Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ache
  • ached
  • ahead
  • cache
  • cached
  • chad
  • chalk
  • chalked
  • challah
  • check
  • checked
  • cheek
  • dacha
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
  • each
  • hack
  • hacked
  • hackle
  • haka
  • hake
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • head
  • headache
  • headed
  • heal
  • healed
  • heck
  • heckle
  • heckled
  • heed
  • heeded
  • heel
  • heeled
  • held
  • hell
  • leach
  • leached
  • lech
  • leech
  • leeched


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 19 and 37 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 189 was in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 10, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 11, 2022.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 17 on October 2, 2022.

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

  • noon 133
  • loll 131
  • toot 123
  • naan 110
  • nana 110
  • lilt 96
  • till 96
  • tilt 96
  • tint 84
  • mama 80
  • mamma 80
  • onto 79
  • toon 79
  • dodo 75
  • nene 75
  • boob 73
  • booboo 73
  • tatty 73
  • allay 72
  • ally 72
  • anal 72
  • call 72
  • calla 72
  • ratatat 72
  • tart 72
  • tartar 72
  • array 71
  • attar 71
  • lull 71
  • lulu 71
  • olio 71
  • loon 70
  • anon 68
  • loom 68
  • moll 68
  • mono 68
  • moon 68
  • radar 68
  • mitt 67
  • poop 67
  • acacia 66
  • acai 66
  • baba 66
  • loot 66
  • lotto 66
  • onion 66
  • papa 66
  • toll 66
  • tool 66
  • coot 65


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aahed
  • ahed
  • allheal
  • cachaca
  • caleche
  • chachka
  • chalah
  • chaleh
  • challa
  • cheeked
  • chela
  • chelae
  • clach
  • dahl
  • daledh
  • dhak
  • dhal
  • eche
  • eched
  • echelle
  • hacek
  • hackee
  • hackled
  • hadal
  • hade
  • haded
  • haed
  • haha
  • halacha
  • halakah
  • halakha
  • halakhah
  • halala
  • halalah
  • halalled
  • haled
  • hallah
  • hallal
  • hallalled
  • hallel
  • heddle
  • helled
  • keddah
  • keelhale
  • keelhaled
  • kheda
  • khedah
  • lahal
  • lakehead
  • lakh
  • leched

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