Saturday, October 1, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • defend
  • defended
  • defied
  • define
  • defined
  • definite
  • definitive
  • deft
  • deified
  • diffident
  • edified
  • effete
  • feed
  • feet
  • feint
  • feinted
  • fend
  • fended
  • fete
  • feted
  • fetid
  • fief
  • fiend
  • fife
  • fifed
  • fifteen
  • find
  • fine
  • fined
  • finite
  • finned
  • fitted
  • five
  • identified
  • indefinite
  • infinite
  • infinitive
  • tiff
  • vivified


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 212

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 148

Genius requires between 19 and 33 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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:

  • October 28, 2020 (Center Letter: T)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 212 was in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on September 29, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 56th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on September 29, 2022.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 18 on May 1, 2022.

    It takes a 8-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

    • noon 132
    • loll 130
    • toot 123
    • naan 110
    • nana 110
    • lilt 96
    • till 96
    • tilt 96
    • tint 83
    • mama 79
    • mamma 79
    • onto 79
    • toon 79
    • nene 75
    • dodo 74
    • boob 73
    • booboo 73
    • anal 72
    • call 72
    • calla 72
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • tatty 72
    • allay 71
    • ally 71
    • array 71
    • attar 71
    • lull 71
    • lulu 71
    • olio 71
    • loon 70
    • anon 67
    • mitt 67
    • mono 67
    • moon 67
    • poop 67
    • radar 67
    • loom 66
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • moll 66
    • onion 66
    • papa 66
    • toll 66
    • tool 66
    • acacia 65
    • acai 65
    • baba 65
    • coot 65


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • defi
    • diff
    • effendi
    • fetted
    • infeed
    • neif
    • nidified
    • niff
    • niffed
    • teff
    • tiffed
    • tiffin
    • tiffined
    • viff
    • viffed
    • vinified

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