Friday, August 18, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • expo
  • hippo
  • hone
  • hoop
  • hope
  • neon
  • none
  • noon
  • nope
  • onion
  • open
  • opine
  • opinion
  • oxen
  • peon
  • phoenix
  • phone
  • phono
  • pinion
  • pone
  • pooh
  • poop
  • pope
  • xenon


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 72

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 50

Genius requires between 8 and 22 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 72 was in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 27, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 11th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 15, 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 150
  • loll 146
  • toot 135
  • naan 128
  • nana 128
  • lilt 111
  • till 111
  • tilt 111
  • mama 97
  • mamma 97
  • tint 96
  • nene 92
  • acacia 89
  • acai 89
  • lull 87
  • lulu 87
  • onto 86
  • toon 86
  • call 85
  • calla 85
  • dodo 85
  • poop 85
  • 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 79
  • 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*:

  • epopee
  • exon
  • hexone
  • hoopoe
  • hoopoo
  • inion
  • ionone
  • ninon
  • pennon
  • pepino
  • pepo
  • phon
  • phonon
  • pinon
  • pion
  • poon

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