Friday, September 4, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 66
- Points
- 297
- Genius
- 207
- Pangram
- 1
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added
verb — To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
verb — To sum up; to put together mentally.
verb — To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
verb — To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
verb — To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
verb — To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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addend
noun — Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.
verb — To furnish with an addendum.
noun — A moiety added to another molecule.
verb — To furnish with an addend.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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addenda
noun — Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
noun — A postscript.
noun — The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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annealed
verb — To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
verb — To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
verb — To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
verb — To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
verb — To strengthen or harden.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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daddy
noun — (usually childish) Father.
verb — To father; to sire.
noun — A male lover.
noun — An informal term of address for a man.
noun — A male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory who dominates the other inmates through threats and violence.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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dally
verb — To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
noun — Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
verb — To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
verb — To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
verb — To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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dandle
verb — To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
verb — To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
verb — To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dandled
verb — To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
verb — To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.
verb — To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dandy
noun — A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
adjective — Like a dandy, foppish.
noun — A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
noun — A dandy roller.
adjective — Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
adjective — Excellent; first-rate.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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dazed
verb — To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
adjective — In a state of shock or confusion.
adjective — Stunned.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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dead
noun — (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
noun — (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
noun — (usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
verb — To prevent by disabling; stop.
adjective — No longer living.
adverb — (degree) Exactly.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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deaden
verb — To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
verb — To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
verb — To make soundproof.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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deadened
verb — To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
verb — To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
verb — To make soundproof.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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deal
noun — A division, a portion, a share.
noun — An act of dealing or sharing out.
verb — To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
noun — Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
adjective — Made of deal.
noun — (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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dean
noun — A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
verb — To serve as a dean.
noun — (chiefly in place names) A hill.
noun — A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.
noun — The senior member of some group of people.
verb — To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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deed
noun — An action or act; something that is done.
noun — A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
noun — A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.
noun — Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
verb — To transfer real property by deed.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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deeded
verb — To transfer real property by deed.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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delay
noun — A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
verb — To put off until a later time; to defer.
verb — To dilute, temper.
noun — An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
verb — To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
verb — To allay; to temper.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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deny
verb — To disallow or reject.
verb — To assert that something is not true.
verb — (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
verb — To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
verb — To prevent from scoring.
verb — To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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dyad
noun — A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
noun — Any set of two different pitch classes.
noun — A pair of things standing in particular relation; dyadic relation.
noun — An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.
noun — A secondary unit of organisation consisting of an aggregate of monads.
noun — A tensor of order two and rank one.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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eland
noun — A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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ended
verb — To come to an end
adjective — (in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
verb — To finish, terminate.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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ennead
noun — The number nine.
noun — Any grouping or system containing nine objects.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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laden
verb — To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
adjective — Weighed down with a load, burdened.
verb — To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
verb — To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
verb — To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
verb — To admit water by leakage.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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lady
noun — An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.
noun — The mistress of a household.
noun — A high priestess.
noun — A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
noun — The feminine of lord.
noun — A title for someone married to a lord or gentleman.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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land
noun — The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
noun — Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
noun — A country or region.
verb — To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
verb — To acquire; to secure.
adjective — Of or relating to land.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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landed
verb — To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
adjective — In possession of land.
verb — To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
verb — To come into rest.
verb — To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
verb — To bring to land.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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lead
noun — A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
verb — To cover, fill, or affect with lead
noun — The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
verb — (heading) To guide or conduct.
adjective — Foremost.
noun — A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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leaden
verb — To make or become dull or overcast.
adjective — Made of lead.
adjective — Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
adjective — Dull; darkened with overcast.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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leaned
verb — To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
verb — To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
verb — To conceal.
verb — To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
verb — Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
verb — To hang outwards.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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lend
noun — The lumbar region; loin.
verb — To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
noun — (of a person or animal) The loins; flank; buttocks.
verb — To make a loan.
verb — To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
verb — To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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nada
pronoun — Nothing.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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need
noun — A requirement for something; something needed.
verb — To have an absolute requirement for.
noun — Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
verb — To be required; to be necessary.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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needed
verb — To have an absolute requirement for.
adjective — Necessary; being required.
verb — To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.
verb — (modal verb) To be obliged or required (to do something).
verb — To be required; to be necessary.
verb — To be necessary (to someone).
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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needle
noun — A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
noun — Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
noun — A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
noun — A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
noun — A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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needled
verb — To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
adjective — Covered or armored with needles.
verb — To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
verb — To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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needy
adjective — In need; poor.
adjective — Desiring constant affirmation; lacking self-confidence.
adjective — Needful; necessary.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ad×6
- al×1
- an×2
- da×11
- de×13
- dy×3
- ed×1
- el×1
- en×2
- ey×1
- la×10
- le×7
- na×1
- ne×5
- ye×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
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| a | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| d | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
| e | 2 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 5 |
| l | 6 | 4 | 5 | · | 2 | 17 |
| n | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | · | 6 |
| y | · | · | 2 | · | · | 2 |
| Σ | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 66 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 207 points of 297 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 19635 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Wednesday, September 2, 2026 | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 |
| d ● | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | Thursday, August 6, 2026 |
| e | Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Sunday, August 30, 2026 |
| l | Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Monday, August 31, 2026 |
| n | Thursday, September 3, 2026 | Monday, August 24, 2026 |
| y | Monday, August 31, 2026 | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 |
| z | Saturday, July 25, 2026 | Monday, April 27, 2026 |
Other days with this pangram
- Saturday, September 20, 2025 — analyzed, center A
Same seven letters
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 45
- naan 35
- nana 35
- toot 32
- onion 31
- loll 30
- mama 28
- mamma 28
- nene 26
- acacia 25
- acai 25
- mini 25
- minim 25
- cocoon 24
- imam 24
- maim 24
- onto 24
- toon 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- aria 23
- mitt 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.
- addedly
- adenyl
- aland
- aneled
- dada
- daddle
- daddled
- daedal
- deaned
- dedal
- deedy
- dele
- delead
- deleaded
- deled
- delly
- dene
- denned
- dynel
- ladened
- lalland
- lalled
- layed
- leady
- naled
- yald
- yeaned
- yeld