Monday, November 2, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • coconut
  • commit
  • commotion
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • continuum
  • coot
  • cotton
  • count
  • cutout
  • into
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • mint
  • mitt
  • monotonic
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
  • mount
  • munition
  • mutt
  • mutton
  • notion
  • omit
  • onto
  • tinct
  • tint
  • tomtit
  • tonic
  • toon
  • toot
  • tout
  • tuition
  • tunic
  • tutti
  • tutu
  • unction
  • uncut
  • unit
  • unto


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 192

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 134

Genius requires between 18 and 36 words. You need at least a 8-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 192 was the in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 1, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 1, 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 8-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 81
  • toot 75
  • naan 72
  • nana 72
  • noon 72
  • lilt 56
  • till 56
  • tilt 56
  • ratatat 55
  • tart 55
  • tartar 55
  • attar 54
  • lull 50
  • lulu 50
  • root 50
  • roto 50
  • rotor 50
  • toro 50
  • tort 50
  • trot 50
  • anal 49
  • array 48
  • call 47
  • calla 47
  • radar 47
  • tint 46
  • allay 44
  • ally 44
  • tatty 44
  • mama 43
  • mamma 43
  • onto 43
  • toon 43
  • loon 42
  • loot 42
  • lotto 42
  • mono 42
  • moon 42
  • natant 42
  • toll 42
  • tool 42
  • illy 41
  • lily 41
  • poop 41
  • coot 40
  • roar 40
  • aria 39
  • dodo 39
  • itty 39
  • papa 39


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • coition
  • comminution
  • continuo
  • conto
  • cunit
  • cunt
  • cutin
  • ictic
  • inti
  • intinction
  • inunction
  • miotic
  • mitotic
  • monition
  • monocot
  • monotint
  • motmot
  • mott
  • mouton
  • muntin
  • muton
  • nicotin
  • nicotinic
  • niton
  • noncount
  • nontonic
  • notum
  • ontic
  • otic
  • otitic
  • otto
  • outcount
  • tictoc
  • titi
  • toco
  • toit
  • toom
  • touton

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