Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cement
  • cent
  • centime
  • clement
  • clementine
  • client
  • clientele
  • clinic
  • element
  • eminence
  • eminent
  • entente
  • entice
  • enticement
  • entitle
  • entitlement
  • icemen
  • imminence
  • imminent
  • incent
  • incite
  • incitement
  • inclement
  • incline
  • inlet
  • intel
  • intellect
  • intent
  • lenience
  • lenient
  • lent
  • lentil
  • lien
  • limn
  • line
  • linemen
  • linen
  • liniment
  • lint
  • lintel
  • mentee
  • mien
  • mince
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • mint
  • mitten
  • nene
  • nettle
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
  • teen
  • telnet
  • tenement
  • tenet
  • tent
  • timeline
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tint


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 352

Number of Answers: 64

Points Needed for Genius: 246

Genius requires between 30 and 55 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 352 was the in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 28, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 64 possible answers rank it in the 95th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 15, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

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

  • loll 42
  • toot 42
  • naan 36
  • nana 36
  • noon 35
  • ratatat 34
  • tart 34
  • tartar 34
  • attar 33
  • call 33
  • calla 33
  • array 31
  • tatty 31
  • lilt 30
  • till 30
  • tilt 30
  • anal 29
  • root 29
  • roto 29
  • rotor 29
  • toro 29
  • tort 29
  • trot 29
  • allay 28
  • ally 28
  • natant 27
  • tint 27
  • loot 26
  • lotto 26
  • nene 26
  • onto 26
  • toll 26
  • tool 26
  • toon 26
  • itty 25
  • nanny 25
  • poop 25
  • tall 25
  • baba 24
  • coot 24
  • tact 24
  • radar 22
  • arty 21
  • ball 21
  • blab 21
  • hath 21
  • loon 21
  • mono 21
  • moon 21
  • ratty 21


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cementite
  • centile
  • cine
  • cline
  • elenctic
  • elint
  • emetin
  • emetine
  • enceinte
  • enclitic
  • ilmenite
  • imine
  • inti
  • intime
  • intine
  • intitle
  • lectin
  • lenite
  • lenten
  • lentic
  • lenticel
  • licence
  • licencee
  • licente
  • limen
  • limnetic
  • limnic
  • linin
  • linn
  • linnet
  • litten
  • meinie
  • melinite
  • milline
  • minimill
  • neem
  • nellie
  • nett
  • nielli
  • niente
  • nill
  • tein
  • telecine
  • telemen
  • tenne
  • tentie
  • tinmen
  • titmen

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