The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 25 and 46 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 232 was the in the
86th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high
was on February 17, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.
This puzzle's 54 possible answers rank it in the
88th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more
answers than this was on February 12, 2020.
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 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.
