Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • beeline
  • befell
  • belie
  • belief
  • bell
  • belle
  • bible
  • bile
  • bill
  • blin
  • blini
  • elfin
  • enfeeble
  • exile
  • feeble
  • feel
  • feline
  • fell
  • fennel
  • file
  • fill
  • flee
  • flex
  • flexible
  • infill
  • inflexible
  • libel
  • libelee
  • lien
  • life
  • lifeline
  • line
  • linen
  • nibble


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 150

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 105

Genius requires between 15 and 30 words. You need at least a 7-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.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 9, 2018 (Center Letter: B)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 150 was the in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on June 9, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 52nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on June 9, 2020.
    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 7-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

    • loll 69
    • naan 64
    • nana 64
    • toot 64
    • noon 60
    • ratatat 48
    • tart 48
    • tartar 48
    • attar 47
    • lilt 47
    • till 47
    • tilt 47
    • array 45
    • root 45
    • roto 45
    • rotor 45
    • toro 45
    • tort 45
    • trot 45
    • anal 43
    • allay 41
    • ally 41
    • call 41
    • calla 41
    • lull 41
    • lulu 41
    • tatty 41
    • natant 39
    • radar 39
    • loot 38
    • lotto 38
    • toll 38
    • tool 38
    • mono 37
    • moon 37
    • onto 37
    • toon 37
    • itty 36
    • nanny 36
    • poop 36
    • illy 35
    • lily 35
    • loon 35
    • tall 35
    • tact 34
    • tint 34
    • aria 33
    • coot 33
    • dodo 33
    • mama 33


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • biflex
    • billie
    • bleb
    • fille
    • flexile
    • ilex
    • leben
    • libellee
    • lief
    • linin
    • linn
    • nellie
    • nielli
    • nill

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