The official answers for today's puzzle are:
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Genius requires between 16 and 27 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 180 was in the
53rd
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 28, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.
This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the
29th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 28, 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 an 8-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on August 29, 2026.
Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.2.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.
Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!
The most common words in the Bee are:
There have been 123,846 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with
11,155 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.
You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:
*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.
even
evening
event
give
given
giving
invent
inventing
invention
inventive
invite
invitee
inviting
nonevent
nonvoting
ogive
oven
ovine
veggie
vegging
vein
veining
vent
venting
veto
vetoing
vetting
vignette
vine
vote
voting
votive
