Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agitation
  • agog
  • agonizing
  • anion
  • annotating
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anointing
  • anon
  • antagonizing
  • atoning
  • gigaton
  • goat
  • going
  • gong
  • gonna
  • gonzo
  • goon
  • gotta
  • ignition
  • ingot
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonating
  • intonation
  • intoning
  • ionization
  • ionizing
  • iota
  • nation
  • noggin
  • nonagon
  • noon
  • notating
  • notation
  • noting
  • notion
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • onto
  • oozing
  • tango
  • tangoing
  • tattoo
  • tattooing
  • toga
  • togging
  • tong
  • tonging
  • toning
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooting
  • toting
  • zoning


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 325

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 227

Genius requires between 27 and 46 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 325 was in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 16, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on December 16, 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 118
  • noon 115
  • toot 104
  • naan 98
  • nana 98
  • lilt 84
  • till 84
  • tilt 84
  • tint 73
  • ratatat 67
  • tart 67
  • tartar 67
  • anal 66
  • attar 66
  • loon 66
  • onto 65
  • toon 65
  • call 64
  • calla 64
  • dodo 64
  • lull 64
  • lulu 64
  • tatty 64
  • array 63
  • mama 63
  • mamma 63
  • root 63
  • rotor 63
  • toro 63
  • tort 63
  • trot 63
  • olio 62
  • nene 61
  • allay 60
  • ally 60
  • mono 60
  • moon 60
  • loom 59
  • moll 59
  • itty 58
  • radar 58
  • loot 57
  • lotto 57
  • onion 57
  • tact 57
  • toll 57
  • tool 57
  • poop 56
  • anon 55
  • mitt 55


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • agio
  • agitato
  • agnation
  • agon
  • anatto
  • annatto
  • annona
  • anoa
  • antiozonant
  • atonia
  • azon
  • azotizing
  • gazoo
  • gigot
  • ginzo
  • gitano
  • goanna
  • gogo
  • gonging
  • gonia
  • gonion
  • inanition
  • ingoing
  • ingoting
  • inion
  • nano
  • naoi
  • natation
  • ninon
  • niton
  • nogg
  • nogging
  • nona
  • nonionizing
  • nooning
  • nota
  • oogonia
  • otto
  • ozonating
  • ozonation
  • ozonization
  • ozonizing
  • tanto
  • tignon
  • tigon
  • toit
  • toiting
  • tonga
  • totting
  • zingano
  • zona
  • zonation
  • zoon
  • zooning

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