Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • emit
  • gimlet
  • gimme
  • item
  • itemize
  • legitimize
  • lime
  • limit
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • mete
  • mettle
  • meze
  • mezze
  • mile
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mite
  • mitt
  • teem
  • time


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 77

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 54

Genius requires between 8 and 23 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 90% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 27, 2022 (Center Letter: E)
  • August 11, 2019 (Center Letter: I)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 77 was in the 3rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on March 28, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 10th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on May 13, 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 168
    • naan 157
    • nana 157
    • 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 99
    • booboo 99
    • olio 98
    • onion 98
    • lull 97
    • lulu 97
    • papa 96
    • call 94
    • calla 94
    • poop 94
    • allay 93
    • ally 93
    • dodo 93
    • mitt 92
    • tatty 92
    • baba 90
    • ratatat 90
    • tart 90
    • tartar 90
    • attar 89
    • nanny 89
    • tact 89
    • cocci 88
    • loon 88
    • radar 88
    • 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*:

    • elemi
    • emmet
    • gimel
    • gimmie
    • glim
    • glime
    • melilite
    • mell
    • migg
    • miggle
    • mille
    • millieme
    • millime
    • milt
    • mimetite
    • mizzle

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