The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 9 and 20 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 88% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 81 was the in the
5th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low
was on July 17, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.
This puzzle's 22 possible answers rank it in the
6th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer
answers than this was on July 14, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
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.