Saturday, October 10, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 63
- Points
- 297
- Genius
- 207
- Pangram
- 1
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acacia
noun — A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
noun — (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
noun — The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
noun — A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
noun — Gum arabic; gum acacia.
noun — Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.
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acai
noun — The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
noun — Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
Appeared in 30 recorded puzzles.
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arco
adverb — A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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arctic
noun — A warm waterproof overshoe.
adjective — (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
noun — Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
adjective — Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
adjective — Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
adjective — Designed for use in very cold conditions.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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aromatic
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atomic
noun — An atomic operation.
adjective — Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
adjective — Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
adjective — Infinitesimally small.
adjective — Unable to be split or made any smaller.
adjective — Of an operation: guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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attic
noun — The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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attract
verb — To pull toward without touching.
verb — To arouse interest.
verb — To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cacao
noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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cacti
noun — Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
noun — Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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cami
noun — A camisole.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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camo
noun — A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
verb — To camouflage.
noun — Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
verb — To put on camouflage clothing.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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carat
noun — A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
noun — Any of several units of weight, varying from 189 to 212 mg, the weight of a carob seed.
noun — A measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cart
noun — A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
verb — To carry goods.
noun — A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
noun — A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
noun — A shopping cart.
verb — To carry or convey in a cart.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cataract
noun — A waterspout
noun — A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
noun — A flood of water
noun — An overwhelming downpour or rush
noun — A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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ciao
noun — A greeting or farewell using the word "ciao".
interjection — Hello, hi.
interjection — Bye, goodbye.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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circa
preposition — Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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cirri
noun — A tendril.
noun — A thin tendril-like appendage.
noun — A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.
Appeared in 11 recorded puzzles.
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citric
adjective — Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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coat
noun — An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp
verb — To cover with a coating of some material.
noun — A covering of material, such as paint.Wp
noun — The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.Wp
noun — Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
noun — A petticoat.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coati
noun — Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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coca
noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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cocci
noun — Any approximately spherical bacterium.
noun — Coccidioidomycosis
noun — One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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cocoa
noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun — Coconut palm.
noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
noun — A serving of this drink.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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coir
noun — The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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coma
noun — A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
noun — A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
noun — A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
noun — A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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comic
noun — A comedian.
adjective — Funny; amusing; comical.
noun — A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
noun — A children's newspaper.
adjective — Relating to comedy.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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comma
noun — The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
verb — To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
noun — A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
noun — Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
noun — A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
noun — A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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commit
noun — The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.
verb — To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
verb — To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
verb — To have (a person) enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient.
verb — To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
verb — To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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coot
noun — Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
noun — A foolish or eccentric fellow
noun — (with the) A success; something excellent.
noun — Body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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critic
noun — A person who appraises the works of others.
verb — To criticise.
noun — The art of criticism.
noun — A specialist in judging works of art.
noun — One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
noun — An opponent.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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croc
noun — A crocodile.
noun — A plastic slip-on shoe.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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croci
noun — A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
noun — Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
noun — A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.
noun — A fraudulent doctor; a quack.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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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 13 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 17 recorded puzzles.
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orca
noun — A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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rococo
noun — A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
adjective — Of or relating to the rococo style.
adjective — Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
adjective — Old-fashioned.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
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tacit
adjective — Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
adjective — Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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taco
noun — A Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa.
verb — To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.
noun — The vulva.
noun — A yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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tact
noun — The sense of touch; feeling.
verb — To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
noun — The stroke in beating time.
noun — Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
noun — A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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tactic
noun — A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
adjective — Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
noun — A maneuver used against an enemy.
noun — A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
adjective — Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.
Appeared in 22 recorded puzzles.
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toccata
noun — A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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tomcat
noun — A tom, a male cat.
verb — To prowl for sexual gratification.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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toric
adjective — Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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tract
noun — An area or expanse.
verb — To pursue, follow; to track.
noun — A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
noun — A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
noun — A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
noun — A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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tricot
noun — A soft knit fabric.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ac×3
- ao×1
- ar×3
- at×4
- ca×9
- ci×4
- co×12
- cr×4
- ma×2
- mi×3
- mo×2
- or×1
- ri×1
- ro×2
- ta×5
- to×3
- tr×4
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| c | 11 | 12 | 4 | · | 2 | · | 29 |
| m | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 7 |
| o | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| r | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| t | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | · | · | 12 |
| Σ | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 63 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 207 points of 297 available. The average answer runs 5.4 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21180 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Thursday, October 8, 2026 | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 |
| c ● | Thursday, October 8, 2026 | Tuesday, October 6, 2026 |
| i | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Saturday, October 3, 2026 |
| m | Thursday, October 8, 2026 | Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | Saturday, September 26, 2026 |
| r | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | Wednesday, September 9, 2026 |
| t | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Friday, October 2, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 39
- nana 39
- onion 33
- toot 33
- acacia 30
- acai 30
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 29
- mini 27
- minim 27
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- cancan 26
- canna 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.
- acari
- acmatic
- acmic
- acromia
- acrotic
- acta
- amici
- amitotic
- amtrac
- atactic
- ataractic
- caca
- camorra
- caracara
- carioca
- carr
- carrom
- citator
- coact
- coactor
- coccic
- coco
- cocomat
- comatic
- comitia
- commata
- coocoo
- coria
- corm
- cotta
- cottar
- iatric
- ictic
- iritic
- macaco
- marc
- marcato
- micra
- micrococci
- miotic
- mitotic
- motoric
- octroi
- oiticica
- oomiac
- otic
- otitic
- ricrac
- taroc
- tartaric
- tictac
- tictoc
- timocratic
- torc
- triac
- triatomic
- trictrac
- trocar