Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cent
  • cite
  • conceit
  • cone
  • connect
  • connection
  • connote
  • content
  • contention
  • continence
  • continent
  • cootie
  • cote
  • ecotone
  • eject
  • ejection
  • enjoin
  • entente
  • entice
  • incite
  • incontinence
  • incontinent
  • inject
  • injection
  • innie
  • innocence
  • innocent
  • intent
  • intention
  • intone
  • jete
  • nene
  • neocon
  • neon
  • nice
  • nicotine
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
  • nonce
  • none
  • nonet
  • note
  • notice
  • octet
  • once
  • tectonic
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tenon
  • tent
  • tine
  • tone
  • tonne
  • tontine
  • toonie
  • tote


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 315

Number of Answers: 58

Points Needed for Genius: 221

Genius requires between 26 and 50 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 315 was in the 96th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 28, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 58 possible answers rank it in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 7, 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 9-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 113
  • noon 102
  • toot 98
  • naan 93
  • nana 93
  • lilt 79
  • till 79
  • tilt 79
  • tint 67
  • anal 65
  • ratatat 65
  • tart 65
  • tartar 65
  • attar 64
  • loon 62
  • lull 61
  • lulu 61
  • call 60
  • calla 60
  • dodo 59
  • mama 59
  • mamma 59
  • onto 59
  • root 59
  • rotor 59
  • tatty 59
  • toon 59
  • toro 59
  • tort 59
  • trot 59
  • mono 57
  • moon 57
  • nene 57
  • array 56
  • olio 56
  • allay 55
  • ally 55
  • loom 55
  • loot 55
  • lotto 55
  • moll 55
  • radar 55
  • roto 55
  • toll 55
  • tool 55
  • tact 53
  • tall 53
  • nanny 52
  • papa 52
  • poop 52


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cenote
  • cento
  • cete
  • cine
  • cocotte
  • concent
  • coniine
  • conine
  • conte
  • cooee
  • coontie
  • cotinine
  • eejit
  • enceinte
  • eocene
  • etic
  • incent
  • intine
  • ionone
  • jennet
  • jeon
  • jeton
  • jetton
  • jinnee
  • neotenic
  • nett
  • niente
  • nocent
  • noetic
  • nonconnection
  • octette
  • oncet
  • tectite
  • tein
  • tenne
  • tenno
  • tentie
  • tittie
  • tonetic
  • tonette

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