Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ammo
  • atom
  • bamboo
  • bantam
  • boatman
  • bomb
  • boom
  • bottom
  • camo
  • catacomb
  • coma
  • comb
  • combat
  • combatant
  • combo
  • comma
  • common
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mambo
  • mamma
  • mammon
  • manna
  • manta
  • moan
  • moat
  • momma
  • mono
  • moon
  • moot
  • motto
  • noncom
  • noncombatant
  • ottoman
  • tomato
  • tomb
  • tomcat


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 170

Number of Answers: 37

Points Needed for Genius: 119

Genius requires between 16 and 33 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 88% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • January 6, 2019 (Center Letter: N)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 170 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on June 5, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 37 possible answers rank it in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on June 5, 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 105
    • noon 94
    • naan 89
    • nana 89
    • toot 88
    • lilt 70
    • till 70
    • tilt 70
    • anal 60
    • ratatat 60
    • tart 60
    • tartar 60
    • tint 60
    • attar 59
    • lull 59
    • lulu 59
    • call 58
    • calla 58
    • loon 57
    • mama 56
    • mamma 56
    • root 55
    • roto 55
    • rotor 55
    • toro 55
    • tort 55
    • trot 55
    • dodo 53
    • loot 53
    • lotto 53
    • onto 53
    • toll 53
    • tool 53
    • toon 53
    • array 52
    • mono 52
    • moon 52
    • nene 52
    • radar 52
    • tatty 52
    • allay 51
    • ally 51
    • poop 50
    • tact 50
    • loom 49
    • moll 49
    • olio 49
    • papa 49
    • coot 47
    • nanny 47


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • aboma
    • ambo
    • ammono
    • ataman
    • atma
    • atman
    • batman
    • cabman
    • cabomba
    • cocomat
    • comm
    • commata
    • commo
    • coomb
    • macaco
    • macon
    • mana
    • manana
    • manat
    • mannan
    • mano
    • matt
    • monocot
    • motmot
    • mott
    • noma
    • noncombat
    • nonman
    • tambac
    • toman
    • tombac
    • toom

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