The official answers for today's puzzle are:
Genius requires between 19 and 38 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.
Today's score of 221 was in the
81st
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high
was on March 23, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.
This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the
69th
percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more
answers than this was on March 23, 2021.
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.
