Friday, November 6, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 47
- Points
- 178
- Genius
- 124
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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clot
noun — A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
verb — To form a clot or mass.
noun — A solidified mass of any liquid.
noun — A silly person.
verb — To cause to clot or form into a mass.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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clout
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coil
noun — Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
verb — To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
noun — A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
noun — Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
noun — A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
noun — Entanglement; perplexity.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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colic
noun — Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
adjective — Relating to the colon; colonic.
noun — A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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colon
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A husbandman.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
noun — A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete.
noun — A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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colt
noun — A young male horse.
verb — To horse; to get with young.
noun — A young crane (bird).
noun — A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
noun — A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
noun — A young camel or donkey.
Appeared in 9 recorded puzzles.
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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cull
noun — A selection.
verb — To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
noun — A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
noun — An organised killing of selected animals.
noun — (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
noun — (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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illicit
noun — A banned or unlawful item.
adjective — Not approved by law, but not invalid.
adjective — Breaking social norms.
adjective — Unlawful.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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licit
adjective — Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
adjective — Explicitly established or constituted by law.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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lilt
noun — A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
noun — Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
noun — A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
verb — To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
verb — To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
verb — To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
Appeared in 28 recorded puzzles.
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lint
noun — Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
verb — To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.
noun — A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
noun — The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
noun — Raw cotton ready for baling.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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lion
noun — A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
adjective — Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
noun — (by extension) Any of various extant and extinct big cats, especially the mountain lion.
noun — A Chinese foo dog.
noun — An individual who shows strength and courage, attributes associated with the lion.
noun — A famous person regarded with interest and curiosity.
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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loci
noun — A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
noun — The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
noun — A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
noun — (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 23 recorded puzzles.
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loin
noun — The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
noun — Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
Appeared in 16 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 32 recorded puzzles.
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loon
noun — An idler, a lout.
noun — Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
noun — A boy, a lad.
noun — A harlot; mistress.
noun — A simpleton.
noun — A crazy or deranged person.
Appeared in 25 recorded puzzles.
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loot
noun — A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
noun — The act of plundering.
verb — To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
noun — Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
noun — Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
noun — Items dropped by defeated enemies.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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lotion
noun — A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
verb — To cover or treat with a lotion.
noun — A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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lotto
noun — A game of chance similar to bingo
noun — A lottery
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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lull
noun — A period of rest or soothing.
verb — To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
noun — A period of reduced activity; a respite
noun — A period without waves or wind.
noun — An extended pause between sets of waves.
verb — To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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lulu
noun — A remarkable person, object or idea.
noun — A very attractive or alluring person.
noun — A very bad mistake or error.
noun — A fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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null
noun — A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
verb — To nullify; to annul.
adjective — Having no validity; "null and void"
noun — Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
noun — Something that has no force or meaning.
noun — The ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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occult
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olio
noun — A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
noun — A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
noun — A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
noun — (by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.
Appeared in 27 recorded puzzles.
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till
preposition — Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
conjunction — Until, until the time that.
noun — A cash register.
noun — A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
noun — The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
verb — To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
Appeared in 28 recorded puzzles.
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tilt
verb — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
verb — To be at an angle.
noun — A slope or inclination.
noun — The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
verb — To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
noun — The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
Appeared in 28 recorded puzzles.
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toil
noun — Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
verb — To labour; work.
noun — Trouble, strife.
noun — (usually in plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
verb — To struggle.
verb — To work (something); often with out.
Appeared in 14 recorded puzzles.
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toll
noun — Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
verb — To impose a fee for the use of.
noun — The act or sound of tolling
verb — To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
verb — To draw; pull; tug; drag.
verb — To take away; to vacate; to annul.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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tool
noun — A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
verb — To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
noun — Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
noun — Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
noun — A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
noun — A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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unlit
adjective — Not lit
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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until
preposition — Up to the time of (something happening).
conjunction — Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
preposition — Up to (a certain place)
preposition — Before (a time).
conjunction — Before (a condition becoming true).
preposition — To; physically towards.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
linocut is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- cl×3
- co×8
- cu×3
- il×1
- li×5
- lo×10
- lu×2
- no×1
- nu×1
- oc×3
- ol×1
- ti×2
- to×3
- un×4
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | · | 1 | 14 |
| i | · | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 |
| l | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 17 |
| n | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 4 |
| t | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| u | · | 2 | 2 | · | · | · | 4 |
| Σ | 25 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 47 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 124 points of 178 available. The average answer runs 5.1 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 22549 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| c | Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | Tuesday, November 3, 2026 |
| i | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Wednesday, October 28, 2026 |
| l ● | Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | Monday, October 26, 2026 |
| n | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Thursday, October 15, 2026 |
| o | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Wednesday, November 4, 2026 |
| t | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| u | Saturday, October 31, 2026 | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
Other days with these pangrams
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025 — linocut, center N
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025 — locution, center N
Same seven letters
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 42
- nana 42
- onion 34
- toot 34
- loll 32
- acacia 31
- acai 31
- mama 31
- mamma 31
- mini 29
- minim 29
- nene 29
- lilt 28
- till 28
- tilt 28
- imam 28
- maim 28
- cancan 28
- canna 28
- olio 27
- cocoon 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- natant 26
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.
- clitic
- clon
- clonic
- cloot
- colicin
- colin
- colitic
- coloni
- cotillon
- cullion
- culti
- illitic
- incult
- inulin
- linin
- linn
- lino
- lintol
- litotic
- litu
- loculi
- loti
- lotic
- lunt
- nicol
- nill
- nitinol
- noil
- nolo
- ocotillo
- oolitic
- tolu
- toluic
- toluol