Thursday, December 15, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • dent
  • dented
  • detente
  • ended
  • entente
  • gene
  • gent
  • genteel
  • gentle
  • gentled
  • glen
  • henge
  • legend
  • lend
  • length
  • lengthen
  • lengthened
  • lent
  • need
  • needed
  • needle
  • needled
  • nene
  • netted
  • nettle
  • nettled
  • teen
  • tend
  • tended
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tented
  • tenth
  • then


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 159

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 111

Genius requires between 16 and 29 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • July 16, 2021 (Center Letter: L)
  • October 5, 2020 (Center Letter: G)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 159 was in the 52nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on December 14, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 14, 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 135
    • loll 134
    • toot 125
    • naan 111
    • nana 111
    • lilt 100
    • till 100
    • tilt 100
    • tint 84
    • mama 83
    • mamma 83
    • onto 80
    • toon 80
    • call 77
    • calla 77
    • dodo 77
    • nene 77
    • lull 76
    • lulu 76
    • boob 75
    • booboo 75
    • tatty 75
    • array 73
    • ratatat 73
    • tart 73
    • tartar 73
    • allay 72
    • ally 72
    • anal 72
    • attar 72
    • olio 72
    • papa 72
    • acacia 71
    • acai 71
    • poop 71
    • anon 70
    • loon 70
    • mitt 70
    • mono 70
    • moon 70
    • loom 69
    • moll 69
    • radar 69
    • baba 67
    • onion 67
    • coot 66
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • root 66
    • rotor 66


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • dene
    • denned
    • dentelle
    • detent
    • ethene
    • genet
    • genette
    • genned
    • hent
    • hented
    • lenten
    • nett
    • telnet
    • telneted
    • telnetted
    • tenge
    • tenne
    • thegn

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