Monday, January 2, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cent
  • cite
  • civet
  • civic
  • effect
  • effective
  • efficient
  • entice
  • evict
  • evictee
  • evince
  • fence
  • fictive
  • incentive
  • incite
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • infect
  • infective
  • invective
  • nice
  • niece
  • tinct
  • vice


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 159

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 111

Genius requires between 12 and 21 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 19, 2021 (Center Letter: T)



    • 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 31, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 1, 2023.
    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 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



    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 137
    • loll 136
    • toot 126
    • naan 112
    • nana 112
    • lilt 101
    • till 101
    • tilt 101
    • mama 85
    • mamma 85
    • tint 84
    • onto 80
    • toon 80
    • call 78
    • calla 78
    • dodo 78
    • nene 78
    • boob 76
    • booboo 76
    • lull 76
    • lulu 76
    • tatty 76
    • allay 74
    • ally 74
    • olio 74
    • papa 74
    • anal 73
    • array 73
    • poop 73
    • ratatat 73
    • tart 73
    • tartar 73
    • acacia 72
    • acai 72
    • attar 72
    • anon 71
    • loon 71
    • mono 71
    • moon 71
    • loom 70
    • mitt 70
    • moll 70
    • radar 70
    • onion 69
    • coot 68
    • baba 67
    • loot 67
    • lotto 67
    • root 67
    • rotor 67


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cete
    • cine
    • civie
    • enceinte
    • etic
    • evincive
    • fennec
    • fice
    • ficin
    • ictic
    • incent
    • tectite
    • vinic
    • vivific

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