Sunday, November 10, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cell
  • celli
  • cheep
  • chenille
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chicle
  • chili
  • chill
  • chin
  • chip
  • cinch
  • cinephile
  • clench
  • cliche
  • clinch
  • clinic
  • clip
  • epic
  • epicene
  • hence
  • icicle
  • inch
  • incipience
  • incline
  • lech
  • leech
  • lenience
  • lice
  • lichen
  • linchpin
  • nice
  • niche
  • niece
  • pence
  • pencil
  • penicillin
  • philhellenic
  • philippic
  • picnic
  • piece
  • pinch


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 232

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 162

Genius requires between 20 and 37 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 232 was the in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 31, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 31, 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

  • toot 46
  • loll 45
  • naan 39
  • nana 39
  • noon 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • array 33
  • tatty 32
  • lilt 31
  • root 31
  • roto 31
  • rotor 31
  • till 31
  • tilt 31
  • toro 31
  • tort 31
  • trot 31
  • anal 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • loot 28
  • lotto 28
  • poop 28
  • toll 28
  • tool 28
  • coot 27
  • nanny 27
  • natant 27
  • onto 27
  • tint 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • itty 25
  • tall 25
  • radar 24
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • aria 22
  • arty 22
  • hath 22
  • loon 22
  • mama 22
  • mamma 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • ceil
  • ceili
  • cepe
  • chiel
  • chile
  • chilli
  • chinch
  • chine
  • chippie
  • cilice
  • cine
  • clepe
  • cline
  • eche
  • echelle
  • echini
  • elenchi
  • elenchic
  • heelpiece
  • helicline
  • inclip
  • licence
  • licencee
  • lich
  • lichee
  • lichenin
  • lichi
  • nephelinic
  • pech
  • pellicle
  • pencel
  • penicil
  • pice
  • plench

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