Thursday, February 19, 2026
- Words
- 55
- Points
- 213
- Genius
- 149
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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emaciate
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emit
verb — To send out or give off
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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item
noun — A distinct physical object.
noun — A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
noun — Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
noun — A matter for discussion in an agenda.
noun — (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
noun — A short article in a newspaper.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 29 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 29 recorded puzzles.
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mathematic
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meet
verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.
verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.
verb — To satisfy; to comply with.
noun — A meeting.
noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
verb — (Of groups) To come together.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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meme
noun — Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
noun — A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
noun — Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
verb — To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
verb — To create and use humorous memes.
verb — To joke around.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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mete
verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
verb — To measure.
adjective — Suitable; right; proper.
noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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mica
noun — Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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mime
noun — A form of acting without words; pantomime.
noun — A pantomime actor.
verb — To act without words.
verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
verb — To mimic.
noun — A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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mimic
noun — A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
verb — To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
adjective — Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
noun — An imitation.
verb — To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
adjective — Mock, pretended.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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mite
noun — Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
noun — (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle
noun — (often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal
noun — A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
noun — A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
noun — A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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mitt
noun — An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
noun — A mitten
noun — (especially in plural) A hand.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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team
noun — A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
verb — To form a group, as for sports or work.
noun — Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
noun — A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
noun — A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
verb — (by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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teem
verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
verb — To be stocked to overflowing.
verb — To pour (especially with rain)
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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them
pronoun — (plural) Those ones.
pronoun — (singular) Him, her, or it; that one.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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thematic
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time
noun — The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
noun — A duration of time.
noun — The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
noun — An instant of time.
verb — To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
verb — To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×1
- ah×1
- ca×2
- ch×1
- em×4
- ha×2
- he×2
- im×2
- it×1
- ma×13
- me×8
- mi×7
- ta×2
- te×4
- th×3
- ti×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| c | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| e | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | · | 4 |
| h | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 4 |
| i | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| m | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| t | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | · | 11 |
| Σ | 29 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 55 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 149 points of 213 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21360 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| c | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| e | Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Friday, February 6, 2026 |
| h | Sunday, February 15, 2026 | Tuesday, February 10, 2026 |
| i | Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | Sunday, February 8, 2026 |
| m ● | Monday, February 16, 2026 | Saturday, February 14, 2026 |
| t | Sunday, February 15, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 39
- nana 39
- onion 33
- toot 33
- acacia 30
- acai 30
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 29
- mini 27
- minim 27
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- cancan 26
- canna 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
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.
- acmatic
- acmic
- amah
- amia
- amice
- amici
- amie
- atma
- catamite
- chacma
- cham
- chemic
- emic
- emmet
- haem
- haematic
- haematite
- haemic
- hame
- hematic
- hematitic
- hemic
- himatia
- imamate
- macchia
- macchie
- mach
- mache
- maihem
- mamie
- mammae
- mammate
- mammati
- mammee
- mammet
- mammie
- matt
- metate
- metathetic
- miche
- mimetite
- tacamahac
- tammie