Thursday, July 13, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • child
  • childhood
  • chili
  • chill
  • chocoholic
  • cichlid
  • clod
  • clog
  • codicil
  • coil
  • cold
  • colic
  • colloid
  • cool
  • dildo
  • dill
  • doll
  • gigolo
  • gild
  • gill
  • godchild
  • gold
  • googol
  • hill
  • hold
  • idol
  • igloo
  • illogic
  • loch
  • loci
  • loco
  • logic
  • logo
  • loll
  • olio


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 128

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 90

Genius requires between 13 and 32 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% 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:

  • November 10, 2020 (Center Letter: D)
  • February 8, 2019 (Center Letter: O)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 128 was in the 33rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on June 26, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 8, 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 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 146
    • loll 143
    • toot 135
    • naan 124
    • nana 124
    • lilt 109
    • till 109
    • tilt 109
    • tint 94
    • mama 93
    • mamma 93
    • nene 89
    • acacia 87
    • acai 87
    • lull 85
    • lulu 85
    • onto 85
    • toon 85
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • dodo 84
    • poop 83
    • tatty 83
    • boob 82
    • booboo 82
    • mitt 81
    • anal 80
    • array 80
    • olio 80
    • papa 80
    • allay 79
    • ally 79
    • radar 79
    • baba 78
    • ratatat 78
    • tart 78
    • tartar 78
    • attar 77
    • anon 76
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • onion 76
    • loon 75
    • loom 74
    • moll 74
    • tact 74
    • nanny 73
    • tutu 73
    • coot 72
    • epee 72


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • chilidog
    • chilli
    • choil
    • choli
    • cholo
    • colog
    • diol
    • dolci
    • glochid
    • glogg
    • hili
    • hillo
    • hollo
    • holloo
    • holo
    • lich
    • lichi
    • lido
    • lilo
    • logoi
    • loid
    • oologic

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