Wednesday, September 09, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 60

Number of Answers: 20

Points Needed for Genius: 42

Genius requires between 6 and 19 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 91% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 61% 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 60 was in the 0th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on May 18, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 20 possible answers rank it in the 1st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 05, 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 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on September 08, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.6.
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 249
  • loll 229
  • toot 223
  • nana 209
  • naan 209
  • tilt 162
  • till 162
  • lilt 162
  • nene 161
  • mamma 161
  • mama 161
  • tint 160
  • onion 153
  • acai 152
  • acacia 152
  • toon 150
  • onto 150
  • olio 140
  • anon 140
  • anal 140
  • tact 130
  • dodo 130
  • baba 130
  • papa 129
  • mitt 129
  • lulu 126
  • lull 126
  • loon 124
  • booboo 124
  • boob 124
  • poop 122
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • cocci 121
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • moon 120
  • mono 120
  • attar 119
  • tutu 116
  • natant 115
  • cancan 115
  • aria 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115
  • momma 114
  • meme 114
  • ammo 114


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 122,965 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,133 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*:

  • inpour
  • inro
  • inrun
  • linuron
  • liri
  • lorn
  • lour
  • noniron
  • nonpoor
  • nurl
  • orlon
  • orlop
  • orpin
  • pirn
  • poori
  • porin
  • prill
  • prounion
  • puri
  • purin
  • purlin
  • purpurin
  • rollup
  • ronin
  • ronion
  • roup
  • unrip
  • upprop

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

inurn

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iron

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noir

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nori

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poor

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porn

noun
  1. Pornography.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
  3. Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a sensational manner.
  4. Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or unhealthy interest in something.

porno

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pour

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prion

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prior

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pronoun

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prop

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purl

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purloin

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purr

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rill

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roil

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roll

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ruin

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unroll

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