Monday, January 13, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • entente
  • ethylene
  • gene
  • gent
  • genteel
  • genteelly
  • gentle
  • gently
  • glen
  • length
  • lengthen
  • lengthy
  • lent
  • nene
  • nettle
  • nettly
  • netty
  • teen
  • teeny
  • telnet
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tenth
  • tenthly
  • then
  • yente


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 129

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 90

Genius requires between 12 and 22 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 129 was the in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on January 11, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 26 possible answers rank it in the 21st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 11, 2020.
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 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

  • loll 54
  • toot 50
  • naan 47
  • nana 47
  • noon 44
  • array 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 36
  • calla 36
  • tatty 35
  • allay 34
  • ally 34
  • root 34
  • roto 34
  • rotor 34
  • toro 34
  • tort 34
  • trot 34
  • anal 33
  • lilt 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • loot 32
  • lotto 32
  • nanny 32
  • poop 32
  • toll 32
  • tool 32
  • natant 31
  • tint 31
  • onto 29
  • radar 29
  • toon 29
  • coot 28
  • itty 28
  • mono 28
  • moon 28
  • baba 27
  • nene 27
  • tact 27
  • tall 27
  • mama 26
  • mamma 26
  • aria 25
  • ball 25
  • blab 25
  • hath 25


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • ethene
  • ethyne
  • ethynyl
  • eyen
  • eyne
  • genet
  • genette
  • henge
  • henley
  • hent
  • lenten
  • nelly
  • nett
  • tenge
  • tenne
  • tenny
  • tenty
  • thegn
  • thegnly
  • tyne

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