Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 34
- Points
- 150
- Genius
- 105
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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check
noun — A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
verb — To inspect; to examine.
noun — (usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
verb — To mark with a check pattern.
adjective — Divided into small squares by transverse, perpendicular, and horizontal lines.
noun — An inspection or examination.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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checked
verb — To inspect; to examine.
verb — To mark with a check pattern.
adjective — Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
verb — To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
verb — (often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
verb — To control, limit, or halt.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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cheek
noun — The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
verb — To be impudent towards.
noun — (usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
noun — Impudence.
noun — One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
noun — One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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chuck
noun — Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
verb — To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
noun — A chicken, a hen.
verb — To make a clucking sound.
noun — A gentle touch or tap.
verb — To touch or tap gently.
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chucked
verb — To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
verb — To make a clucking sound.
verb — To touch or tap gently.
verb — To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
verb — To call, as a hen her chickens.
verb — To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
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chunk
noun — A part of something that has been separated.
verb — To break into large pieces or chunks.
noun — A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
noun — A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
noun — A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
noun — A segment of a comedian's performance
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chunked
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cuke
noun — A cucumber.
noun — A cucoloris.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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deck
noun — Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
verb — To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
verb — (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
noun — The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
noun — A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
noun — A pack or set of playing cards.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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decked
verb — To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
verb — (sometimes with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
adjective — Adorned or embellished.
verb — To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
verb — To cause a player to run out of cards to draw and usually lose the game as a result.
verb — (sometimes with out) To decorate (something).
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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deke
noun — A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
verb — To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
noun — As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
noun — A quick detour.
verb — To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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duck
verb — To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
noun — An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
noun — A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled.
noun — A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth.
noun — A term of endearment; pet; darling.
verb — To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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eked
verb — Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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heck
noun — Hell.
noun — The bolt or latch of a door.
noun — A rack for cattle to feed at.
noun — A door, especially one partly of latticework.
noun — A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
noun — An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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hunk
noun — A large or dense piece of something.
noun — A goal or base in children's games.
noun — A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.
noun — A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
noun — A honyock.
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keen
adjective — Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
adjective — Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
adjective — Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
adjective — Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
adjective — Fierce, intense, vehement.
adjective — Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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knee
noun — In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
noun — The part of a garment that covers the knee.
noun — An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
verb — To poke or strike with the knee.
verb — To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
noun — A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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kneed
verb — To kneel to.
adjective — Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
verb — To poke or strike with the knee.
verb — To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
adjective — Having angular joints like the knee.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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neck
noun — The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
verb — To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
noun — The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
noun — The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
noun — The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
noun — The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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nuke
noun — A nuclear weapon.
verb — To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
noun — A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
noun — The spinal cord.
noun — A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
noun — (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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nuked
verb — To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
verb — To destroy or erase completely.
verb — (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
verb — To expose to some form of radiation.
verb — To cook in a microwave oven.
verb — To over-analyze or overly despair over something.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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nunchuck
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nunchuk
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uncheck
verb — To remove a checkmark.
verb — (travel) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.
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unchecked
adjective — Unrestrained, not held back.
verb — To remove a checkmark.
adjective — Not examined for accuracy, efficiency, etc.
adjective — Of a check box: not checked (ticked or enabled).
adjective — (crossword puzzles) Of a square: part of only one entry (that is, across or down, but not both).
verb — (travel) To remove a previously checked-in passenger from the check-in system, allowing changes to the ticket.
chunked is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ch×7
- cu×1
- de×4
- du×6
- ek×1
- he×1
- hu×1
- ke×2
- kn×2
- ku×1
- ne×2
- nu×4
- un×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 4 | · | 3 | · | · | 8 |
| d | 5 | 2 | 3 | · | · | · | 10 |
| e | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| h | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| k | 3 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 5 |
| n | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 6 |
| u | · | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2 |
| Σ | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 105 points of 150 available. The average answer runs 5.2 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19174 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Saturday, August 22, 2026 | Sunday, August 16, 2026 |
| d | Monday, August 24, 2026 | Thursday, August 6, 2026 |
| e | Sunday, August 23, 2026 | Friday, July 10, 2026 |
| h | Friday, August 21, 2026 | Sunday, August 9, 2026 |
| k ● | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 | Friday, July 24, 2026 |
| n | Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | Monday, August 24, 2026 |
| u | Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | Friday, August 21, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 34
- nana 34
- onion 31
- toot 31
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- mini 24
- minim 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- imam 23
- maim 23
- mitt 23
- onto 23
- toon 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- neon 23
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.
- cheeked
- huck
- keck
- kecked
- keek
- keeked
- kench
- kenned
- kuchen
- neuk
- undecked
- unkend
- unkenned