Thursday, April 29, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acing
  • acting
  • antic
  • attack
  • attacking
  • attic
  • cacti
  • caging
  • caking
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • canting
  • catkin
  • citing
  • gigantic
  • icing
  • incant
  • incanting
  • inciting
  • intact
  • kick
  • kicking
  • knack
  • knickknack
  • niacin
  • nick
  • nicking
  • tacit
  • tack
  • tacking
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tick
  • ticking
  • tinct
  • titanic


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 266

Number of Answers: 45

Points Needed for Genius: 186

Genius requires between 25 and 38 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 266 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 25, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 45 possible answers rank it in the 73rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 28, 2021.
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 103
  • noon 91
  • toot 86
  • naan 84
  • nana 84
  • lilt 66
  • till 66
  • tilt 66
  • lull 59
  • lulu 59
  • anal 58
  • ratatat 58
  • tart 58
  • tartar 58
  • attar 57
  • call 56
  • calla 56
  • loon 56
  • tint 56
  • root 55
  • roto 55
  • rotor 55
  • toro 55
  • tort 55
  • trot 55
  • mama 53
  • mamma 53
  • loot 52
  • lotto 52
  • toll 52
  • tool 52
  • array 51
  • radar 51
  • allay 50
  • ally 50
  • dodo 50
  • mono 50
  • moon 50
  • onto 50
  • tatty 50
  • toon 50
  • papa 49
  • poop 49
  • loom 47
  • moll 47
  • nene 47
  • tact 47
  • coot 46
  • illy 46
  • lily 46


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acini
  • acinic
  • acta
  • actin
  • actinia
  • actinian
  • actinic
  • agnatic
  • anticaking
  • antick
  • anticking
  • atactic
  • caca
  • cain
  • canakin
  • canikin
  • cannikin
  • cantic
  • catting
  • ictic
  • incaging
  • incitant
  • katcina
  • kiack
  • kinnikinnick
  • knacking
  • nicknack
  • nictating
  • nictitant
  • nictitating
  • tacan
  • ticcing
  • ticktack
  • ticktacking
  • tictac
  • tictacking
  • tincting

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