Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • affiant
  • affix
  • afoot
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
  • anti
  • antifa
  • antitoxin
  • ataxia
  • attain
  • axon
  • faint
  • fiat
  • fixation
  • fontina
  • infant
  • initiation
  • intonation
  • iota
  • naan
  • naif
  • nana
  • natant
  • nation
  • nonfat
  • notation
  • taint
  • tannin
  • tattoo
  • taxa
  • taxation
  • taxi
  • taxon
  • titan


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 36

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 17 and 31 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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:

  • July 11, 2022 (Center Letter: O)
  • May 19, 2021 (Center Letter: I)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 189 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on April 28, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 36 possible answers rank it in the 45th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 28, 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 8-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 150
    • nana 150
    • lilt 127
    • till 127
    • tilt 127
    • tint 114
    • mama 108
    • mamma 108
    • nene 104
    • acacia 103
    • acai 103
    • onto 100
    • toon 100
    • anal 99
    • onion 97
    • anon 96
    • boob 96
    • booboo 96
    • lull 96
    • lulu 96
    • olio 96
    • papa 94
    • poop 94
    • dodo 93
    • call 92
    • calla 92
    • allay 91
    • ally 91
    • mitt 90
    • tatty 90
    • baba 88
    • radar 88
    • ratatat 88
    • tact 88
    • tart 88
    • tartar 88
    • attar 87
    • cocci 87
    • loon 87
    • nanny 86
    • array 85
    • epee 85
    • peep 85
    • tutu 84
    • nada 83
    • coot 82
    • mono 82


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • affixation
    • anatoxin
    • anatto
    • anna
    • annatto
    • annona
    • anoa
    • anoxia
    • anta
    • antifat
    • antitax
    • atonia
    • attaint
    • axion
    • faff
    • fain
    • fanion
    • fano
    • fanon
    • finnan
    • fixatif
    • inanition
    • infanta
    • infixation
    • inia
    • ixia
    • naff
    • nanna
    • nano
    • naoi
    • natation
    • nona
    • nonfan
    • nontax
    • nota
    • offa
    • taffia
    • tafia
    • tain
    • tanto
    • tian
    • titania
    • titian

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