Sunday, October 4, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 304
- Genius
- 212
- Pangrams
- 2
Official answers
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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 9 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 9 recorded puzzles.
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goop
noun — (usually uncountable) A thick, slimy substance; goo.
noun — A silly, stupid, or boorish person.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hooping
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hoping
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hopping
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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 9 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 6 recorded puzzles.
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phoning
verb — To call (someone) using a telephone.
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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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 recorded puzzles.
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pogo
noun — A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick.
verb — To use a pogo stick.
noun — A corndog on a stick.
noun — The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
verb — To dance the pogo.
verb — To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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whipping
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whooping
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whopping
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Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- gi×2
- go×7
- hi×2
- ho×5
- in×1
- ni×2
- no×1
- on×1
- op×1
- ow×2
- ph×1
- pi×7
- po×5
- wh×5
- wi×7
- wo×2
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | 4 | 1 | · | 4 | · | · | 9 |
| h | 1 | · | 2 | 4 | · | · | 7 |
| i | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 |
| n | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 3 |
| o | · | 1 | 1 | 2 | · | · | 4 |
| p | 3 | · | 2 | 7 | · | 1 | 13 |
| w | 1 | · | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Σ | 10 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 212 points of 304 available. The average answer runs 6.3 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20881 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| g ● | Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | Monday, September 14, 2026 |
| h | Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
| i | Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Saturday, October 3, 2026 |
| n | Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Tuesday, September 22, 2026 |
| o | Thursday, October 1, 2026 | Saturday, September 26, 2026 |
| p | Friday, October 2, 2026 | Wednesday, September 30, 2026 |
| w | Thursday, September 24, 2026 | Saturday, June 27, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 47
- naan 38
- nana 38
- onion 33
- toot 33
- loll 30
- acacia 29
- acai 29
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- nene 28
- imam 26
- maim 26
- onto 26
- toon 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- lilt 25
- till 25
- tilt 25
- mitt 25
- natant 25
- cancan 25
- canna 25
- tint 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.
- gipon
- gipping
- gogo
- gonion
- gonoph
- hipping
- hogg
- hong
- ingoing
- nighing
- nogg
- nogging
- nonwinning
- nooning
- ohing
- oohing
- oping
- piggin
- piing
- pingo
- pipping
- pogonip
- ponging
- poohing
- powwowing
- whig
- wonning