Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cocoon
  • codon
  • common
  • comp
  • compound
  • condo
  • condom
  • coop
  • coup
  • coupon
  • dodo
  • doom
  • dunno
  • mondo
  • mono
  • monopod
  • mood
  • moon
  • mound
  • noncom
  • noon
  • noun
  • pomp
  • pompom
  • pond
  • poop
  • pound
  • udon
  • uncommon
  • undo
  • updo
  • upon


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 113

Number of Answers: 32

Points Needed for Genius: 79

Genius requires between 12 and 29 words. You need at least a 6-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 113 was the in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 17, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 17, 2020.
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 6-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

  • loll 59
  • toot 57
  • naan 55
  • nana 55
  • noon 53
  • ratatat 44
  • tart 44
  • tartar 44
  • attar 43
  • lilt 41
  • till 41
  • tilt 41
  • tatty 40
  • call 39
  • calla 39
  • root 39
  • roto 39
  • rotor 39
  • toro 39
  • tort 39
  • trot 39
  • anal 38
  • array 38
  • allay 37
  • ally 37
  • natant 35
  • poop 34
  • loot 33
  • lotto 33
  • nanny 33
  • onto 33
  • tall 33
  • tint 33
  • toll 33
  • tool 33
  • toon 33
  • itty 32
  • tact 32
  • loon 31
  • lull 31
  • lulu 31
  • mono 31
  • moon 31
  • nene 31
  • radar 31
  • coot 30
  • illy 29
  • lily 29
  • mama 29
  • mamma 29


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • coco
  • comm
  • commo
  • compo
  • conn
  • coocoo
  • coon
  • doodoo
  • doum
  • duomo
  • muon
  • noncompound
  • poco
  • pomo
  • pompon
  • pood
  • poon
  • puccoon
  • unco

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