Thursday, September 17, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 36
- Points
- 124
- Genius
- 86
- Pangram
- 1
Official answers
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ammo
noun — Ammunition.
verb — To load up on ammunition.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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family
noun — A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
adjective — Suitable for children and adults.
noun — A person belonging to a particular family; a close relative or relation.
noun — An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
noun — A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
noun — Lineage, especially an honorable one
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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foam
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foamily
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foamy
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imam
noun — (usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader.
noun — One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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lama
noun — A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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limo
noun — An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
noun — An automobile with such a body.
noun — A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
noun — An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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llama
noun — A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loam
noun — A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
verb — To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
adjective — Made of loam; consisting of loam.
noun — A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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loom
noun — A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
noun — Loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
noun — A distorted appearance of something as seen indistinctly or from afar.
verb — To appear indistinctly, eg. when seen on the horizon or through the murk.
noun — A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
noun — The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mail
noun — A bag or wallet.
verb — (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
noun — Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
verb — To arm with mail.
noun — An old French coin worth half a denier.
noun — A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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maim
noun — A serious wound
verb — To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Appeared in 26 recorded puzzles.
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mall
noun — A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
verb — To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
noun — An enclosed shopping centre.
noun — An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
noun — A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
noun — A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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mama
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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mamma
noun — The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
noun — (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
noun — An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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mammal
noun — An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
noun — A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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mill
noun — A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
verb — (followed by around, about, etc.) To move about in an aimless fashion.
noun — A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
noun — An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
noun — An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
noun — The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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moil
noun — Hard work.
verb — To toil, to work hard.
noun — The glass circling the tip of a blowpipe or punty, such as the residual glass after detaching a blown vessel, or the lower part of a gather.
noun — Confusion, turmoil.
noun — A spot; a defilement.
verb — To churn continually; to swirl.
Appeared in 7 recorded puzzles.
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moll
noun — A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
adjective — Minor; in the minor mode
noun — A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
noun — Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
noun — A girlfriend of a bikie.
noun — A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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mollify
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momma
noun — Mother
noun — A voluptuous woman.
noun — One's wife or girlfriend.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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moola
noun — Money, cash.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
foamily is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- am×2
- fa×2
- fi×2
- fl×1
- fo×3
- im×1
- la×1
- li×2
- ll×1
- lo×3
- ma×9
- mi×2
- mo×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| f | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| l | 5 | 2 | · | · | · | 7 |
| m | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | · | 18 |
| Σ | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 86 points of 124 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 20082 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, September 14, 2026 | Tuesday, September 1, 2026 |
| f | Tuesday, September 8, 2026 | Wednesday, September 2, 2026 |
| i | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Saturday, September 12, 2026 |
| l | Saturday, September 12, 2026 | Monday, August 31, 2026 |
| m ● | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 |
| o | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Monday, August 17, 2026 |
| y | Monday, September 14, 2026 | Wednesday, August 5, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 46
- naan 36
- nana 36
- onion 32
- toot 32
- loll 30
- mama 29
- mamma 29
- acacia 26
- acai 26
- imam 26
- maim 26
- mini 26
- minim 26
- nene 26
- onto 25
- toon 25
- cocoon 24
- lilt 24
- till 24
- tilt 24
- aria 24
- mitt 24
- loon 24
- tint 24
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.
- alamo
- alma
- amia
- filmily
- flam
- flamy
- immy
- lamia
- limy
- maffia
- maill
- malm
- malmy
- mammilla
- mammy
- maya
- miffy
- milfoil
- milia
- milo
- mola
- molal
- moly
- momi
- mool
- myoma
- yomim