The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 26 and 56 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 262 was the in the
91st
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high
was on April 6, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 67 on March 12, 2019.
This puzzle's 64 possible answers rank it in the
95th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more
answers than this was on April 6, 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 7-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.