Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • eggnog
  • genotype
  • gone
  • gong
  • gooey
  • goon
  • goop
  • goopy
  • gotten
  • neon
  • none
  • nonet
  • noon
  • nope
  • note
  • ogee
  • onto
  • ontogeny
  • open
  • opponent
  • peon
  • peony
  • peyote
  • poet
  • pogo
  • pone
  • pong
  • pontoon
  • pony
  • poop
  • pope
  • poppy
  • potent
  • potty
  • tenon
  • tone
  • tong
  • tonne
  • tony
  • toon
  • toot
  • tope
  • tote
  • typo


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 130

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 91

Genius requires between 14 and 40 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 130 was the in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 13, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 73rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 16, 2019.
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 6-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are

  • toot 41
  • loll 37
  • naan 35
  • nana 35
  • noon 34
  • call 33
  • calla 33
  • ratatat 33
  • tart 33
  • tartar 33
  • attar 32
  • array 31
  • tatty 31
  • anal 28
  • root 28
  • roto 28
  • rotor 28
  • toro 28
  • tort 28
  • trot 28
  • lilt 27
  • till 27
  • tilt 27
  • onto 26
  • toon 26
  • allay 25
  • ally 25
  • itty 25
  • natant 25
  • nene 25
  • nanny 24
  • tint 24
  • baba 23
  • coot 23
  • loot 23
  • lotto 23
  • poop 23
  • tact 23
  • toll 23
  • tool 23
  • tall 22
  • arty 21
  • hath 21
  • mono 21
  • moon 21
  • ratty 21
  • tarry 21
  • tell 21
  • that 21
  • tray 21


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • epopee
  • gentoo
  • gogo
  • gooney
  • goony
  • gyno
  • gypo
  • gyppo
  • neogene
  • neoteny
  • neotype
  • netop
  • nogg
  • nonego
  • oogeny
  • otto
  • pegtop
  • pengo
  • pennon
  • pepo
  • peptone
  • petto
  • pogey
  • pogy
  • ponent
  • pongee
  • pongo
  • pongy
  • ponton
  • poon
  • poopy
  • poppet
  • poteen
  • potteen
  • potto
  • ptooey
  • tenno
  • tepoy
  • tonette
  • toney
  • topee
  • topo
  • topotype
  • totty
  • toyo
  • toyon
  • yogee

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.