Monday, March 25, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bill
  • billing
  • billion
  • binging
  • bingo
  • binning
  • blin
  • bling
  • blini
  • blob
  • blobbing
  • blog
  • blogging
  • bloom
  • blooming
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bobbling
  • bogging
  • boggling
  • boil
  • boiling
  • boing
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bomb
  • bombing
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boning
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booing
  • boom
  • booming
  • boon
  • gibbon
  • gibing
  • glib
  • glob
  • gobbling
  • goblin
  • imbibing
  • limb
  • limbo
  • lobbing
  • lobo
  • mobbing
  • nibbling
  • nimbi
  • noob
  • obliging
  • oblong


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 273

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 191

Genius requires between 26 and 46 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 273 was in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 22, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 85th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 24, 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 168
  • loll 165
  • toot 153
  • naan 146
  • nana 146
  • lilt 125
  • till 125
  • tilt 125
  • tint 112
  • mama 107
  • mamma 107
  • nene 104
  • acacia 102
  • acai 102
  • onto 100
  • toon 100
  • anal 95
  • onion 95
  • lull 94
  • lulu 94
  • olio 94
  • anon 93
  • boob 93
  • booboo 93
  • dodo 93
  • poop 93
  • call 91
  • calla 91
  • papa 91
  • allay 90
  • ally 90
  • tatty 90
  • mitt 88
  • baba 87
  • radar 87
  • loon 86
  • nanny 86
  • array 85
  • cocci 85
  • ratatat 85
  • tart 85
  • tartar 85
  • attar 84
  • tact 84
  • epee 83
  • peep 83
  • tutu 83
  • coot 82
  • mono 82
  • moon 82


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • bibb
  • bibbing
  • biggin
  • bigging
  • bilbo
  • bilging
  • billon
  • bimbo
  • bimini
  • bing
  • biog
  • blinging
  • bobo
  • boinging
  • bolling
  • bonging
  • boobing
  • gibbing
  • globin
  • globing
  • gobbing
  • gobo
  • gombo
  • limbi
  • limbing
  • limboing
  • moblog
  • moblogging
  • nibbing
  • nobbling
  • obol
  • oboli

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