Ins & Outs August 2025
In the month of August 2025, 44 words were added to the Bee lexicon, and 2 words were discontinued, for a net gain of 42 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 pangrams and “Ins and Outs” in the month.
Summary of Ins and Outs
41 new words were added that had never been used before, nor previously disallowed (IN)03 words 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)-----44 total words added
- 2 words that had been previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT)- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (OUT-IN-OUT)- 0 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)------ 2 total words removed
Net gain: 42 words
Words were added (or restored) on 17 days this month.Words were removed on 2 days this month.No words were added or removed on 13 days this month.
- 2 words that had been previously allowed, now disallowed (IN-OUT)- 0 words that had been disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed again (OUT-IN-OUT)- 0 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)------ 2 total words removed
Net gain: 42 words
Words were added (or restored) on 17 days this month.Words were removed on 2 days this month.No words were added or removed on 13 days this month.
WORD COUNTS, BINGO, -ING, -ED
CENTER LETTERS
PER-PUZZLE WORD COUNTS Highest: 71 Lowest: 18 Average (Mean): 43.23 Median: 44 Mode(s): 50, 28
The -ED SUFFIX was present in 7 of 31 puzzles (22.58%)The -ING SUFFIX was present in 5 of 31 puzzles (16.13%)The BINGO characteristic was present in 15 of 31 puzzles (48.39%) NOTE: The Bee of 2025-08-23 included both -ED and -ING. This is only the 13th time this has happened, as documented in this LexiConnexxions report.
The -ED SUFFIX was present in 7 of 31 puzzles (22.58%)The -ING SUFFIX was present in 5 of 31 puzzles (16.13%)The BINGO characteristic was present in 15 of 31 puzzles (48.39%) NOTE: The Bee of 2025-08-23 included both -ED and -ING. This is only the 13th time this has happened, as documented in this LexiConnexxions report.
17 different center letters were used during the month.
Frequency order:
4 C3 I3 L3 N3 O3 T2 U1 A1 B1 D1 E1 G1 K1 M1 P1 R1 V
Alphabetical order:
1 A1 B4 C1 D1 E1 G3 I1 K3 L1 M3 N3 O1 P1 R3 T2 U1 V
1 A1 B4 C1 D1 E1 G3 I1 K3 L1 M3 N3 O1 P1 R3 T2 U1 V
PANGRAMS AND LETTER SETS
PANGRAMS Monthly total: 51 Daily average: 1.65 per puzzle Daily pangram numbers: 6 in 1 puzzle (03.22%) 5 in 0 puzzles (00.00%) 4 in 0 puzzles (00.00%) 3 in 5 puzzles (16.13%) 2 in 5 puzzles (16.13%) 1 in 20 puzzles (64.52%)
Of the 31 Bee puzzles this month:
9 (29.03%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had never been used before. These 9 puzzles introduced 20 new pangrams and added a total of 40 new words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 4.44 new words per puzzle.
22 (70.97%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had been used before. These 22 puzzles used 31 recycled pangrams, and added a total of 4 new words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 0.18 new words per puzzle.
Of the 22 puzzles with repeat letter sets and repeat pangrams: 06 letter sets were used for the second time 07 letter sets were used for the third time 07 letter sets were used for the fourth time 02 letter sets were used for the fifth time
Average “age” of all pangrams and letter sets this month: 2.58Average “age” of recycled pangrams and letter sets this month: 3.22
Of the 31 Bee puzzles this month:
9 (29.03%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had never been used before. These 9 puzzles introduced 20 new pangrams and added a total of 40 new words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 4.44 new words per puzzle.
22 (70.97%) were based on pangrams and letter sets that had been used before. These 22 puzzles used 31 recycled pangrams, and added a total of 4 new words to the Bee lexicon, an average of 0.18 new words per puzzle.
Of the 22 puzzles with repeat letter sets and repeat pangrams: 06 letter sets were used for the second time 07 letter sets were used for the third time 07 letter sets were used for the fourth time 02 letter sets were used for the fifth time
Average “age” of all pangrams and letter sets this month: 2.58Average “age” of recycled pangrams and letter sets this month: 3.22
ALL THE PANGRAMS USED THIS MONTH
Brand-new pangrams are designated by the + sign; all the others are recycled pangrams.
ABDICATEABDICATEDACCRUINGALTHOUGHARABILITY+ARBITRARILY+BIRDBATHBUMPKIN+CHOCKING+CHOKING+CHROMIUM+COAUTHORCONFIRMCONVEYEDCONVOYEDCOVENANTCUTTHROATDEHUMIDIFIEDDEPENDENTLYDIABETICDIMPLING+ENJAMBMENT+GENEALOGYGUILTEDHOCKING+HOLIDAYHUMIDIFIED
INFLEXIBLEINVALIDLYINVEIGHED+IRRITABILITY+IRRITABLY+LAPIDARYMAGAZINEMAGNETO+MEGATON+MEZZOTINTMONETIZEMONTAGE+NAMECHECKOPULENTRAPIDLYRATABILITY+TAXABILITYTIMEZONETRIBALLY+UNCARINGUNCOCKED+UNCOOKED+UNDOCKED+WALKOUT
WORDS ADDED TO AND REMOVED FROM THE SPELLING BEE LEXICON THIS MONTH
WORDS ADDED TO THE LEXICON
WORDS REMOVED FROM THE LEXICON
Words added, not previously disallowed (BRAND-NEW WORDS) (IN)
bumpkinpumpkinenjambmentchockingchokinghockinghonkinghookingtypedmaggotmagnetomegatonmontagedimplinglimpidlimpinghivedhivinginveighinveighedinveighingarabilityarbitrarilybiliaryirritabilityirritablylibraryratabilitytriballytrilbyfumeconkedcuckooedkendoknockednockeduncockeduncookedundockundockedchromium
Words added, previously disallowed
(OUT-IN)
See the list of all OUT-IN words HERE.
biaxiallytimezoneveining
Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed again (IN-OUT-IN)
See the list of all IN-OUT-IN words HERE.
[none this month]
Words disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed, then allowed (OUT-IN-OUT-IN)
See the list of all OUT-IN-OUT-IN words HERE.
[none this month]
Words previously allowed now disallowed (IN-OUT)
See the list of all IN-OUT words HERE.
teletypedtoluene
Words allowed, then disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed (IN-OUT-IN-OUT)
See the list of all IN-OUT-IN-OUT words HERE.
[none this month]
Words disallowed, then allowed, then disallowed (OUT-IN-OUT)
See the list of all OUT-IN-OUT words HERE.
Words disallowed, allowed, disallowed, allowed, disallowed (OUT-IN-OUT-IN-OUT)
See the list of all O-I-O-I-O words HERE.
[none this month
[none this month]