Saturday, October 17, 2026

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The official answers for today's puzzle are:

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 144

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 101

Genius requires between 15 and 28 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% 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 144 was in the 35th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 14, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 14, 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 14, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.2.
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 214
  • naan 214
  • tilt 164
  • till 164
  • nene 164
  • lilt 164
  • mamma 163
  • mama 163
  • tint 162
  • acai 156
  • acacia 156
  • onion 155
  • toon 152
  • onto 152
  • anal 142
  • anon 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
  • cancan 119
  • attar 119
  • natant 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 124,712 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,167 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*:

  • alma
  • ataman
  • atma
  • atman
  • batman
  • luma
  • malm
  • mana
  • manana
  • manat
  • mannan
  • mantua
  • matambala
  • matt
  • maun
  • maut
  • mulla
  • mumm
  • mumu
  • tamal
  • tambala
  • ulama
  • umma

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

album

No Definition Found.

alum

No Definition Found.

alumna

No Definition Found.

ambulant

No Definition Found.

autumn

No Definition Found.

autumnal

No Definition Found.

balm

No Definition Found.

bantam

No Definition Found.

blam

No Definition Found.

lama

No Definition Found.

lamb

No Definition Found.

llama

No Definition Found.

mall

No Definition Found.

malt

No Definition Found.

mama

No Definition Found.

mamba

No Definition Found.

mamma

No Definition Found.

mammal

No Definition Found.

manna

No Definition Found.

manta

No Definition Found.

manual

No Definition Found.

maul

No Definition Found.

mull

No Definition Found.

mutant

No Definition Found.

mutt

No Definition Found.

mutual

No Definition Found.

muumuu

No Definition Found.

numb

No Definition Found.

numbat

No Definition Found.

tantalum

No Definition Found.

tumult

No Definition Found.

umlaut

No Definition Found.

unman

No Definition Found.