Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • addict
  • alit
  • atilt
  • attic
  • await
  • cacti
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • data
  • dicta
  • didact
  • didactic
  • illicit
  • italic
  • lactic
  • licit
  • lilt
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tail
  • talc
  • tali
  • tall
  • tidal
  • till
  • tilt
  • twilit
  • twill
  • twit
  • wait
  • watt
  • wildcat
  • wilt


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 146

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 102

Genius requires between 15 and 30 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 12, 2020 (Center Letter: L)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 146 was in the 49th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on October 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 35 possible answers rank it in the 48th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 5, 2021.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 19 on October 3, 2021.

    It takes a 7-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.



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    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 114
    • noon 107
    • toot 99
    • naan 94
    • nana 94
    • lilt 81
    • till 81
    • tilt 81
    • tint 68
    • anal 65
    • ratatat 65
    • tart 65
    • tartar 65
    • attar 64
    • loon 64
    • dodo 61
    • lull 61
    • lulu 61
    • call 60
    • calla 60
    • tatty 60
    • mama 59
    • mamma 59
    • nene 59
    • olio 59
    • onto 59
    • root 59
    • rotor 59
    • toon 59
    • toro 59
    • tort 59
    • trot 59
    • mono 58
    • moon 58
    • array 57
    • loot 56
    • lotto 56
    • toll 56
    • tool 56
    • allay 55
    • ally 55
    • loom 55
    • moll 55
    • radar 55
    • roto 55
    • papa 54
    • tact 54
    • tall 54
    • nanny 53
    • poop 53


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acta
    • adit
    • atactic
    • atlatl
    • calcitic
    • catalatic
    • catclaw
    • clit
    • clitic
    • dawt
    • didactical
    • dita
    • ictic
    • illitic
    • lati
    • latilla
    • litai
    • tala
    • tallit
    • tical
    • tictac
    • titi
    • twat

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