Thursday, January 29, 2026
- Words
- 29
- Points
- 125
- Genius
- 87
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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ethyl
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eyeteeth
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eyetooth
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ghetto
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hotel
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hotly
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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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otology
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tell
verb — To convey by speech; to say.
verb — To narrate.
verb — To instruct or inform.
verb — To order; to direct, to say to someone.
verb — To reveal.
verb — To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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theology
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they
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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.
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toothy
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tootle
verb — To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
verb — To make a soft toot sound.
verb — To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
noun — A soft toot sound.
noun — A trip or excursion.
verb — To transport (someone somewhere).
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tote
noun — A tote bag.
verb — To carry or bear.
verb — To add up; to calculate a total.
noun — A heavy burden.
noun — (logistics) A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
noun — A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- et×1
- ey×3
- ge×1
- gh×1
- go×1
- ho×4
- lo×2
- ot×1
- te×4
- th×3
- to×8
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e | · | 1 | 1 | · | 2 | · | 4 |
| g | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| h | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| l | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| o | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| t | 7 | 2 | 4 | · | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Σ | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 87 points of 125 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| e | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Saturday, January 24, 2026 |
| g | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | Thursday, January 22, 2026 |
| h | Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | Friday, January 9, 2026 |
| l | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, January 28, 2026 | Wednesday, January 21, 2026 |
| t ● | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 |
| y | Monday, January 26, 2026 | Saturday, January 17, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 41
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 28
- toot 28
- loll 27
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- loon 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 21
- neon 21
- none 21
- olio 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.
- ethology
- gleet
- gleety
- goglet
- helot
- heth
- hogget
- hooty
- hyte
- leet
- lethe
- loth
- lotte
- otto
- teel
- tele
- telly
- teth
- theelol
- theolog
- thole
- tole
- tolyl
- toyo
- tyee
- tythe
- yett