Friday, May 15, 2026
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 280
- Genius
- 196
- Pangrams
- 3
Official answers
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amping
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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campaign
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campaigning
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camping
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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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macing
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magician
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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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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 25 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 25 recorded puzzles.
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mapping
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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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miming
verb — To act without words.
verb — To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
noun — A performance in mime.
verb — To mimic.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mincing
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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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mining
noun — The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
verb — To remove (ore) from the ground.
verb — To dig into, for ore or metal.
noun — Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof-of-work
noun — The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
verb — To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
camping is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ai×1
- am×1
- an×1
- ca×6
- ga×3
- gi×1
- im×4
- ma×18
- mi×10
- na×1
- pa×2
- pi×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| c | 2 | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| i | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | 4 |
| m | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | · | · | 28 |
| n | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| p | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 4 |
| Σ | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 196 points of 280 available. The average answer runs 5.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 17231 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | Wednesday, May 6, 2026 |
| c | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
| g | Sunday, May 10, 2026 | Saturday, May 2, 2026 |
| i | Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
| m ● | Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Sunday, April 19, 2026 |
| n | Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Thursday, May 7, 2026 |
| p | Saturday, April 25, 2026 | Friday, February 27, 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.
- acmic
- agama
- agamic
- agma
- amain
- amia
- amici
- amiga
- amin
- aminic
- amnia
- amnic
- animi
- apimania
- campagna
- campi
- cinnamic
- gagman
- gama
- gamic
- gamming
- gamp
- gimping
- impi
- imping
- magian
- mana
- manana
- manganic
- mannan
- migg
- mina
- nimming
- pima