Saturday, November 2, 2024

Answers to yesterday's Bee

Jump to answers for


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

Click on the arrow to show the definition.
Click outside the pop-up to close it.



Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 102

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 71

Genius requires between 11 and 24 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.

Other days with this pangram:

The button below will reveal a chart with the number of words by each letter. Red bars indicate that there is a pangram(s) starting with that letter.


How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 102 was in the 15th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 29, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 18th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 18, 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.
The last time this happened was on November 1, 2024.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.0.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.



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 185
  • loll 178
  • toot 169
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 117
  • mamma 117
  • acacia 113
  • acai 113
  • nene 113
  • onto 111
  • toon 111
  • anal 107
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 104
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 99
  • papa 99
  • dodo 98
  • poop 98
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • tact 94
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • epee 92
  • peep 92
  • loon 91
  • tattoo 91
  • tutu 91
  • nanny 90
  • ammo 89
  • array 89


How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 92,617 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 10,317 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.



Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acari
  • agaric
  • agraphic
  • archi
  • archicarp
  • caca
  • cachaca
  • caph
  • capri
  • capric
  • capricci
  • caracara
  • carr
  • charpai
  • charr
  • chirr
  • crip
  • gach
  • haircap
  • hipparch
  • paca
  • pacha
  • paprica
  • paragraphic
  • picara
  • picric
  • ricrac

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

acacia

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
  2. The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
  3. A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
  4. Gum arabic; gum acacia.
  5. Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
  6. A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

acai

noun
  1. Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
  2. The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

arch

Etymology 1

noun
  1. An inverted U shape.
  2. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  3. An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  4. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  5. An arc; a part of a curve.
  6. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  7. Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
verb
  1. To form into an arch shape
  2. To cover with an arch or arches.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A chief.
adjective
  1. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  2. Principal; primary.

archaic

noun
  1. (usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
  2. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
adjective
  1. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  2. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
  3. Belonging to the archaic period

carp

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  2. To say; to tell.
  3. To find fault with; to censure.

carpi

noun
  1. The group of bones that make up the wrist.

chai

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A female gypsy.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. Short for masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.

chair

noun
  1. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
  2. The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
  3. An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
  4. One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
  5. A distinguished professorship at a university.
  6. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
  7. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
verb
  1. To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
  2. To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
  3. To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
noun
  1. A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
noun
  1. A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
  2. An electrically powered wheelchair.
  3. A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.

chap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
  2. A customer, a buyer.
  3. A child.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
  2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
  3. A blow; a rap.
verb
  1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
  2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
  3. To strike, knock.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. (often in the plural) The jaw.
  2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
  2. A section of a social or religious body.
  3. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
  4. A decretal epistle.
  5. A location or compartment.

char

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A charred substance.
verb
  1. To burn something to charcoal.
  2. To burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour.
noun
  1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A charred substance.
noun
  1. One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. A time; a turn or occasion.
  2. A turn of work; a labour or item of business.
  3. An odd job, a chore or piece of housework.
  4. A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.
verb
  1. To turn, especially away or aside.
  2. To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
  3. To perform; to do; to finish.
  4. To work or hew (stone, etc.).

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A character (text element such as a letter or symbol).

Etymology 5

noun
  1. Tea, sometimes specifically masala chai
noun
  1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

chia

noun
  1. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
  2. Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

chic

Etymology 1

noun
  1. Good form; style.
  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.
adjective
  1. Elegant, stylish.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

chica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

chichi

Etymology 1

adjective
  1. Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

Etymology 2

noun
  1. (Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

chip

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  2. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
  3. (games) A token used in place of cash.
  4. A sovereign (the coin).
  5. A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
  6. A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
  7. (especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square or rectangular cross-section; a french fry.
  8. (especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
  9. A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
  10. A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
  11. A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
  12. (northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
  13. A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
  14. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
  15. The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
  16. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
  17. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
  18. A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.

Etymology 2

verb
  1. To chop or cut into small pieces.
  2. To break small pieces from.
  3. To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
  4. To upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
  5. To become chipped.
  6. (often with "in") To ante (up).
  7. To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
  8. (often with "in") to contribute.
  9. (also, to chip at) To make fun of.

chirp

noun
  1. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
  2. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
verb
  1. To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
  2. To speak in a high-pitched staccato
  3. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
  4. To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.

cigar

noun
  1. Tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
  2. Penis

circa

preposition
  1. Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

cirri

noun
  1. A tendril.
  2. A thin tendril-like appendage.
  3. A principal high-level cloud type characterised by white, delicate filaments or wisps, of white (or mostly white) patches, or of narrow bands, found at an altitude of above 7000 metres.

crag

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep rock or cliff.
  2. A rough broken fragment of rock.
  3. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. The neck or throat.

crap

Etymology 1

noun
  1. The husk of grain; chaff.
  2. (mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
  3. (mildly) Nonsense; something untrue.
  4. (mildly) Faeces/feces.
  5. (mildly) An act of defecation.
verb
  1. To defecate.
  2. To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
  3. To bullshit.
adjective
  1. (mildly) Of poor quality.
interjection
  1. Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.

graphic

noun
  1. A drawing or picture.
  2. (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
adjective
  1. Drawn, pictorial.
  2. Vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
  3. Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.

highchair

noun
  1. An elevated chair, often including a built-in tray, used for feeding babies and toddlers.

parch

noun
  1. The condition of being parched.
verb
  1. To burn the surface of, to scorch.
  2. To roast, as dry grain.
  3. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
  4. To make thirsty.
  5. To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
  6. To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.

pica

Etymology 1

noun
  1. A disorder characterized by craving and appetite for non-edible substances, such as ice, clay, chalk, dirt, or sand.

Etymology 2

noun
  1. A size of type between small pica and English, standardized as 12-point.
  2. (usually with qualifier) A font of this size.
  3. A unit of length equivalent to 12 points, officially 35/83 cm (0.166 in) after 1886 but now 1/6 in.
  4. A pie or directory: the book directing Roman Catholic observance of saints' days and other feasts under various calendars.

Etymology 3

noun
  1. Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the family Ochotonidae, from the mountains of North America and Asia.

Etymology 4

noun
  1. A magpie.

priapic

adjective
  1. Phallic.
  2. Related to or overly concerned with male sexual activity or exhibiting excessive male sexual activity.
  3. Excessively masculine; excessively concerned with masculinity.

rich

verb
  1. To enrich.
  2. To become rich.
adjective
  1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
  3. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
  4. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
  5. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
  6. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
  7. Very amusing.
  8. Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous.
  9. Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
  10. Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  11. Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.