Monday, July 12, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • clunk
  • clunked
  • denude
  • denuded
  • dunce
  • dune
  • dunk
  • dunked
  • dunned
  • ended
  • endue
  • endued
  • keen
  • keened
  • kennel
  • kenneled
  • knee
  • kneed
  • kneel
  • kneeled
  • knell
  • knelled
  • knuckle
  • knuckled
  • lend
  • lune
  • lunk
  • neck
  • necked
  • need
  • needed
  • needle
  • needled
  • nene
  • nude
  • nuke
  • nuked
  • null
  • uncle
  • undue
  • unneeded


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 197

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 138

Genius requires between 19 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-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 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 197 was in the 73rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 10, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 10, 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 106
  • noon 96
  • toot 92
  • naan 91
  • nana 91
  • lilt 74
  • till 74
  • tilt 74
  • tint 64
  • ratatat 63
  • tart 63
  • tartar 63
  • attar 62
  • anal 61
  • lull 59
  • lulu 59
  • call 58
  • calla 58
  • loon 57
  • mama 57
  • mamma 57
  • nene 56
  • root 56
  • rotor 56
  • tatty 56
  • toro 56
  • tort 56
  • trot 56
  • onto 55
  • roto 55
  • toon 55
  • array 54
  • dodo 54
  • loot 54
  • lotto 54
  • mono 54
  • moon 54
  • radar 54
  • toll 54
  • tool 54
  • tact 52
  • allay 51
  • ally 51
  • poop 51
  • loom 50
  • moll 50
  • olio 50
  • papa 50
  • itty 49
  • natant 49


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • dene
  • denned
  • dudeen
  • duende
  • kenned
  • kennelled
  • kune
  • lucence
  • lunule
  • neuk
  • nulled
  • nuncle
  • unceded
  • unde
  • undecked
  • undee
  • undeluded
  • undulled
  • unended
  • unkeeled
  • unkend
  • unkenned
  • unkennel
  • unkenneled
  • unkennelled
  • unled

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