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Ins & Outs April 2025

In the month of April 2025, 29 words were added to the Bee lexicon, and 4 words were discontinued, for a net gain of 25 words. Here's a summary of what came and went, along with a few notes about the month’s pangrams (numbers, types, and more), the lengths of the daily word lists, the rates at which the dreaded/adored -ED and -ING suffixes appeared, how often the BINGO characteristic appeared, center letter distribution, the complete list of pangrams and “Ins and Outs” in the month, and more.
26 new words were added that had never been used before, nor previously disallowed (IN)03words were added that had been previously disallowed (OUT-IN)00 words that had been earlier allowed, then disallowed, were allowed again (IN-OUT-IN)00 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again (OUT-IN-OUT-IN)-----29 total words added
- 3 words that had been previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT)- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (OUT-IN-OUT)- 1 words that had been allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (IN-OUT-IN-OUT)- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed (OUT-IN-OUT-IN-OUT)------ 4 total words removed
Net gain: 25 words
Words were added (or restored) on 10 days this month.Words were removed on 3 days this month.No words were added or removed on 18 days this month.
PER-PUZZLE WORD COUNTS Highest: 64 Lowest: 21 Average (Mean): 45.03 Median: 48 Mode(s): 48
The BINGO characteristic was present in 10 of 30 puzzles (33.33%)The -ED SUFFIX was present in 5 of 30 puzzles (16.67%)The -ING SUFFIX was present in 6 of 30 puzzles (20.00%)
CENTER LETTER DISTRIBUTION The number of puzzles that began with specific letters during the month.17 different center letters were used during the month.
Frequency order:6 O2 E2 G2 H2 L2 N2 P2 T2 U1 A1 B1 C1 D1 M1 R1 W1 Y
Alphabetical order:1 A1 B1 C1 D2 E2 G2 H2 L1 M2 N6 O2 P1 R2 T2 U1 W1 Y
PANGRAMS, LETTER SETS, AND INS-AND-OUTS PANGRAMS Monthly total: 40 Daily average: 1.33 per puzzle Daily pangram numbers: 5 in 0 puzzle (00.00%) 4 in 0 puzzle (00.00%) 3 in 2 puzzle (00.00%) 2 in 6 puzzles (00.00%) 1 in 22 puzzles (00.00%)
Of the 30 Bee puzzles this month:
7 (23.33%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had never been used before. These 7 puzzles introduced 9 new pangrams and added a total of 26 words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 3.71 new words per puzzle.
23 (76.67%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had been used before. These 23 puzzles used 34 recycled pangrams, and added a total of 3 new words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 0.13 new words per puzzle.
Of the 23 puzzles with repeat letter sets and repeat pangrams: 11 letter sets were used for the second time 03 letter sets were used for the third time 06 letter sets were used for the fourth time 03 letter sets were used for the fifth time
Average “age” of all pangrams and letter sets this month: 2.57Average “age” of recycled pangrams and letter sets this month: 3.04 ALL THE PANGRAMS (brand-new ones designated with +) BOXLIKE+CALAMITYCANONIZATIONCLIMACTICALLYCLIMATICALLYDIAGONAL+DUCTILE+ECHOINGELEGANTLY+EXCITEMENTEXPECTANTFIDGETYGRAPHINGHALOING+HARPINGHEADWINDHOLLOWINGHOOLIGAN+HOTLINEHOWLINGINAPTLYINEFFABLEINFALLIBLELAUGHEDLIFEBLOODLOADING+MEGABYTEMODULARMULTIMILLIONNEOLITHPACKABLEPAGEBOYPAINFULPARAGRAPHINGPLIANTLYPROMONTORYRADICCHIO+TRAUMATICVIADUCTWHININGLY+ Words added, not previously disallowed (NEW WORDS) (IN)boxlikecellulitechadorchordcuticlediagonaldialogductileelegantlygladiolihairdohaloinghooliganloadingorchardorchidoxlikeplatypiradicchiowhininglywhinnywhinnyingwhinywigglywillinglywinningly Words added, previously disallowed (OUT-IN) clapbackgannetmullion Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again (IN-OUT-IN) [none]
Words disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again (OUT-IN-OUT-IN)[none]
Words previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT)coactiongenteellyhied
Words disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (OUT-IN-OUT)[none]
Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (IN-OUT-IN-OUT)anionic
Words disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed (OUT-IN-OUT-IN-OUT) [none]
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