Sunday, March 26, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • affect
  • cafe
  • efface
  • effect
  • effete
  • face
  • facet
  • fact
  • fate
  • fatty
  • feat
  • feet
  • feta
  • fete
  • pfft
  • taffeta
  • taffy
  • typeface


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 70

Number of Answers: 18

Points Needed for Genius: 49

Genius requires between 7 and 17 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • October 20, 2020 (Center Letter: P)
  • April 7, 2020 (Center Letter: P)
  • August 17, 2019 (Center Letter: T)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 70 was in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 16, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 18 possible answers rank it in the 0th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on February 16, 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 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 142
    • loll 141
    • toot 129
    • naan 117
    • nana 117
    • lilt 104
    • till 104
    • tilt 104
    • mama 88
    • mamma 88
    • tint 88
    • onto 82
    • toon 82
    • dodo 81
    • lull 81
    • lulu 81
    • nene 81
    • acacia 80
    • acai 80
    • call 80
    • calla 80
    • poop 79
    • tatty 79
    • boob 78
    • booboo 78
    • anal 76
    • array 76
    • papa 76
    • radar 76
    • allay 75
    • ally 75
    • mitt 75
    • olio 75
    • ratatat 75
    • tart 75
    • tartar 75
    • anon 74
    • attar 74
    • loon 73
    • mono 73
    • moon 73
    • loom 72
    • moll 72
    • onion 72
    • baba 71
    • itty 71
    • root 69
    • rotor 69
    • toro 69
    • tort 69


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • caff
    • catface
    • facete
    • facta
    • faff
    • fyce
    • fytte
    • teff
    • tepefy
    • yaff

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