Saturday, April 22, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • emit
  • emote
  • femme
  • film
  • item
  • leitmotif
  • lifetime
  • lime
  • limit
  • limo
  • loom
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • memo
  • mete
  • mettle
  • miff
  • mile
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mimeo
  • mite
  • mitt
  • moil
  • mole
  • moll
  • molt
  • moot
  • mote
  • motel
  • motet
  • motif
  • motile
  • mottle
  • motto
  • omelet
  • omelette
  • omit
  • teem
  • time
  • tome
  • tomtit
  • totem


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 145

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 102

Genius requires between 16 and 42 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% 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 145 was in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on April 17, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on April 21, 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 6-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 143
  • loll 142
  • toot 131
  • naan 119
  • nana 119
  • lilt 107
  • till 107
  • tilt 107
  • mama 90
  • mamma 90
  • tint 89
  • nene 84
  • dodo 83
  • lull 83
  • lulu 83
  • onto 82
  • toon 82
  • acacia 81
  • acai 81
  • boob 80
  • booboo 80
  • call 80
  • calla 80
  • poop 80
  • tatty 79
  • array 77
  • mitt 77
  • papa 77
  • allay 76
  • ally 76
  • anal 76
  • olio 76
  • radar 76
  • ratatat 76
  • tart 76
  • tartar 76
  • anon 75
  • attar 75
  • mono 74
  • moon 74
  • loom 73
  • loon 73
  • moll 73
  • baba 72
  • onion 72
  • itty 71
  • nanny 70
  • coot 69
  • root 69
  • rotor 69


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • elemi
  • emmet
  • feme
  • filemot
  • filmi
  • fomite
  • immotile
  • melilite
  • melilot
  • mell
  • metol
  • milfoil
  • mille
  • millieme
  • millime
  • millimole
  • milo
  • milt
  • mimetite
  • mofette
  • moffette
  • mofo
  • mollie
  • molto
  • mome
  • momi
  • mool
  • motmot
  • mott
  • motte
  • telefilm
  • telome
  • timolol
  • tomfool
  • toom
  • totemite

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