Thursday, January 6, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abut
  • album
  • ambulant
  • baba
  • ball
  • balm
  • banal
  • banana
  • bantam
  • blab
  • blam
  • blat
  • blatant
  • blunt
  • bubba
  • bulb
  • bull
  • bunt
  • butt
  • lamb
  • mamba
  • numb
  • numbat
  • tabla
  • tuba
  • tubal
  • unban


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 94

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 66

Genius requires between 11 and 24 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • May 28, 2019 (Center Letter: N)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 94 was in the 13th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on January 3, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 23rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 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 6-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 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
    • baba 55


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abba
    • ablaut
    • abuttal
    • alba
    • albata
    • atabal
    • baal
    • babu
    • babul
    • balata
    • batata
    • batman
    • batt
    • battu
    • blub
    • bubal
    • bubu
    • bulbul
    • bulla
    • bullbat
    • buna
    • bunn
    • butut
    • matambala
    • tabu
    • tabun
    • tambala

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