Thursday, August 12, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • elite
  • emit
  • evil
  • ileum
  • ilium
  • item
  • lieu
  • lilt
  • lime
  • limit
  • lite
  • little
  • live
  • mile
  • milieu
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mite
  • mitt
  • multilevel
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • time
  • title
  • tittle
  • tutti
  • utile
  • veil
  • vile


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 95

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 67

Genius requires between 11 and 29 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 95 was in the 15th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 6, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 31 possible answers rank it in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 6, 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 6-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 110
  • noon 99
  • toot 96
  • naan 91
  • nana 91
  • lilt 78
  • till 78
  • tilt 78
  • tint 65
  • ratatat 64
  • tart 64
  • tartar 64
  • attar 63
  • anal 62
  • call 60
  • calla 60
  • loon 60
  • lull 60
  • lulu 60
  • tatty 59
  • dodo 58
  • mama 58
  • mamma 58
  • root 58
  • rotor 58
  • toro 58
  • tort 58
  • trot 58
  • onto 57
  • toon 57
  • mono 56
  • moon 56
  • nene 56
  • allay 55
  • ally 55
  • array 55
  • loot 55
  • lotto 55
  • roto 55
  • toll 55
  • tool 55
  • olio 54
  • radar 54
  • tact 53
  • loom 52
  • moll 52
  • poop 52
  • nanny 51
  • tall 51
  • itty 50


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • elemi
  • eluvium
  • etui
  • evite
  • illite
  • illume
  • illuvium
  • lieve
  • limuli
  • litu
  • lutetium
  • luvvie
  • melilite
  • milium
  • mille
  • millieme
  • millime
  • milt
  • mimetite
  • mulie
  • mullite
  • telium
  • tillite
  • titi
  • tittie
  • tuile
  • tuille
  • tumuli
  • vielle
  • vill
  • villi
  • vitelli
  • vittle
  • vive
  • vlei

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