Friday, August 9, 2024

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Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 114

Number of Answers: 16

Points Needed for Genius: 80

Genius requires between 9 and 14 words. You need at least a 10-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

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How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 114 was in the 22nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 2, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 16 possible answers rank it in the 0th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 27, 2023.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 10-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on July 8, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 7.1.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

  • noon 176
  • loll 171
  • toot 161
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 113
  • mamma 113
  • nene 108
  • acacia 107
  • acai 107
  • anal 105
  • onto 104
  • toon 104
  • anon 101
  • boob 101
  • booboo 101
  • onion 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • olio 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 95
  • baba 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • dodo 93
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • loon 88
  • tattoo 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 88,966 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,191 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • agatizing
  • agnizing
  • antiozonant
  • azan
  • azon
  • azotizing
  • gazania
  • gazoo
  • ginzo
  • nazi
  • nonionizing
  • ozonating
  • ozonation
  • ozonization
  • ozonizing
  • tazza
  • tizz
  • tzitzit
  • zanana
  • zanza
  • zingani
  • zingano
  • zizit
  • zizz
  • zizzing
  • zona
  • zonation
  • zoon
  • zooning

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

agonizing

verb
  1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
  2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
noun
  1. The act of one who agonizes.
adjective
  1. Causing physical or mental agony.

antagonizing

verb
  1. To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)

gazing

verb
  1. To stare intently or earnestly.
  2. To stare at.
noun
  1. The act by which somebody gazes.

gonzo

noun
  1. Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism.
  2. A wild or crazy person.
adjective
  1. Using an unconventional, exaggerated and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story.
  2. Unconventional, bizarre, crazy.

ionization

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ionizing

verb
  1. To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
adjective
  1. Capable of producing ions.

oozing

verb
  1. To be secreted or slowly leak.
  2. To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
noun
  1. Something that oozes; a seepage.

zagging

verb
  1. To move with a sharp turn or reversal.

zigging

verb
  1. To make such a turn.

zigzag

noun
  1. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
  2. One of such sharp turns
verb
  1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
adjective
  1. Moving in, or having a zigzag.
adverb
  1. In a zigzag manner or pattern

zigzagging

verb
  1. To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
noun
  1. The movement or layout of something that zigzags.
adjective
  1. Winding, twisting, turning or sinuous

zing

noun
  1. A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.
  2. A witty insult or derogatory remark.
  3. Zest or vitality.
  4. Pleasant or exciting flavour of food.
verb
  1. To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.
interjection
  1. A high pitched humming sound.
  2. Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger.

zinging

verb
  1. To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum.

zinnia

noun
  1. Any of several brightly coloured flowering plants, of the genus Zinnia, native to tropical America; old maid

ziti

noun
  1. A type of penne pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.

zoning

verb
  1. To divide into or assign sections or areas.
  2. To define the property use classification of an area.
  3. To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
  4. To girdle or encircle.
noun
  1. Legislative action for the purpose of regulating the use of property and the construction of buildings within the area under the jurisdiction of the legislative body concerned.
  2. The use of zones, such as fare zones.