Monday, April 15, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allele
  • anal
  • annal
  • anneal
  • avalanche
  • call
  • calla
  • calve
  • canal
  • cancel
  • cell
  • challah
  • chancel
  • channel
  • clan
  • clave
  • clean
  • cleave
  • clench
  • elan
  • eleven
  • enclave
  • enlace
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halva
  • halvah
  • halve
  • heal
  • heel
  • hell
  • helve
  • lace
  • lance
  • lane
  • lava
  • lave
  • leach
  • lean
  • leave
  • leaven
  • lech
  • leech
  • levee
  • level
  • nacelle
  • naval
  • navel
  • valance
  • vale
  • valence
  • valve
  • veal
  • venal


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 237

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 166

Genius requires between 27 and 46 words. You need at least a 6-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:

  • July 28, 2022 (Center Letter: N)
  • November 17, 2020 (Center Letter: H)
  • March 4, 2019 (Center Letter: E)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 237 was in the 81st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on April 14, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on April 7, 2024.
    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 170
    • loll 166
    • toot 153
    • naan 148
    • nana 148
    • lilt 125
    • till 125
    • tilt 125
    • tint 113
    • mama 107
    • mamma 107
    • nene 104
    • acacia 103
    • acai 103
    • onto 100
    • toon 100
    • anal 98
    • onion 97
    • anon 95
    • lull 95
    • lulu 95
    • olio 95
    • boob 94
    • booboo 94
    • poop 94
    • dodo 93
    • papa 93
    • call 92
    • calla 92
    • allay 91
    • ally 91
    • tatty 90
    • mitt 89
    • radar 88
    • ratatat 88
    • tart 88
    • tartar 88
    • attar 87
    • baba 87
    • loon 87
    • tact 87
    • nanny 86
    • array 85
    • cocci 85
    • epee 85
    • peep 85
    • nada 83
    • tutu 83
    • coot 82
    • mono 82


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alae
    • alan
    • alane
    • alec
    • alee
    • allee
    • allheal
    • anele
    • anlace
    • avellan
    • avellane
    • caecal
    • calcanea
    • calcaneal
    • caleche
    • callan
    • callee
    • canella
    • cannel
    • cavalla
    • cecal
    • cella
    • cellae
    • cenacle
    • chalah
    • chaleh
    • challa
    • chela
    • chelae
    • clach
    • clachan
    • echelle
    • elven
    • halacha
    • halala
    • halalah
    • halavah
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • hallel
    • lahal
    • lall
    • lallan
    • lanch
    • lavalava
    • leal
    • leva
    • nala
    • valval
    • vela

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