Monday, February 16, 2026
- Words
- 57
- Points
- 221
- Genius
- 154
- Pangram
- 1
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ammo
noun — Ammunition.
verb — To load up on ammunition.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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arbor
noun — A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
noun — An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
noun — A grove of trees.
noun — A bar for supporting cutting tools.
noun — A spindle of a wheel.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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arco
adverb — A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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baba
noun — A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
noun — (esp. among people of East European ancestry) A grandmother.
noun — An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
noun — (esp. among people of Indian ancestry) A father.
noun — (Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
noun — A baby, child.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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backroom
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baobab
noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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barb
noun — The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
verb — To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
noun — The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
noun — A barbiturate.
noun — A hurtful or disparaging remark.
noun — A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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bark
noun — The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
verb — To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
noun — The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
verb — To strip the bark from; to peel.
noun — A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
noun — An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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barrack
noun — (chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
verb — To house military personnel; to quarter.
verb — To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes
noun — (chiefly in the plural) any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building
noun — A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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barroom
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boar
noun — A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
noun — A male pig.
noun — A male boar (sense 1).
noun — A male bear.
noun — A male guinea pig.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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boba
noun — Short for boba tea.
noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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bookmark
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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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camo
noun — A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
verb — To camouflage.
noun — Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb — To put on camouflage clothing.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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carb
noun — Clipping of carburettor / carburetor.
noun — (nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
noun — (by extension, metonym) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
Appeared in 4 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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coma
noun — A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
noun — A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
noun — A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
noun — A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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comma
noun — The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
verb — To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
noun — A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
noun — Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
noun — A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
noun — A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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crab
noun — A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
verb — To fish for crabs.
noun — The crab apple or wild apple.
verb — (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
noun — The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
noun — Short for carabiner.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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crack
noun — A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
verb — To form cracks.
adjective — Highly trained and competent.
noun — A narrow opening.
noun — A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
noun — Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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kaboom
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 27 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 27 recorded puzzles.
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momma
noun — Mother
noun — A voluptuous woman.
noun — One's wife or girlfriend.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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orca
noun — A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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rack
noun — A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
verb — To place in or hang on a rack.
verb — To stretch a person's joints.
noun — Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapour in the sky.
verb — To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir
verb — To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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roar
noun — A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
verb — To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
verb — To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
noun — A loud resounding noise.
verb — Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
verb — Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ab×1
- am×2
- ar×4
- ba×13
- bo×4
- ca×5
- co×5
- cr×4
- ka×3
- ko×1
- ma×9
- mo×1
- ok×1
- or×1
- ra×1
- ro×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 4 | · | · | · | 7 |
| b | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| c | 6 | 8 | · | · | · | 14 |
| k | · | 3 | 1 | · | · | 4 |
| m | 4 | 5 | 1 | · | · | 10 |
| o | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| r | 3 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| Σ | 24 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 57 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 154 points of 221 available. The average answer runs 5.0 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18634 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a ● | Sunday, February 15, 2026 | Sunday, February 15, 2026 |
| b | Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
| c | Monday, February 9, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| k | Monday, February 9, 2026 | Friday, January 23, 2026 |
| m | Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Saturday, February 14, 2026 |
| o | Friday, February 13, 2026 | Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
| r | Sunday, February 15, 2026 | Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
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
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.
- abaca
- abaka
- abba
- aboma
- acock
- ambo
- arak
- araroba
- arrack
- arroba
- baboo
- bacca
- baccara
- barm
- bora
- cabob
- cabomba
- caca
- camorra
- carabao
- caracara
- carack
- caramba
- carbo
- carbora
- cark
- carr
- carrack
- carrom
- crackback
- crambo
- crookback
- kabab
- kabaka
- kabar
- kaka
- karoo
- karroo
- kbar
- maar
- macaco
- mack
- makar
- mammock
- marc
- markka
- markkaa
- marram
- mora
- orra
- roorback