Friday, October 16, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 56
- Points
- 339
- Genius
- 237
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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binging
verb — To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol consumption.
verb — To go; walk; come; run
verb — Making the sound of a bounce
verb — To bounce
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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binning
verb — To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
noun — A data pre-processing technique in which original data values fall into a small interval ("bin") and are replaced by a value representative of that interval, often the central value. Wp
verb — To throw away, reject, give up.
verb — To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
verb — To place into a bin for storage.
noun — The process of grouping reads or contigs and assigning them to operational taxonomic units. Wp
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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bring
verb — (ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
interjection — The sound of a telephone ringing.
verb — To supply or contribute.
verb — To occasion or bring about.
verb — To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
verb — To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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bugging
verb — To annoy.
noun — Electronic surveillance.
verb — To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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bung
noun — A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
verb — To plug, as with a bung.
adjective — Broken, not in working order.
noun — (thieves' cant) A purse.
noun — A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
noun — A bribe.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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burning
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burping
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gibing
verb — Alternative spelling of gybe
noun — A gibe.
verb — Alternative spelling of jibe
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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gigging
verb — To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
verb — To engender.
verb — To engage in musical performances.
verb — To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
verb — To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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ginning
verb — To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To begin.
noun — The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
verb — To trap something in a gin.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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grubbing
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guru
noun — A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
noun — (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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inning
noun — A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
verb — To house; to lodge.
noun — A similar period of play.
noun — A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
noun — A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
noun — The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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nipping
verb — To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
verb — To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
noun — The act or sensation of giving a nip.
verb — To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
verb — To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
verb — To annoy, as by nipping.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pigging
verb — (of swine) to give birth.
noun — The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
adjective — Damned (used as a mild intensive).
noun — A small pail, can or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
verb — To greedily consume (especially food).
verb — To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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ping
noun — A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
verb — To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
noun — (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
noun — A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
noun — An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
noun — Latency.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pinging
verb — To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
noun — The sound of a ping.
verb — (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
verb — To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
verb — (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
verb — To flick.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pining
verb — To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
noun — The act of one who pines.
verb — To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
verb — To grieve or mourn for.
verb — To inflict pain upon; to torment.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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pinning
verb — To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
verb — (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
noun — The action of the verb pin in any sense.
verb — (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
verb — To pin down (someone).
verb — To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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piping
verb — To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
noun — The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
adjective — High-pitched.
verb — To shout loudly and at high pitch.
verb — To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
verb — Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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rubbing
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rung
noun — A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
verb — Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
adjective — Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
noun — A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
noun — A position in a hierarchy.
noun — A floor timber in a ship.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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upbringing
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burping is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- bi×2
- br×5
- bu×5
- gi×3
- gr×7
- gu×2
- in×3
- ni×2
- pi×6
- pr×2
- pu×3
- ri×5
- ru×5
- un×3
- up×2
- ur×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 3 | 1 | · | 7 | 1 | · | · | 12 |
| g | 4 | · | 1 | 4 | 3 | · | · | 12 |
| i | · | · | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| n | · | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 2 |
| p | 2 | · | 2 | 7 | · | · | · | 11 |
| r | 2 | 1 | · | 7 | · | · | · | 10 |
| u | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Σ | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 237 points of 339 available. The average answer runs 6.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21476 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| b | Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | Sunday, October 11, 2026 |
| g ● | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Sunday, October 4, 2026 |
| i | Thursday, October 15, 2026 | Saturday, October 3, 2026 |
| n | Thursday, October 15, 2026 | Thursday, October 15, 2026 |
| p | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | Wednesday, September 30, 2026 |
| r | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 |
| u | Sunday, October 11, 2026 | Thursday, September 10, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 40
- nana 40
- onion 33
- toot 33
- acacia 30
- acai 30
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 29
- mini 28
- minim 28
- cancan 27
- canna 27
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- cocoon 25
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
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.
- bibbing
- biggin
- bigging
- birring
- bunging
- burring
- gibbing
- gipping
- girn
- girning
- grig
- grigri
- grugru
- gunrunning
- gurging
- iring
- nibbing
- piggin
- piing
- pipping
- prigging
- pugging
- pung
- pupping
- rinning
- riping
- rugging
- unripping