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ACNOTXI

Sunday, March 8, 2026

Words
63
Points
393
Genius
275
Pangrams
2

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  • acacia

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    Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • action

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  • anion

    noun — A negatively charged ion.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • annotation

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • anoint

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • anoxia

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • antic

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • antitoxin

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • ataxia

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • attic

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • cacti

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • canonic

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • cantina

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • catatonia

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  • catatonic

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  • cation

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  • ciao

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    Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.

  • citation

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  • coati

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    Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.

  • cocci

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    Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.

  • coin

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • concoction

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • conic

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • connotation

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  • contain

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  • icon

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • iconic

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • inaction

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  • incant

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • incantation

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  • initiation

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • intact

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • into

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • intonation

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • intoxicant

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  • intoxication

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  • ionic

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • iota

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • nation

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • nontoxic

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  • notation

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • notion

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • tacit

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • tactic

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    Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.

  • tactician

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • tannic

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tannin

    noun — Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • taxation

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • taxi

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    Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.

  • tinct

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    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • 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.

  • titan

    noun — Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

    Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.

  • titanic

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    Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.

  • tonic

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    Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.

  • toxic

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    Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.

  • toxin

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    Appeared in 2 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

456789101112Σ
a 237··11·· 14
c 24131211· 15
i 313·1·311 13
n ··3·2···· 5
o ·1······· 1
t 273111··· 15
Σ 91617454521 63

The numbers

Genius today takes 275 points of 393 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.

Total points vs. all 381 recorded puzzles
99th percentile
Word count vs. all recorded puzzles
89th percentile

Word lengths, today vs. 17278 recorded answers

49 today34.6% all-time516 today22.8% all-time617 today19.9% all-time74 today12.1% all-time85 today6.3% all-time94 today2.6% all-time105 today1.2% all-time112 today0.3% all-time121 today0.1% all-time130.0% all-time

History

Today's letters, last seen

LetterLast in a puzzleLast 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

  1. noon 42
  2. naan 30
  3. nana 30
  4. onion 29
  5. toot 28
  6. loll 28
  7. mama 25
  8. mamma 25
  9. cocoon 23
  10. loon 23
  11. nene 23
  12. acacia 22
  13. acai 22
  14. bill 22
  15. neon 22
  16. none 22
  17. olio 22
  18. aria 21
  19. onto 21
  20. toon 21
  21. cancan 21
  22. canna 21
  23. lilt 20
  24. till 20
  25. 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.