Saturday, March 28, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • coho
  • common
  • conch
  • concoct
  • coot
  • cotton
  • cottonmouth
  • couch
  • count
  • couth
  • cutout
  • honcho
  • hooch
  • hoot
  • hootch
  • mono
  • month
  • mooch
  • moon
  • moot
  • moth
  • motto
  • mount
  • mouth
  • mucho
  • mutton
  • noncom
  • noon
  • notch
  • noun
  • onto
  • ouch
  • thou
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth
  • touch
  • tout
  • uncommon
  • uncouth
  • unto


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 181

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 127

Genius requires between 20 and 37 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • October 1, 2019 (Center Letter: H)
  • June 14, 2019 (Center Letter: N)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 181 was the in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on March 25, 2020.
    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 March 25, 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 58
    • naan 55
    • nana 55
    • noon 55
    • ratatat 45
    • tart 45
    • tartar 45
    • attar 44
    • lilt 43
    • till 43
    • tilt 43
    • root 40
    • roto 40
    • rotor 40
    • tatty 40
    • toro 40
    • tort 40
    • trot 40
    • call 39
    • calla 39
    • anal 38
    • array 38
    • allay 37
    • ally 37
    • natant 35
    • onto 34
    • poop 34
    • tint 34
    • toon 34
    • itty 33
    • loot 33
    • lotto 33
    • mono 33
    • moon 33
    • nanny 33
    • tall 33
    • toll 33
    • tool 33
    • tact 32
    • coot 31
    • loon 31
    • lull 31
    • lulu 31
    • nene 31
    • radar 31
    • illy 30
    • lily 30
    • mama 29
    • mamma 29


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • choc
    • chon
    • chott
    • coco
    • comm
    • commo
    • concho
    • conn
    • conto
    • cooch
    • coocoo
    • coon
    • homo
    • hotch
    • moho
    • monocot
    • motmot
    • mott
    • mouch
    • mouton
    • muon
    • muton
    • noncount
    • notum
    • otto
    • outcount
    • outhunt
    • toco
    • toom
    • touton
    • unco

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