Sunday, February 27, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • going
  • gong
  • goon
  • goop
  • gown
  • gowning
  • hippo
  • hogging
  • honing
  • hoop
  • hooping
  • hoping
  • hopping
  • noggin
  • nohow
  • noon
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • opining
  • opinion
  • owing
  • owning
  • phoning
  • phono
  • pinion
  • pinioning
  • pogo
  • pogoing
  • pong
  • pooh
  • poop
  • pooping
  • popping
  • powwow
  • whoop
  • whooping
  • whop
  • whopping
  • winnow
  • winnowing
  • wino
  • woohoo
  • wooing
  • wowing


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 232

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 162

Genius requires between 22 and 37 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 232 was in the 82nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 20, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 69th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 24, 2022.
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.



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 119
  • noon 118
  • toot 109
  • naan 100
  • nana 100
  • lilt 89
  • till 89
  • tilt 89
  • tint 76
  • ratatat 69
  • tart 69
  • tartar 69
  • anal 68
  • attar 68
  • onto 68
  • toon 68
  • loon 67
  • mama 67
  • mamma 67
  • dodo 66
  • array 65
  • call 65
  • calla 65
  • lull 65
  • lulu 65
  • tatty 65
  • nene 64
  • olio 63
  • root 63
  • rotor 63
  • toro 63
  • tort 63
  • trot 63
  • allay 62
  • ally 62
  • loom 62
  • moll 62
  • loot 60
  • lotto 60
  • mono 60
  • moon 60
  • toll 60
  • tool 60
  • itty 59
  • radar 59
  • boob 58
  • booboo 58
  • onion 58
  • poop 58
  • tact 58


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • gipon
  • gogo
  • gonging
  • gonion
  • gonoph
  • hogg
  • hong
  • hongi
  • hongiing
  • hoopoo
  • ingoing
  • inion
  • ninon
  • nogg
  • nogging
  • nonwinning
  • nooning
  • ohing
  • oohing
  • oping
  • phon
  • phonon
  • pingo
  • pinon
  • pion
  • pogonip
  • ponging
  • pongo
  • poohing
  • pooing
  • poon
  • powwowing
  • wonning

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