Sunday, March 8, 2026
- Words
- 63
- Points
- 393
- Genius
- 275
- Pangrams
- 2
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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action
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anion
noun — A negatively charged ion.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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anoxic
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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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catatonia
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catatonic
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cation
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citation
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connotation
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contain
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inaction
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incantation
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intoxicant
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intoxication
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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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nontoxic
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onion
noun — A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
noun — The bulb of such a plant.
noun — The genus as a whole.
noun — A ball.
noun — A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Appeared in 29 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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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×3
- an×8
- at×3
- ca×6
- ci×2
- co×7
- ic×2
- in×9
- io×2
- na×1
- ni×1
- no×3
- on×1
- ta×8
- ti×4
- to×3
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 3 | 7 | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 14 |
| c | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | 15 |
| i | 3 | 1 | 3 | · | 1 | · | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| n | · | · | 3 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| o | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| t | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 15 |
| Σ | 9 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 275 points of 393 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 |
| c | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Sunday, January 18, 2026 |
| i ● | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Saturday, February 28, 2026 |
| n | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Monday, March 2, 2026 |
| o | Saturday, March 7, 2026 | Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
| t | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Monday, February 9, 2026 |
| x | Thursday, December 25, 2025 | first recorded time |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 42
- naan 30
- nana 30
- onion 29
- toot 28
- loll 28
- mama 25
- mamma 25
- cocoon 23
- loon 23
- nene 23
- acacia 22
- acai 22
- bill 22
- neon 22
- none 22
- olio 22
- aria 21
- onto 21
- toon 21
- cancan 21
- canna 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
- aconitic
- actin
- actinia
- actinian
- actinic
- actinon
- anatoxin
- anionic
- antitax
- antitoxic
- atactic
- ataxic
- atonic
- attaint
- axion
- axonic
- cain
- cantic
- cationic
- cion
- coaction
- cocain
- coccic
- coition
- conation
- coni
- conin
- ictic
- inanition
- incitant
- incitation
- inia
- inion
- inti
- intinction
- ixia
- naoi
- natation
- nicotiana
- nicotin
- nicotinic
- ninon
- niton
- nonaction
- nonintoxicant
- nonionic
- oiticica
- ontic
- otic
- otitic
- ototoxic
- taction
- tain
- taxitic
- tictac
- tictoc
- titania
- titi
- titian
- toit
- toxicant