Monday, November 1, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acid
  • acidic
  • addict
  • addiction
  • addition
  • anaconda
  • antacid
  • candid
  • canid
  • cicada
  • coda
  • codon
  • condition
  • condo
  • condonation
  • data
  • diatonic
  • dicta
  • dictation
  • diction
  • didact
  • didactic
  • dino
  • dint
  • ditto
  • dodo
  • donation
  • doodad
  • idiot
  • idiotic
  • indica
  • indication
  • indicia
  • indict
  • nada
  • naiad
  • octad
  • toad


Number of Pangrams: 5

Maximum Puzzle Score: 247

Number of Answers: 38

Points Needed for Genius: 173

Genius requires between 18 and 34 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 105% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 55% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 247 was in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 27, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 38 possible answers rank it in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 31, 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 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 114
  • noon 109
  • toot 100
  • naan 97
  • nana 97
  • lilt 84
  • till 84
  • tilt 84
  • tint 70
  • anal 65
  • ratatat 65
  • tart 65
  • tartar 65
  • attar 64
  • loon 64
  • dodo 62
  • call 61
  • calla 61
  • lull 61
  • lulu 61
  • mama 61
  • mamma 61
  • root 61
  • rotor 61
  • tatty 61
  • toro 61
  • tort 61
  • trot 61
  • olio 60
  • onto 60
  • toon 60
  • nene 59
  • mono 58
  • moon 58
  • array 57
  • allay 56
  • ally 56
  • loot 56
  • lotto 56
  • tact 56
  • toll 56
  • tool 56
  • itty 55
  • loom 55
  • moll 55
  • papa 55
  • radar 55
  • roto 55
  • onion 54
  • tall 54


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • accidia
  • acidotic
  • actinoid
  • adit
  • adnation
  • ananda
  • anconoid
  • andantini
  • andantino
  • anodic
  • anticodon
  • cactoid
  • cadi
  • caid
  • candida
  • cnida
  • coccid
  • coccidia
  • coccoid
  • conidia
  • conidian
  • conodont
  • conoid
  • dacoit
  • dada
  • dado
  • danio
  • dato
  • datto
  • diacid
  • diacidic
  • diactinic
  • dicot
  • dido
  • dita
  • doat
  • doit
  • dona
  • donna
  • doodoo
  • dotation
  • indican
  • indicant
  • indiction
  • iodation
  • iodic
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • iodination
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nicad
  • nidation
  • nidi
  • nitid
  • nodi
  • nonacid
  • nonacidic
  • nonaddict
  • nondidactic
  • octadic
  • odic
  • odonata
  • odontoid
  • oidia
  • oidioid
  • ootid
  • tondi
  • tondo

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