Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • addition
  • admonition
  • amino
  • ammo
  • ammonia
  • amnio
  • animation
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
  • atom
  • damnation
  • diamond
  • diatom
  • dino
  • ditto
  • dodo
  • domain
  • dominant
  • domination
  • dominion
  • domino
  • donation
  • doodad
  • doom
  • idiom
  • idiot
  • imitation
  • initiation
  • intimation
  • intimidation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
  • mammon
  • minion
  • moan
  • moat
  • momma
  • monad
  • mondo
  • mono
  • monomania
  • mood
  • moon
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
  • nation
  • nomad
  • nomination
  • nondominant
  • noon
  • notation
  • notion
  • omit
  • onion
  • onto
  • ottoman
  • tattoo
  • toad
  • tomato
  • tomtit
  • toon
  • toot


Number of Pangrams: 6

Maximum Puzzle Score: 390

Number of Answers: 66

Points Needed for Genius: 273

Genius requires between 28 and 59 words. You need at least a 10-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 95% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 59% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 390 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 11, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 66 possible answers rank it in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 27, 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 10-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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 92
  • toot 87
  • naan 85
  • nana 85
  • lilt 66
  • till 66
  • tilt 66
  • anal 59
  • lull 59
  • lulu 59
  • ratatat 59
  • tart 59
  • tartar 59
  • attar 58
  • 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
  • tatty 52
  • toll 52
  • tool 52
  • array 51
  • dodo 51
  • mono 51
  • moon 51
  • onto 51
  • radar 51
  • toon 51
  • allay 50
  • ally 50
  • poop 50
  • papa 49
  • nene 48
  • tact 48
  • loom 47
  • moll 47
  • natant 47
  • coot 46
  • illy 46


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • adnation
  • amido
  • ammino
  • ammoniation
  • ammono
  • ammonoid
  • amnion
  • amotion
  • anatto
  • andantino
  • animato
  • annatto
  • annona
  • anoa
  • antiatom
  • antinomian
  • atonia
  • dado
  • daimio
  • daimon
  • danio
  • dato
  • datto
  • dido
  • doat
  • doit
  • dona
  • donna
  • doodoo
  • dotation
  • imido
  • imino
  • inanition
  • inion
  • iodation
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • iodination
  • madonna
  • madtom
  • manatoid
  • manito
  • mano
  • mattoid
  • midnoon
  • modi
  • momi
  • monition
  • monotint
  • motmot
  • mott
  • nano
  • naoi
  • natation
  • nidation
  • ninon
  • niton
  • nodi
  • noma
  • nomina
  • nomoi
  • nona
  • nonman
  • nota
  • odonata
  • odontoid
  • oidia
  • oidioid
  • ommatidia
  • ootid
  • otto
  • tanto
  • toit
  • toman
  • tondi
  • tondo
  • toom

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