Monday, October 12, 2026
Edited by Sam Ezersky
- Words
- 55
- Points
- 183
- Genius
- 128
- Pangram
- 1
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attempt
noun — The action of trying at something.
verb — To try.
noun — An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
verb — To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
verb — To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
verb — To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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empath
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empathy
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empty
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epee
noun — A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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eyeteeth
noun — A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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hate
noun — An object of hatred.
verb — To dislike intensely or greatly.
noun — Hatred.
noun — Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
verb — To experience hatred.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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heat
noun — Thermal energy.
verb — To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
noun — The condition or quality of being hot.
noun — An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
noun — A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
noun — An undesirable amount of attention.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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heath
noun — A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
noun — Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
noun — Certain butterflies and moths
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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hemp
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mayhem
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meet
verb — To make contact (with) while in proximity.
verb — To make physical or perceptual contact.
verb — To satisfy; to comply with.
noun — A meeting.
noun — A sports competition, especially for track and field (a track meet) or swimming (a swim meet).
verb — (Of groups) To come together.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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meme
noun — Something, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, including quizzes, basic pictures, video templates etc.
noun — A myth circulating as truth; something ineffective presented as effective, or similar.
noun — Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
verb — To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve something in real life.
verb — To create and use humorous memes.
verb — To joke around.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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mete
verb — (usually with “out”) To dispense, measure (out), allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
verb — To measure.
adjective — Suitable; right; proper.
noun — A boundary or other limit; a boundary-marker; mere.
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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peaty
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peep
verb — To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
noun — A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
noun — A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
verb — To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
noun — A feeble utterance or complaint.
verb — To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
Appeared in 13 recorded puzzles.
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tappet
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team
noun — A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
verb — To form a group, as for sports or work.
noun — Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
noun — A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
noun — A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
verb — (by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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teem
verb — To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
verb — To be stocked to overflowing.
verb — To pour (especially with rain)
Appeared in 17 recorded puzzles.
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teeth
noun — The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb — To grow teeth.
noun — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
noun — A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
noun — A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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teethe
verb — To grow teeth.
verb — To bite on something to relieve discomfort caused by growing teeth.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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tempeh
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thee
verb — To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
pronoun — Objective and reflexive case of thou.
verb — To thrive; prosper.
noun — The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
verb — To use the word thee.
pronoun — Thou.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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theta
noun — The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
noun — The measure of an angle.
noun — The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
noun — Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).
noun — The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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they
pronoun — (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
pronoun — There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
pronoun — (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female.
pronoun — (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
Appeared in 3 recorded puzzles.
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thyme
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empathy is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- ah×1
- at×1
- em×3
- ep×1
- ey×1
- ha×2
- he×5
- hy×1
- ma×4
- me×7
- pa×2
- pe×5
- ta×3
- te×11
- th×6
- ty×1
- ye×1
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| e | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| h | 6 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 8 |
| m | 7 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 11 |
| p | 3 | 4 | · | · | · | 7 |
| t | 10 | 6 | 4 | · | 1 | 21 |
| y | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| Σ | 29 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 128 points of 183 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 21286 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Sunday, October 11, 2026 | Wednesday, October 7, 2026 |
| e ● | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Sunday, August 30, 2026 |
| h | Thursday, October 8, 2026 | Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
| m | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
| p | Sunday, October 4, 2026 | Wednesday, September 30, 2026 |
| t | Sunday, October 11, 2026 | Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| y | Friday, October 9, 2026 | Friday, October 9, 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.
- aphthae
- eath
- emmet
- empyema
- empyemata
- epha
- ephah
- etape
- etyma
- haem
- haet
- hame
- heathy
- hempy
- heth
- hyphae
- hyte
- mamey
- mammae
- mammate
- mammee
- mammet
- mammey
- metate
- metepa
- pattee
- tapeta
- tate
- tepa
- teth
- thae
- thymey
- tyee
- typey
- tythe
- yett