Thursday, October 18, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cheep
  • chip
  • cinephile
  • clip
  • epee
  • epic
  • epicene
  • help
  • helpline
  • hippie
  • incipience
  • linchpin
  • ninepin
  • nipple
  • peel
  • peen
  • peep
  • pellicle
  • pence
  • pencil
  • penicillin
  • penile
  • penne
  • philhellene
  • philhellenic
  • philippic
  • picnic
  • piece
  • pile
  • pill
  • pinch
  • pine
  • pipe
  • pipeline
  • plie

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 14 and 31 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 189 was the in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 15, 2018.
The highest score ever was 337 on October 12, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 17, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 73 on October 15, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.

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Haven't I seen these words before?

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