Friday, January 12, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aback
  • arbor
  • baba
  • babka
  • back
  • balk
  • ball
  • ballcock
  • baobab
  • barb
  • barback
  • barbacoa
  • bark
  • barrack
  • blab
  • black
  • blackball
  • blob
  • bloc
  • block
  • boar
  • boba
  • bock
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • book
  • bookrack
  • boor
  • brook
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • callback
  • carb
  • carob
  • cobra
  • collab
  • cookbook
  • crab
  • kabob
  • labor
  • lobo
  • lookbook
  • robocall
  • rollback
  • rollbar


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 201

Number of Answers: 48

Points Needed for Genius: 141

Genius requires between 20 and 42 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 26, 2018 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 201 was in the 69th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on January 11, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 48 possible answers rank it in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on January 11, 2024.
    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 161
    • loll 159
    • toot 149
    • naan 142
    • nana 142
    • lilt 120
    • till 120
    • tilt 120
    • tint 107
    • mama 105
    • mamma 105
    • nene 100
    • acacia 97
    • acai 97
    • onto 97
    • toon 97
    • anal 93
    • lull 92
    • lulu 92
    • olio 92
    • poop 92
    • anon 90
    • boob 89
    • booboo 89
    • call 89
    • calla 89
    • dodo 89
    • onion 89
    • papa 89
    • mitt 88
    • tatty 88
    • allay 87
    • ally 87
    • baba 84
    • array 83
    • loon 83
    • nanny 83
    • ratatat 83
    • tart 83
    • tartar 83
    • attar 82
    • epee 82
    • peep 82
    • radar 82
    • cocci 80
    • mono 80
    • moon 80
    • tact 80
    • coot 79
    • nada 79


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abaca
    • abaka
    • abba
    • abolla
    • aboral
    • alba
    • allobar
    • araroba
    • arroba
    • baal
    • baboo
    • babool
    • bacalao
    • bacca
    • baccala
    • baccara
    • backbar
    • backblock
    • balboa
    • barbal
    • barca
    • blackcock
    • bobo
    • bolar
    • boocoo
    • bookoo
    • bora
    • boral
    • bork
    • brock
    • broo
    • brrr
    • cabbala
    • cabob
    • carabao
    • carbo
    • carbora
    • cobb
    • cocobola
    • cocobolo
    • crackback
    • crookback
    • kabab
    • kabaka
    • kabala
    • kabar
    • kabbala
    • kbar
    • kobo
    • labara
    • labra
    • labral
    • lobar
    • obol
    • robalo
    • roorback

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