Friday, December 1, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • beef
  • befell
  • befoul
  • bluff
  • boffo
  • bottleful
  • buff
  • buffet
  • effete
  • etouffee
  • feeble
  • feel
  • feet
  • fell
  • felt
  • fete
  • fettle
  • flee
  • fleet
  • floe
  • flout
  • flub
  • flue
  • fluff
  • flute
  • fool
  • foot
  • foul
  • fuel
  • full
  • left
  • loft
  • teff
  • toffee
  • tofu
  • tubeful
  • tubful
  • tuffet
  • tuft


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 136

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 95

Genius requires between 14 and 35 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 136 was in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 24, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 27, 2023.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

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

  • noon 158
  • loll 153
  • toot 147
  • naan 135
  • nana 135
  • lilt 118
  • till 118
  • tilt 118
  • tint 105
  • mama 102
  • mamma 102
  • nene 98
  • acacia 96
  • acai 96
  • onto 95
  • toon 95
  • lull 92
  • lulu 92
  • call 88
  • calla 88
  • poop 88
  • tatty 88
  • anal 87
  • dodo 87
  • mitt 87
  • olio 87
  • onion 87
  • anon 86
  • boob 86
  • booboo 86
  • allay 85
  • ally 85
  • papa 85
  • baba 83
  • ratatat 83
  • tart 83
  • tartar 83
  • array 82
  • attar 82
  • radar 82
  • loon 81
  • mono 79
  • moon 79
  • cocci 78
  • coot 78
  • nanny 78
  • tact 78
  • epee 77
  • loom 77
  • moll 77


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • befool
  • boeuf
  • boff
  • bouffe
  • buffo
  • feeb
  • felloe
  • feoff
  • feoffee
  • flotel
  • footle
  • fouette
  • loof
  • luff
  • outbluff
  • outfeel
  • outfelt
  • outfool
  • outfoot
  • toff
  • toft
  • tuff

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