The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 11 and 19 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 105 was the in the
20th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low
was on February 2, 2019.
The highest score ever was 357 on December 12, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 68 on February 2, 2019.
This puzzle's 22 possible answers rank it in the
7th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer
answers than this was on February 2, 2019.
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 6-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.
Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!
The most common words in the Bee are
You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:
*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.