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colcannon
noun — A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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colon
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A husbandman.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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llano
noun — A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loan
noun — A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
verb — To lend (something) to (someone).
noun — An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
noun — The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
noun — The permission to borrow any item.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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local
noun — A person who lives near a given place.
adjective — From or in a nearby location.
adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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lone
adjective — Solitary; having no companion.
adjective — Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
adjective — Sole; being the only one of a type.
adjective — Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
adjective — Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
adjective — Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 24 recorded puzzles.
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neon
noun — The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The lightest of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
adjective — (of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent
noun — A form or sample of the element.
noun — Neon signs or lights, collectively.
noun — A neon tetra fish.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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noel
noun — Christmas
noun — A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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none
noun — A person without religious affiliation.
adverb — To no extent, in no way.
pronoun — Not any of a given number or group.
noun — Those without any religious affiliation: atheists and others outside any organized religion.
noun — A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
noun — The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
Appeared in 23 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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oleo
noun — Margarine
noun — The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ae×1
- al×4
- an×1
- ca×7
- ce×1
- cl×3
- co×13
- ll×1
- lo×7
- ne×2
- no×5
- oc×1
- ol×1
- on×1
- wa×1
- wo×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
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| a | 3 | 2 | · | · | · | 1 | 6 |
| c | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| l | 5 | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| n | 4 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| o | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| w | 1 | · | 2 | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 144 points of 207 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18686 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| c | Sunday, January 18, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| e | Friday, January 16, 2026 | Friday, December 5, 2025 |
| l | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
| n | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Friday, January 2, 2026 |
| o ● | Monday, January 19, 2026 | Wednesday, January 14, 2026 |
| w | Monday, January 19, 2026 | Friday, October 31, 2025 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 29
- 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
- bill 22
Valid words the Bee rejected
Accepted on other days, not today
These fit today's letters and have been official answers before — today the Bee said no.
- clonal
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.
- alencon
- alow
- ancon
- anconal
- ancone
- anconeal
- anoa
- anole
- awol
- calo
- cannelon
- cloacae
- cloacal
- clon
- coala
- coccal
- coco
- cole
- colone
- conn
- coocoo
- cooee
- coon
- cooncan
- enol
- enow
- leno
- leone
- loca
- lowe
- lown
- nolo
- nona
- noncola
- olea
- olla
- woollen