Friday, August 19, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • account
  • accountant
  • anon
  • atop
  • auto
  • cacao
  • cannon
  • cannot
  • canon
  • canto
  • canton
  • capo
  • capon
  • coact
  • coat
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • concoct
  • contact
  • coop
  • coopt
  • coot
  • copout
  • cotton
  • count
  • coup
  • coupon
  • cutout
  • noon
  • noun
  • occupant
  • octant
  • onto
  • output
  • pontoon
  • poop
  • poppa
  • potato
  • pout
  • putout
  • taco
  • tattoo
  • toccata
  • toon
  • toot
  • topcoat
  • toucan
  • tout
  • unto
  • upon


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 223

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 156

Genius requires between 23 and 44 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 23, 2020 (Center Letter: N)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 223 was in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on August 14, 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 August 14, 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 129
    • loll 127
    • toot 121
    • naan 107
    • nana 107
    • lilt 93
    • till 93
    • tilt 93
    • tint 79
    • mama 77
    • mamma 77
    • onto 77
    • toon 77
    • nene 75
    • dodo 74
    • boob 72
    • booboo 72
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • anal 71
    • array 71
    • attar 71
    • call 71
    • calla 71
    • lull 71
    • lulu 71
    • tatty 71
    • olio 69
    • loon 68
    • allay 67
    • ally 67
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • mitt 66
    • mono 66
    • moon 66
    • onion 66
    • poop 66
    • radar 66
    • toll 66
    • tool 66
    • papa 65
    • acacia 64
    • acai 64
    • anon 64
    • loom 64
    • moll 64
    • root 64
    • rotor 64


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • anatto
    • ancon
    • annatto
    • annona
    • anoa
    • caponata
    • capot
    • coapt
    • coco
    • cocoanut
    • conn
    • conto
    • coocoo
    • coon
    • cooncan
    • cotan
    • cotta
    • nano
    • nona
    • noncontact
    • noncount
    • nota
    • octan
    • otto
    • outa
    • outact
    • outcount
    • outta
    • panto
    • patoot
    • poco
    • ponton
    • poon
    • popout
    • potto
    • puccoon
    • punto
    • puton
    • putto
    • tanto
    • tauon
    • toco
    • topo
    • touton
    • unco

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