Friday, November 17, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • equine
  • etiquette
  • netiquette
  • queen
  • queening
  • queue
  • queueing
  • queuing
  • quiet
  • quieten
  • quieting
  • quinine
  • quint
  • quintet
  • quit
  • quite
  • quitting
  • unique
  • unquiet


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 131

Number of Answers: 19

Points Needed for Genius: 92

Genius requires between 11 and 16 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% 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:

  • July 1, 2022 (Center Letter: G)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 131 was in the 34th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 9, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 19 possible answers rank it in the 1st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 17, 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 8-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 156
    • loll 153
    • toot 146
    • naan 133
    • nana 133
    • lilt 117
    • till 117
    • tilt 117
    • tint 105
    • mama 102
    • mamma 102
    • nene 98
    • onto 95
    • toon 95
    • acacia 92
    • acai 92
    • lull 92
    • lulu 92
    • call 88
    • calla 88
    • tatty 88
    • anal 87
    • olio 87
    • poop 87
    • boob 86
    • booboo 86
    • dodo 86
    • mitt 86
    • onion 86
    • allay 85
    • ally 85
    • anon 85
    • papa 83
    • ratatat 83
    • tart 83
    • tartar 83
    • array 82
    • attar 82
    • baba 82
    • radar 82
    • loon 81
    • mono 79
    • moon 79
    • coot 77
    • loom 77
    • moll 77
    • nanny 77
    • tact 77
    • tutu 77
    • cocci 76


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • inquiet
    • inquieting
    • quietening
    • quin
    • quinin
    • quinte
    • quintette
    • quintin
    • tuque

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