Ins & Outs December 2023
In the month of December 2023, 38 words were added to the Spelling Bee lexicon, and five were retired, for a net gain of 33 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, and the complete list of December’s Ins and Outs.
In the month of December 2023, 38 words were added to the Bee lexicon, and 5 discontinued, for a net gain of 33 words. Over the 31-day period, the average number of words added per day was 1.23, and the average number of words removed per day was 0.16.
All the affected words are listed at the bottom of this post.
34 new words were added that had never been used before, nor previously disallowed04 words were added that had been previously disallowed00 words that had been earlier allowed, then disallowed, were allowed again00 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again-----38 total words added- 4 words that had been previously allowed, now disallowed- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again- 1 words that had been allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed---- 5 total words removed===33 words – net gain in December
Words were added (or restored) on 13 days this month.Words were removed on 5 days this month.No words were added or removed on 16 days this month.
PER-PUZZLE WORD COUNTS[numbers of words per puzzle] Highest: 73 Lowest: 26 Mean: 46.516 [average; total of all values divided by the number of values] Median: 48 [central number between highest and lowest] Mode(s): 51 [number that occurs most frequently]
PANGRAMS
Monthly total: 44 pangrams in 31 puzzlesDaily average: 1.42 per puzzlePangrams per puzzle: 22 puzzles (71%) had 1 pangram each 5 puzzles (16%) had 2 pangrams 4 puzzles (13%) had 3 pangrams
Of the 31 Bee puzzles in December: 25 (80.6%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had been used before 6 (19.35%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had never been used before
Of the 25 puzzles that were based on repeat letter sets and repeat pangrams: 14 letter sets were used for the second time 6 letter sets were used for the third time 4 letter sets were used for the fourth time And 1 letter set was used for the fifth time
The BINGO characteristic was present in 16 of 31 puzzles (51.6%)The -ED SUFFIX was present in 3 of 31 puzzles = 9.7%The -ING SUFFIX was present in 5 of 31 puzzles = 16.1%
CENTER LETTER DISTRIBUTION
The number of puzzles that began with specific letters during the month. 15 different center letters were used during December.
Frequency order:4 A4 L4 O3 E3 N2 D2 M2 P2 T1 C1 F1 G1 I1 R1 V
Alphabetical order:4 A1 C2 D3 E1 F1 G1 I4 L2 M3 N4 O2 P1 R2 T1 V
INS and OUTs Words added, not previously disallowed (IN) (38)befoulbottlefulbuffettubefulinaptlyplainlypliantlyjeepmainlandmidlandclenchingleechingimpatientinpatientpantiepatientflownannotateatoneneonatenotateoatenpanettonepotentateepiphanydenouementduodenummomentummonumentmoundedmountedoddmentunmountedunmuted
Words added, previously disallowed (OUT-IN) (4)hamachialienablephyllounmount
Words previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT) (4)drylandpropylopahdement
Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (IN-OUT-IN-OUT) (1)canto
In the month of December 2023, 38 words were added to the Bee lexicon, and 5 discontinued, for a net gain of 33 words. Over the 31-day period, the average number of words added per day was 1.23, and the average number of words removed per day was 0.16.
All the affected words are listed at the bottom of this post.
34 new words were added that had never been used before, nor previously disallowed04 words were added that had been previously disallowed00 words that had been earlier allowed, then disallowed, were allowed again00 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again-----38 total words added- 4 words that had been previously allowed, now disallowed- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again- 1 words that had been allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed---- 5 total words removed===33 words – net gain in December
Words were added (or restored) on 13 days this month.Words were removed on 5 days this month.No words were added or removed on 16 days this month.
PER-PUZZLE WORD COUNTS[numbers of words per puzzle] Highest: 73 Lowest: 26 Mean: 46.516 [average; total of all values divided by the number of values] Median: 48 [central number between highest and lowest] Mode(s): 51 [number that occurs most frequently]
PANGRAMS
Monthly total: 44 pangrams in 31 puzzlesDaily average: 1.42 per puzzlePangrams per puzzle: 22 puzzles (71%) had 1 pangram each 5 puzzles (16%) had 2 pangrams 4 puzzles (13%) had 3 pangrams
Of the 31 Bee puzzles in December: 25 (80.6%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had been used before 6 (19.35%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had never been used before
Of the 25 puzzles that were based on repeat letter sets and repeat pangrams: 14 letter sets were used for the second time 6 letter sets were used for the third time 4 letter sets were used for the fourth time And 1 letter set was used for the fifth time
The BINGO characteristic was present in 16 of 31 puzzles (51.6%)The -ED SUFFIX was present in 3 of 31 puzzles = 9.7%The -ING SUFFIX was present in 5 of 31 puzzles = 16.1%
CENTER LETTER DISTRIBUTION
The number of puzzles that began with specific letters during the month. 15 different center letters were used during December.
Frequency order:4 A4 L4 O3 E3 N2 D2 M2 P2 T1 C1 F1 G1 I1 R1 V
Alphabetical order:4 A1 C2 D3 E1 F1 G1 I4 L2 M3 N4 O2 P1 R2 T1 V
INS and OUTs Words added, not previously disallowed (IN) (38)befoulbottlefulbuffettubefulinaptlyplainlypliantlyjeepmainlandmidlandclenchingleechingimpatientinpatientpantiepatientflownannotateatoneneonatenotateoatenpanettonepotentateepiphanydenouementduodenummomentummonumentmoundedmountedoddmentunmountedunmuted
Words added, previously disallowed (OUT-IN) (4)hamachialienablephyllounmount
Words previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT) (4)drylandpropylopahdement
Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (IN-OUT-IN-OUT) (1)canto