Sunday, September 24, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aiming
  • airman
  • anagram
  • anagramming
  • anima
  • animating
  • arming
  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gram
  • gramma
  • grammar
  • grammarian
  • grim
  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • imitating
  • immigrant
  • immigrating
  • intimating
  • magi
  • magma
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • maintain
  • maintaining
  • mama
  • mamma
  • managing
  • manga
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • manta
  • mantra
  • margarita
  • margin
  • margining
  • marina
  • marinara
  • marinating
  • marm
  • marring
  • mart
  • martian
  • martin
  • martini
  • mating
  • matting
  • migrant
  • migrating
  • miming
  • mini
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining
  • mint
  • minting
  • mirin
  • miring
  • mitigating
  • mitt
  • naming
  • ramming
  • rimming
  • tamari
  • tamarin
  • taming
  • tangram
  • tatami
  • timing
  • tram
  • trigram
  • trim
  • trimaran
  • trimming


Number of Pangrams: 5

Maximum Puzzle Score: 506

Number of Answers: 79

Points Needed for Genius: 354

Genius requires between 41 and 67 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 506 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 22, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 79 possible answers rank it in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 8, 2019.
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 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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 153
  • loll 148
  • toot 138
  • naan 132
  • nana 132
  • lilt 112
  • till 112
  • tilt 112
  • mama 101
  • mamma 101
  • tint 100
  • nene 94
  • onto 90
  • toon 90
  • acacia 89
  • acai 89
  • lull 88
  • lulu 88
  • call 86
  • calla 86
  • poop 86
  • tatty 86
  • anal 85
  • dodo 85
  • anon 84
  • boob 84
  • booboo 84
  • mitt 84
  • allay 83
  • ally 83
  • onion 83
  • olio 82
  • papa 82
  • radar 82
  • array 81
  • baba 80
  • ratatat 80
  • tart 80
  • tartar 80
  • attar 79
  • loon 78
  • mono 77
  • moon 77
  • nanny 77
  • epee 76
  • loom 76
  • moll 76
  • peep 76
  • tact 76
  • nada 75


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • agama
  • agma
  • airtram
  • amain
  • amanita
  • amanitin
  • amarna
  • amia
  • amiga
  • amin
  • amir
  • amnia
  • amrit
  • amrita
  • animati
  • animi
  • antiman
  • ataman
  • atma
  • atman
  • gagman
  • gama
  • gamming
  • grama
  • griming
  • inarm
  • inarming
  • intima
  • maar
  • magian
  • magmata
  • mair
  • mammati
  • mana
  • manana
  • manat
  • manganin
  • mannan
  • mantram
  • mara
  • maranta
  • margarin
  • marginating
  • maria
  • marram
  • marting
  • matin
  • matt
  • mattin
  • migg
  • mina
  • miri
  • mitigant
  • mitring
  • nimming
  • ragman
  • rami
  • ramin
  • riming
  • tarama
  • tinman
  • titman
  • trainman
  • tramming
  • trangam

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