The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 11 and 29 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 100 was the in the
16th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low
was on May 23, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.
This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the
40th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer
answers than this was on May 28, 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.