Saturday, October 03, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 233

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 163

Genius requires between 21 and 41 words. You need at least an 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, 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 233 was in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 02, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 02, 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 September 29, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.7.
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 212
  • naan 212
  • tilt 164
  • till 164
  • lilt 164
  • nene 163
  • tint 162
  • mamma 162
  • mama 162
  • onion 155
  • acai 155
  • acacia 155
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • anon 141
  • anal 141
  • olio 140
  • tact 131
  • papa 131
  • mitt 131
  • dodo 130
  • baba 130
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • booboo 125
  • boob 125
  • poop 124
  • loon 124
  • cocci 122
  • calla 122
  • call 122
  • tattoo 120
  • tartar 120
  • tart 120
  • ratatat 120
  • moon 120
  • mono 120
  • attar 119
  • natant 118
  • tutu 117
  • cancan 117
  • aria 116
  • momma 115
  • ammo 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115
  • meme 114


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 124,033 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,156 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*:

  • aalii
  • acini
  • acinic
  • aclinic
  • alanin
  • albinal
  • albinic
  • alcaic
  • allicin
  • ancilla
  • anil
  • anilin
  • bacchic
  • bacchii
  • bani
  • banian
  • biali
  • bibb
  • binal
  • blain
  • cain
  • calcic
  • cannabic
  • cannabin
  • chilblain
  • chilli
  • chinch
  • cicala
  • clinal
  • halachic
  • hila
  • hili
  • ilia
  • ilial
  • inhibin
  • inia
  • laich
  • liana
  • liblab
  • lich
  • lichi
  • linac
  • linin
  • linn
  • nihil
  • nill

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

abaci

No Definition Found.

acacia

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acai

No Definition Found.

alibi

noun
  1. The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
verb
  1. To provide an alibi for.
  2. To provide an excuse for.

bacchanalia

No Definition Found.

bacchanalian

No Definition Found.

bacilli

No Definition Found.

bail

No Definition Found.

biblical

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bilabial

No Definition Found.

bill

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blin

No Definition Found.

blini

No Definition Found.

cabin

No Definition Found.

cannibal

No Definition Found.

chai

No Definition Found.

chain

No Definition Found.

chia

No Definition Found.

chic

No Definition Found.

chica

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chichi

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chili

No Definition Found.

chill

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chin

No Definition Found.

china

No Definition Found.

chinchilla

No Definition Found.

cilia

No Definition Found.

cinch

No Definition Found.

clinch

No Definition Found.

clinic

No Definition Found.

clinical

noun
  1. A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.
adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.
  2. Dealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences.
  3. Cool and emotionless.
  4. Of or relating to a bed.

clinician

No Definition Found.

hail

No Definition Found.

hibachi

No Definition Found.

hill

No Definition Found.

iliac

No Definition Found.

inch

No Definition Found.

labia

No Definition Found.

labial

No Definition Found.

laic

No Definition Found.

laical

No Definition Found.

lain

No Definition Found.

lanai

No Definition Found.

lilac

No Definition Found.

nail

No Definition Found.

niacin

No Definition Found.