Saturday, June 8, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ache
  • ached
  • ahead
  • cache
  • cached
  • chad
  • chance
  • chanced
  • change
  • changed
  • dacha
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
  • each
  • egghead
  • eggheaded
  • enhance
  • enhanced
  • ganache
  • ghee
  • hand
  • handed
  • hang
  • hanged
  • head
  • headache
  • headed
  • hedge
  • hedged
  • heed
  • heeded
  • hence
  • henge
  • henna
  • hennaed


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 188

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 18 and 30 words. You need at least a 7-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:

  • May 24, 2022 (Center Letter: N)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 188 was in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on June 6, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 7, 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 172
    • loll 167
    • naan 156
    • nana 156
    • toot 156
    • lilt 128
    • till 128
    • tilt 128
    • tint 116
    • mama 109
    • mamma 109
    • nene 106
    • acacia 105
    • acai 105
    • anal 104
    • onto 102
    • toon 102
    • anon 99
    • boob 98
    • booboo 98
    • onion 98
    • lull 97
    • lulu 97
    • olio 97
    • papa 96
    • call 94
    • calla 94
    • poop 94
    • allay 93
    • ally 93
    • dodo 93
    • tatty 92
    • mitt 91
    • baba 90
    • ratatat 90
    • tart 90
    • tartar 90
    • attar 89
    • nanny 89
    • tact 89
    • loon 88
    • radar 88
    • cocci 87
    • tutu 87
    • array 86
    • epee 86
    • nada 86
    • peep 86
    • tattoo 84
    • coot 83


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • aahed
    • achene
    • aggadah
    • agha
    • ahed
    • cachaca
    • cancha
    • chana
    • chang
    • eche
    • eched
    • gach
    • gached
    • hade
    • haded
    • haed
    • haen
    • haggada
    • haggadah
    • hagged
    • haha
    • hance
    • headend

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