Monday, July 24, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • anion
  • anon
  • baboon
  • banana
  • barbarian
  • barn
  • baron
  • bobbin
  • bonbon
  • bonobo
  • boon
  • born
  • boron
  • brain
  • bran
  • brawn
  • brown
  • inborn
  • iron
  • naan
  • nabob
  • nana
  • narrow
  • noir
  • noob
  • noon
  • nori
  • onion
  • rain
  • rainbow
  • rani
  • ribbon
  • roan
  • robin
  • rowan
  • wanna
  • warn
  • winnow
  • wino
  • worn


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 150

Number of Answers: 40

Points Needed for Genius: 105

Genius requires between 17 and 35 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% 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 150 was in the 45th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 22, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 40 possible answers rank it in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 22, 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 148
  • loll 143
  • toot 135
  • naan 127
  • nana 127
  • lilt 109
  • till 109
  • tilt 109
  • mama 95
  • mamma 95
  • tint 95
  • nene 89
  • acacia 88
  • acai 88
  • onto 86
  • toon 86
  • lull 85
  • lulu 85
  • call 84
  • calla 84
  • dodo 84
  • poop 84
  • tatty 83
  • boob 82
  • booboo 82
  • array 81
  • mitt 81
  • allay 80
  • ally 80
  • anal 80
  • olio 80
  • papa 80
  • radar 80
  • anon 79
  • baba 78
  • onion 78
  • ratatat 78
  • tart 78
  • tartar 78
  • attar 77
  • mono 76
  • moon 76
  • loom 75
  • loon 75
  • moll 75
  • tact 75
  • nanny 74
  • 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*:

  • aboon
  • airn
  • anna
  • annona
  • anoa
  • bairn
  • bani
  • banian
  • bawn
  • biriani
  • boronia
  • brin
  • bwana
  • inia
  • inion
  • inro
  • naira
  • nanna
  • nano
  • naoi
  • nawab
  • ninon
  • nona
  • noniron
  • nonwar
  • noria
  • rabbin
  • rabboni
  • rawin
  • robbin
  • robinia
  • ronin
  • ronion
  • wain
  • wanion
  • warworn

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