Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • eighty
  • eyeteeth
  • ghee
  • height
  • high
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • thee
  • they
  • thigh
  • tight
  • tithe
  • weigh
  • weight
  • weighty
  • whee
  • whet
  • whew
  • whey
  • whit
  • white
  • wight
  • with


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 111

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 78

Genius requires between 12 and 23 words. You need at least a 6-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:

  • May 6, 2022 (Center Letter: E)
  • August 31, 2021 (Center Letter: I)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 111 was in the 22nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on August 14, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 26 possible answers rank it in the 17th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 26, 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 149
    • loll 146
    • toot 135
    • naan 128
    • nana 128
    • lilt 111
    • till 111
    • tilt 111
    • mama 96
    • mamma 96
    • tint 96
    • nene 92
    • acacia 89
    • acai 89
    • lull 87
    • lulu 87
    • onto 86
    • toon 86
    • dodo 85
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • poop 84
    • tatty 84
    • boob 83
    • booboo 83
    • anal 82
    • mitt 82
    • allay 81
    • ally 81
    • array 81
    • olio 81
    • papa 81
    • radar 81
    • anon 80
    • baba 79
    • onion 78
    • ratatat 78
    • tart 78
    • tartar 78
    • attar 77
    • loon 77
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • nanny 76
    • tact 76
    • epee 75
    • loom 75
    • moll 75
    • peep 75
    • itty 74


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • gighe
    • heigh
    • heighth
    • heth
    • hight
    • highth
    • hyte
    • teth
    • thew
    • thewy
    • tythe
    • wheyey
    • whig
    • whitey
    • whity
    • withe
    • withy

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