Monday, September 14, 2026

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 73

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 51

Genius requires between 8 and 19 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% 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 73 was in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 09, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 09, 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 September 11, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 4.7.
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 250
  • loll 229
  • toot 223
  • nana 210
  • naan 210
  • tilt 163
  • till 163
  • lilt 163
  • tint 161
  • nene 161
  • mamma 161
  • mama 161
  • onion 154
  • acai 152
  • acacia 152
  • toon 151
  • onto 151
  • anon 141
  • olio 140
  • anal 140
  • tact 130
  • mitt 130
  • dodo 130
  • baba 130
  • papa 129
  • lulu 127
  • lull 127
  • 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 116
  • aria 116
  • cancan 115
  • ally 115
  • allay 115
  • momma 114
  • meme 114
  • ammo 114


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 123,175 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,135 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*:

  • agapae
  • agee
  • apagoge
  • bogy
  • boogey
  • boogy
  • gabba
  • gaby
  • gappy
  • gapy
  • gobo
  • gogo
  • gybe
  • gypo
  • gyppo
  • peag
  • peage
  • pogey
  • pogy
  • yage
  • yegg
  • yogee

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

agape

No Definition Found.

agog

No Definition Found.

apogee

No Definition Found.

baggage

No Definition Found.

baggy

No Definition Found.

bogey

No Definition Found.

boggy

No Definition Found.

eggy

No Definition Found.

gabby

No Definition Found.

gaga

No Definition Found.

gage

No Definition Found.

gape

No Definition Found.

goby

No Definition Found.

gooey

No Definition Found.

goop

No Definition Found.

goopy

No Definition Found.

ogee

No Definition Found.

page

No Definition Found.

pageboy

No Definition Found.

pogo

No Definition Found.

yoga

No Definition Found.