Thursday, June 20, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ceiling
  • celli
  • cling
  • clinging
  • clinic
  • egging
  • engine
  • excelling
  • exile
  • exiling
  • gelling
  • genie
  • genii
  • gigging
  • giggle
  • giggling
  • gill
  • gilling
  • ginning
  • icicle
  • icing
  • incline
  • inclining
  • innie
  • inning
  • legging
  • lenience
  • lice
  • liege
  • lien
  • line
  • linen
  • lining
  • negligee
  • negligence
  • nice
  • niece
  • niggle
  • niggling
  • nine
  • nixing


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 241

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 169

Genius requires between 23 and 34 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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:

  • November 28, 2022 (Center Letter: E)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 241 was in the 81st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on June 16, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on June 19, 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 8-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 173
    • loll 168
    • naan 157
    • nana 157
    • toot 156
    • lilt 128
    • till 128
    • tilt 128
    • tint 117
    • mama 110
    • mamma 110
    • acacia 106
    • acai 106
    • nene 106
    • anal 104
    • onto 102
    • toon 102
    • anon 99
    • boob 99
    • booboo 99
    • olio 99
    • onion 99
    • lull 97
    • lulu 97
    • papa 96
    • call 95
    • calla 95
    • poop 94
    • allay 93
    • ally 93
    • dodo 93
    • tatty 93
    • mitt 92
    • baba 91
    • ratatat 91
    • tact 91
    • tart 91
    • tartar 91
    • attar 90
    • nanny 89
    • cocci 88
    • loon 88
    • radar 88
    • tutu 88
    • array 86
    • epee 86
    • nada 86
    • peep 86
    • tattoo 85
    • coot 84


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • ceil
    • ceili
    • celling
    • ciggie
    • cilice
    • cine
    • cline
    • engining
    • exigence
    • exilic
    • exine
    • exing
    • geeing
    • genic
    • genning
    • gieing
    • gien
    • gillie
    • gingeli
    • gingelli
    • gingili
    • gingilli
    • igging
    • ilex
    • ingle
    • leggin
    • licence
    • licencee
    • licencing
    • lignin
    • ling
    • linin
    • linn
    • neglige
    • nellie
    • nielli
    • nill
    • nilling
    • nixe
    • nixie
    • xenic

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