Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ably
  • baba
  • baby
  • badly
  • baggy
  • bald
  • baldly
  • ball
  • ballad
  • baud
  • blab
  • blabby
  • bubba
  • bubbly
  • buddy
  • buggy
  • bulb
  • bulgy
  • bull
  • bully
  • daub
  • gabby
  • ladybug
  • laudably
  • lullaby


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 103

Number of Answers: 25

Points Needed for Genius: 72

Genius requires between 11 and 22 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • February 15, 2022 (Center Letter: G)
  • March 8, 2020 (Center Letter: L)
  • October 17, 2019 (Center Letter: A)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 103 was in the 16th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on January 18, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 25 possible answers rank it in the 13th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 15, 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 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 163
    • loll 159
    • toot 151
    • naan 144
    • nana 144
    • lilt 122
    • till 122
    • tilt 122
    • tint 109
    • mama 106
    • mamma 106
    • nene 101
    • acacia 98
    • acai 98
    • onto 98
    • toon 98
    • anal 94
    • poop 93
    • lull 92
    • lulu 92
    • olio 92
    • onion 92
    • anon 91
    • call 91
    • calla 91
    • papa 91
    • boob 90
    • booboo 90
    • dodo 89
    • tatty 89
    • allay 88
    • ally 88
    • mitt 88
    • baba 85
    • nanny 84
    • ratatat 84
    • tart 84
    • tartar 84
    • array 83
    • attar 83
    • epee 83
    • loon 83
    • peep 83
    • radar 83
    • cocci 82
    • tact 82
    • coot 81
    • nada 81
    • mono 80
    • moon 80


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abaya
    • abba
    • alba
    • baal
    • babu
    • babul
    • baddy
    • baldy
    • bally
    • blag
    • blub
    • bubal
    • bubby
    • bubu
    • bulbul
    • bulla
    • dauby
    • gabba
    • gaby
    • gullably
    • yabby

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