Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cede
  • ceded
  • cocoon
  • cocooned
  • code
  • coded
  • codon
  • coed
  • coffee
  • cofound
  • cofounded
  • concede
  • conceded
  • condo
  • condone
  • condoned
  • cone
  • coned
  • confound
  • confounded
  • conned
  • cooed
  • cued
  • cuff
  • cuffed
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • denounce
  • denounced
  • deuce
  • dunce
  • educe
  • educed
  • encode
  • encoded
  • fecund
  • fence
  • fenced
  • neocon
  • nonce
  • once
  • ounce
  • unceded
  • uncuff
  • uncuffed


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 279

Number of Answers: 48

Points Needed for Genius: 195

Genius requires between 26 and 40 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 279 was in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 1, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 48 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 1, 2023.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

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 142
  • loll 141
  • toot 131
  • naan 118
  • nana 118
  • lilt 105
  • till 105
  • tilt 105
  • tint 89
  • mama 88
  • mamma 88
  • dodo 83
  • lull 82
  • lulu 82
  • onto 82
  • toon 82
  • nene 81
  • acacia 80
  • acai 80
  • call 80
  • calla 80
  • poop 80
  • boob 79
  • booboo 79
  • tatty 79
  • array 77
  • anal 76
  • mitt 76
  • papa 76
  • radar 76
  • allay 75
  • ally 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
  • coot 69
  • nanny 69
  • root 69
  • rotor 69


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • coco
  • codded
  • codec
  • coden
  • coff
  • conduce
  • conduced
  • conn
  • coocoo
  • cooee
  • cooeed
  • coof
  • coon
  • coude
  • defence
  • defenced
  • deuced
  • douce
  • duce
  • enounce
  • enounced
  • eocene
  • fennec
  • offence
  • unco
  • uncoded
  • unconfounded
  • unfence
  • unfenced

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