Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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The official answers for today's puzzle are:

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 90

Number of Answers: 23

Points Needed for Genius: 63

Genius requires between 10 and 20 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 90 was in the 7th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 22, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 23 possible answers rank it in the 6th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 01, 2026.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 08, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 6-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on October 13, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.9.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 251
  • loll 229
  • toot 224
  • nana 213
  • naan 213
  • tilt 164
  • till 164
  • nene 164
  • lilt 164
  • tint 162
  • mamma 162
  • mama 162
  • acai 156
  • acacia 156
  • onion 155
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • anon 141
  • anal 141
  • olio 140
  • tact 132
  • baba 132
  • papa 131
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 131
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • booboo 126
  • boob 126
  • poop 124
  • loon 124
  • cocci 123
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • moon 120
  • mono 120
  • attar 119
  • natant 118
  • cancan 118
  • tutu 117
  • aria 116
  • momma 115
  • meme 115
  • ammo 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 124,563 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,165 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • beebee
  • beelike
  • belike
  • belleek
  • bibe
  • biblike
  • bikie
  • billie
  • bleb
  • blooie
  • bole
  • boobie
  • ebook
  • eellike
  • ilex
  • kebbie
  • kebob
  • keek
  • kibbe
  • kibe
  • kibei
  • kike
  • killie
  • koel
  • kookie
  • leke
  • libellee
  • looie
  • lookie
  • obeli
  • obole

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

belie

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bell

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belle

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bible

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bike

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bile

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bloke

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bobble

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bookie

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boxlike

No Definition Found.

exile

No Definition Found.

ibex

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keel

No Definition Found.

kibble

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leek

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libel

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libelee

No Definition Found.

like

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lobe

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oboe

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oleo

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ollie

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oxlike

No Definition Found.