Friday, November 15, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • accept
  • acceptance
  • acceptant
  • apace
  • apex
  • apnea
  • canape
  • cape
  • catnap
  • epee
  • except
  • expat
  • expect
  • expectant
  • nape
  • neap
  • pace
  • pact
  • paean
  • panacea
  • pancetta
  • pane
  • pant
  • papa
  • pate
  • patent
  • patentee
  • peace
  • peat
  • pecan
  • peccant
  • peen
  • peep
  • penance
  • pence
  • pennant
  • penne
  • pent
  • pentane
  • tapa
  • tape
  • teepee
  • tepee


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 190

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 133

Genius requires between 18 and 38 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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 190 was the in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 14, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 70th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 14, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

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

  • toot 46
  • loll 45
  • naan 40
  • nana 40
  • noon 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • array 33
  • tatty 33
  • lilt 32
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • till 32
  • tilt 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • anal 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • loot 28
  • lotto 28
  • natant 28
  • poop 28
  • toll 28
  • tool 28
  • coot 27
  • nanny 27
  • onto 27
  • tint 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • itty 25
  • radar 25
  • tall 25
  • aria 23
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • hath 23
  • that 23
  • arty 22
  • illy 22
  • lily 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acceptee
  • appetence
  • appetent
  • atap
  • captan
  • cepe
  • epact
  • etape
  • expectance
  • napa
  • nappa
  • nappe
  • neep
  • nepeta
  • paan
  • paca
  • panacean
  • panne
  • pataca
  • paten
  • pattee
  • patten
  • pean
  • pectate
  • pecten
  • penna
  • pennae
  • pennate
  • pentene
  • petnap
  • tapeta
  • tappet
  • tenpence
  • tepa

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