Saturday, August 5, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • dewy
  • dowdy
  • down
  • downed
  • downy
  • endow
  • endowed
  • hewed
  • hewn
  • hoedown
  • honeydew
  • howdy
  • nohow
  • owed
  • owned
  • wedded
  • weed
  • weeded
  • weedy
  • weeny
  • wend
  • wended
  • whee
  • when
  • whew
  • whey
  • wood
  • wooded
  • wooden
  • woody
  • wooed
  • woohoo
  • wowed


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 142

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 99

Genius requires between 16 and 28 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% 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:

  • August 17, 2022 (Center Letter: H)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 142 was in the 41st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 30, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 4, 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 144
    • toot 135
    • naan 127
    • nana 127
    • lilt 110
    • till 110
    • tilt 110
    • mama 96
    • mamma 96
    • tint 96
    • nene 90
    • acacia 89
    • acai 89
    • lull 87
    • lulu 87
    • onto 86
    • toon 86
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • dodo 84
    • poop 84
    • tatty 84
    • boob 82
    • booboo 82
    • mitt 82
    • array 81
    • papa 81
    • allay 80
    • ally 80
    • anal 80
    • olio 80
    • radar 80
    • anon 79
    • baba 79
    • onion 78
    • ratatat 78
    • tart 78
    • tartar 78
    • attar 77
    • loon 76
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • tact 76
    • loom 75
    • moll 75
    • nanny 75
    • epee 74
    • peep 74
    • coot 73


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • dewed
    • dhow
    • dowed
    • dyeweed
    • dyewood
    • eeew
    • enow
    • howe
    • nonwoody
    • ween
    • weened
    • weewee
    • weeweed
    • wenny
    • wheen
    • wheyey
    • wonned
    • woodhen
    • wowee
    • wynd
    • wynn
    • yeow
    • yowe
    • yowed

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