Monday, July 6, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cell
  • celli
  • chef
  • chicle
  • chief
  • chiefly
  • clef
  • cliche
  • cycle
  • eely
  • feel
  • fell
  • fiche
  • fief
  • fife
  • file
  • flee
  • fleece
  • fleecy
  • heel
  • hell
  • icicle
  • lech
  • leech
  • lice
  • life
  • lychee
  • yecch
  • yech
  • yell


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 97

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 68

Genius requires between 11 and 27 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% 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:

  • January 15, 2020 (Center Letter: H)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 97 was the in the 21st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 4, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 39th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 5, 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.



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    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 70
    • naan 66
    • nana 66
    • toot 65
    • noon 62
    • lilt 49
    • till 49
    • tilt 49
    • ratatat 48
    • tart 48
    • tartar 48
    • attar 47
    • array 45
    • root 45
    • roto 45
    • rotor 45
    • toro 45
    • tort 45
    • trot 45
    • anal 44
    • lull 42
    • lulu 42
    • allay 41
    • ally 41
    • call 41
    • calla 41
    • radar 41
    • tatty 41
    • mono 39
    • moon 39
    • natant 39
    • loot 38
    • lotto 38
    • toll 38
    • tool 38
    • illy 37
    • lily 37
    • onto 37
    • poop 37
    • toon 37
    • itty 36
    • loon 36
    • mama 36
    • mamma 36
    • nanny 36
    • coot 35
    • tall 35
    • tint 35
    • nene 34
    • tact 34


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • ceil
    • ceili
    • chiel
    • chile
    • chyle
    • cicely
    • cilice
    • eche
    • echelle
    • elhi
    • felicific
    • felly
    • feyly
    • fice
    • fille
    • fleche
    • fleech
    • fleecily
    • fley
    • fyce
    • heil
    • lichee
    • lief
    • liefly
    • lycee
    • yechy

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