Friday, December 22, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cocci
  • cocoon
  • cocooning
  • coin
  • coining
  • conic
  • conjoin
  • conjoining
  • conning
  • cooing
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goon
  • gouging
  • icon
  • iconic
  • ionic
  • jingo
  • jogging
  • join
  • joining
  • jouncing
  • junco
  • noggin
  • noon
  • noun
  • nuncio
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • union


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 167

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 117

Genius requires between 16 and 26 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • September 4, 2021 (Center Letter: N)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 167 was in the 53rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on December 20, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 31 possible answers rank it in the 31st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 21, 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 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 160
    • loll 156
    • toot 148
    • naan 139
    • nana 139
    • lilt 120
    • till 120
    • tilt 120
    • tint 107
    • mama 104
    • mamma 104
    • nene 99
    • acacia 97
    • acai 97
    • onto 96
    • toon 96
    • anal 92
    • lull 92
    • lulu 92
    • olio 90
    • call 89
    • calla 89
    • onion 89
    • dodo 88
    • poop 88
    • tatty 88
    • anon 87
    • boob 87
    • booboo 87
    • mitt 87
    • allay 86
    • ally 86
    • papa 86
    • baba 83
    • ratatat 83
    • tart 83
    • tartar 83
    • array 82
    • attar 82
    • loon 82
    • radar 82
    • nanny 81
    • cocci 80
    • epee 80
    • peep 80
    • coot 79
    • mono 79
    • moon 79
    • nada 79
    • tact 79


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cion
    • coccic
    • coco
    • cogging
    • cogon
    • coign
    • coigning
    • cojoin
    • cojoining
    • congii
    • congo
    • congou
    • coni
    • conin
    • coning
    • conn
    • coocoo
    • coon
    • gogo
    • goji
    • gonion
    • gonococci
    • incog
    • inconnu
    • ingoing
    • inion
    • juco
    • ninon
    • nogg
    • nogging
    • nonionic
    • nonunion
    • nooning
    • unco

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