Sunday, July 31, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acne
  • cadence
  • cadge
  • cadged
  • cage
  • caged
  • call
  • calla
  • called
  • canal
  • cancan
  • cancel
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • candela
  • candle
  • cane
  • caned
  • canna
  • canned
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • clad
  • clade
  • clan
  • clang
  • clanged
  • clean
  • cleaned
  • dace
  • dance
  • danced
  • decade
  • decadence
  • decal
  • elegance
  • encage
  • encaged
  • enlace
  • enlaced
  • glace
  • glance
  • glanced
  • lace
  • laced
  • lance
  • lanced


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 274

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 192

Genius requires between 27 and 44 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 274 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 22, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 52 possible answers rank it in the 83rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 25, 2022.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 18 on May 1, 2022.

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

  • noon 128
  • loll 126
  • toot 118
  • naan 107
  • nana 107
  • lilt 92
  • till 92
  • tilt 92
  • tint 78
  • mama 77
  • mamma 77
  • onto 75
  • toon 75
  • nene 74
  • dodo 73
  • ratatat 72
  • tart 72
  • tartar 72
  • anal 71
  • attar 71
  • call 71
  • calla 71
  • lull 71
  • lulu 71
  • array 70
  • boob 70
  • booboo 70
  • tatty 70
  • olio 69
  • loon 68
  • allay 67
  • ally 67
  • loot 65
  • lotto 65
  • mono 65
  • moon 65
  • onion 65
  • radar 65
  • toll 65
  • tool 65
  • mitt 64
  • papa 64
  • poop 64
  • root 64
  • rotor 64
  • toro 64
  • tort 64
  • trot 64
  • acacia 63
  • acai 63


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • accedence
  • acned
  • alcade
  • alcalde
  • alec
  • anlace
  • caca
  • cade
  • cadelle
  • cadenced
  • caeca
  • caecal
  • calcanea
  • calcaneal
  • calendal
  • callan
  • callee
  • canaled
  • canalled
  • candled
  • canella
  • cannel
  • ceca
  • cecal
  • cella
  • cellae
  • cenacle
  • cladded
  • clag
  • clagged
  • cleg
  • decadal
  • decan
  • decanal
  • decane
  • glaced
  • glaceed
  • nacelle
  • nance

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