Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- Words
- 39
- Points
- 180
- Genius
- 125
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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adorn
verb — To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
adjective — Adorned; ornate
noun — Adornment
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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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 22 recorded puzzles.
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canard
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cancan
noun — A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
verb — To dance the cancan.
noun — (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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candor
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canna
noun — Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
noun — A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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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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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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caravan
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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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concord
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condor
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convo
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cordon
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cordovan
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darn
verb — Euphemism of damn.
adjective — Damn.
adverb — (degree) Damned.
verb — To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
noun — A place mended by darning.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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donor
noun — One who makes a donation.
noun — A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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naan
noun — A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
Appeared in 34 recorded puzzles.
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nada
pronoun — Nothing.
Appeared in 15 recorded puzzles.
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nana
noun — (term of endearment) one's grandmother
noun — A banana
noun — A fool
noun — A nanny
Appeared in 34 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 45 recorded puzzles.
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radon
noun — The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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rand
noun — The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
noun — A border, edge or rim.
noun — A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
noun — A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
noun — A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
verb — To rant; to storm.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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rando
noun — An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.
noun — A person going to a party without being invited.
adjective — Random; arbitrary.
noun — Anything selected at random.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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roan
noun — An animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
adjective — Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
noun — The color of such an animal.
noun — A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
noun — Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
noun — Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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rondo
noun — A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
noun — A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
noun — A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
noun — A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other group tries to take possession of the ball.
noun — A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×1
- ad×1
- an×2
- ar×1
- ca×7
- co×10
- cr×1
- da×1
- do×1
- na×5
- no×2
- ra×5
- ro×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | 1 | 5 |
| c | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| d | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| n | 6 | 1 | · | · | · | 7 |
| r | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | 7 |
| Σ | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 125 points of 180 available. The average answer runs 5.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19028 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, February 16, 2026 | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| c | Monday, February 16, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| d | Friday, February 13, 2026 | Monday, January 26, 2026 |
| n ● | Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | Thursday, February 12, 2026 |
| o | Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | Thursday, February 5, 2026 |
| r | Monday, February 16, 2026 | Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| v | Friday, February 13, 2026 | Wednesday, February 4, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- onion 31
- toot 30
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- onto 23
- toon 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 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.
- ancon
- anna
- anoa
- cardoon
- carn
- conn
- coon
- cooncan
- dona
- donna
- nard
- navar
- nona
- racon
- racoon
- randan
- vanda
- varna