Saturday, March 2, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • gorgon
  • gorp
  • grog
  • group
  • grow
  • grown
  • grownup
  • guru
  • poor
  • porn
  • porno
  • pour
  • prong
  • pronoun
  • prop
  • prow
  • purr
  • rung
  • ungroup
  • unworn
  • worn
  • wrong
  • wrung


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 82

Number of Answers: 23

Points Needed for Genius: 57

Genius requires between 9 and 21 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • June 21, 2020 (Center Letter: N)
  • May 29, 2019 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 82 was in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on February 29, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 23 possible answers rank it in the 8th 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 7-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 166
    • loll 163
    • toot 151
    • naan 145
    • nana 145
    • lilt 124
    • till 124
    • tilt 124
    • tint 110
    • mama 106
    • mamma 106
    • nene 103
    • acacia 100
    • acai 100
    • onto 99
    • toon 99
    • anal 94
    • lull 94
    • lulu 94
    • onion 94
    • olio 93
    • poop 93
    • anon 92
    • boob 92
    • booboo 92
    • dodo 92
    • call 91
    • calla 91
    • papa 91
    • tatty 90
    • allay 89
    • ally 89
    • mitt 88
    • baba 87
    • radar 86
    • nanny 85
    • array 84
    • cocci 84
    • loon 84
    • ratatat 84
    • tart 84
    • tartar 84
    • attar 83
    • epee 83
    • peep 83
    • tact 83
    • nada 82
    • coot 81
    • mono 81
    • moon 81


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • grugru
    • nonpoor
    • prog
    • progun
    • roup
    • ungrown
    • unwrung
    • upgrow
    • upgrown
    • upprop

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