In the context of the New York Times Spelling Bee, a "bingo" is when all seven letters in the puzzle are used to start at least one word in the word list. This is similar to the concept of a "bingo" in Scrabble, where a player uses all of their tiles. However, in the Spelling Bee, a "pangram" is when a word uses all seven letters only once, and this earns a bonus of seven points on top of the one-point per letter. Unlike Scrabble, there is at least one pangram in every Spelling Bee puzzle, and sometimes there are even two or three. While getting a "bingo" is not required to complete the puzzle, finding the pangram can make it easier to reach the Genius level.