Thursday, December 19, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cement
  • come
  • comet
  • commence
  • commencement
  • comment
  • common
  • comp
  • compete
  • competence
  • competent
  • component
  • compote
  • contempt
  • contentment
  • emcee
  • emote
  • meet
  • meme
  • memento
  • memo
  • mentee
  • mete
  • moment
  • mono
  • monotone
  • monte
  • moon
  • moot
  • mope
  • moppet
  • mote
  • motet
  • motto
  • noncom
  • noncompete
  • omen
  • penmen
  • poem
  • pome
  • pomp
  • pompom
  • teem
  • temp
  • tempo
  • tempt
  • tenement
  • tome
  • toneme
  • totem


Number of Pangrams: 5

Maximum Puzzle Score: 273

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 191

Genius requires between 20 and 45 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 99% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 56% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 273 was the in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 15, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 84th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on December 15, 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 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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

  • loll 51
  • toot 48
  • naan 44
  • nana 44
  • noon 40
  • array 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 35
  • calla 35
  • tatty 35
  • allay 34
  • ally 34
  • lilt 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • anal 32
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • natant 31
  • loot 30
  • lotto 30
  • nanny 30
  • poop 30
  • toll 30
  • tool 30
  • tint 29
  • coot 28
  • onto 28
  • toon 28
  • itty 27
  • radar 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • tall 26
  • mono 25
  • moon 25
  • hath 24
  • illy 24
  • lily 24
  • lull 24
  • lulu 24
  • mama 24


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • coempt
  • comm
  • commo
  • compo
  • compone
  • compt
  • comte
  • contemn
  • contempo
  • emmet
  • meno
  • mento
  • metope
  • metopon
  • mome
  • momento
  • monocot
  • motmot
  • mott
  • motte
  • neem
  • nome
  • nomen
  • nonmen
  • pommee
  • pomo
  • pompon
  • potmen
  • toom

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