Thursday, February 26, 2026
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 238
- Genius
- 166
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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acai
noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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anti
adjective — Opposed to something.
noun — A person opposed to a concept or principle.
preposition — Alternative form of anti-
adjective — That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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attain
verb — To gain (an object or desired result).
verb — To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
verb — To reach in excellence or degree.
verb — To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
verb — To get at the knowledge of.
verb — To reach a person after being behind them.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 11 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 20 recorded puzzles.
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intimacy
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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 20 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 11 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 14 recorded puzzles.
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mini
adjective — Miniature, tiny, small.
noun — A miniskirt.
noun — A minicomputer.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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minim
noun — A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
noun — Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
noun — A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
noun — A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
noun — A little man or being; a dwarf.
noun — A small fish; a minnow.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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mint
adjective — (with condition) Like new.
noun — Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
noun — A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
noun — The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
noun — A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
noun — A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Appeared in 11 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 17 recorded puzzles.
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niacin
noun — A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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taint
verb — To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
noun — A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish
noun — A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food
verb — To spoil (food) by contamination.
noun — Infection; corruption; deprivation
noun — A marker indicating that a variable is unsafe and should be subjected to additional security checks.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tannin
noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tatami
noun — Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tint
verb — To shade, to color.
noun — A slight coloring.
noun — A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
noun — A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
noun — A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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titan
noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×2
- am×1
- an×3
- at×2
- ca×5
- ci×1
- cy×1
- im×1
- in×4
- it×1
- ma×6
- mi×9
- ni×2
- ta×7
- ti×6
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 4 | 2 | · | · | · | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 7 |
| i | 2 | · | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 6 |
| m | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 15 |
| n | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| t | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | · | 1 | 13 |
| Σ | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 51 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 166 points of 238 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | Monday, February 16, 2026 |
| c | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| i ● | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Sunday, February 8, 2026 |
| m | Saturday, February 21, 2026 | Saturday, February 21, 2026 |
| n | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Wednesday, February 18, 2026 |
| t | Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
| y | Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | Saturday, February 7, 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.
- acini
- acinic
- acmatic
- acmic
- actin
- actinia
- actinian
- actinic
- amain
- amanita
- amanitin
- amia
- amici
- amin
- aminic
- aminity
- amnia
- amnic
- animi
- anticity
- antiman
- antimycin
- atactic
- attaint
- ayin
- cain
- caninity
- cantic
- cinnamic
- cyanic
- cyanin
- cyanitic
- cymatia
- ictic
- immy
- incitant
- inia
- inti
- intima
- mammati
- mannitic
- mantic
- matin
- mattin
- mina
- minacity
- mincy
- minny
- minyan
- minyanim
- mity
- nitty
- tain
- tictac
- tinman
- titania
- titi
- titian
- titman
- titty