Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • akin
  • alkali
  • inking
  • inkling
  • irking
  • kill
  • killing
  • kiln
  • kilning
  • king
  • kinging
  • kink
  • kinking
  • krill
  • lank
  • lark
  • liking
  • link
  • linking
  • raking
  • rank
  • ranking
  • rankling
  • rink


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 109

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 10 and 21 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 109 was in the 19th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on June 17, 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 June 17, 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 174
  • loll 169
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • toot 157
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 117
  • mama 111
  • mamma 111
  • acacia 106
  • acai 106
  • nene 106
  • anal 104
  • onto 103
  • toon 103
  • anon 100
  • 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
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • baba 91
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 88
  • loon 88
  • radar 88
  • tutu 88
  • array 86
  • epee 86
  • nada 86
  • peep 86
  • tattoo 86
  • mono 85


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • alkalin
  • alliak
  • ankling
  • arak
  • gink
  • ilka
  • kaiak
  • kail
  • kain
  • kaka
  • kaki
  • kalian
  • kana
  • kanaka
  • karn
  • karri
  • kiang
  • kina
  • kinara
  • kinin
  • kirk
  • kirn
  • kirning
  • klik
  • knar
  • kraal
  • kraaling
  • krai
  • laking
  • larking
  • larrikin
  • nankin
  • nark
  • narking
  • raki

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