Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ache
  • avalanche
  • cache
  • challah
  • chance
  • chancel
  • channel
  • clench
  • each
  • enhance
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halva
  • halvah
  • halve
  • have
  • haven
  • heal
  • heave
  • heaven
  • heel
  • hell
  • helve
  • hence
  • henna
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 132

Number of Answers: 29

Points Needed for Genius: 92

Genius requires between 14 and 25 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • March 4, 2019 (Center Letter: E)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 132 was the in the 46th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 12, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 29 possible answers rank it in the 34th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 15, 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 7-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 83
    • toot 76
    • noon 74
    • naan 72
    • nana 72
    • lilt 58
    • till 58
    • tilt 58
    • ratatat 55
    • tart 55
    • tartar 55
    • attar 54
    • lull 51
    • lulu 51
    • root 50
    • roto 50
    • rotor 50
    • toro 50
    • tort 50
    • trot 50
    • anal 49
    • array 48
    • call 48
    • calla 48
    • radar 47
    • tint 47
    • tatty 45
    • allay 44
    • ally 44
    • onto 44
    • toon 44
    • loon 43
    • loot 43
    • lotto 43
    • mama 43
    • mamma 43
    • toll 43
    • tool 43
    • coot 42
    • dodo 42
    • illy 42
    • lily 42
    • mono 42
    • moon 42
    • natant 42
    • poop 42
    • roar 41
    • aria 40
    • itty 40
    • tall 40


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • achene
    • allheal
    • cachaca
    • caleche
    • cancha
    • chalah
    • chaleh
    • challa
    • chana
    • chela
    • chelae
    • clach
    • clachan
    • eche
    • echelle
    • haen
    • haha
    • halacha
    • halala
    • halalah
    • halavah
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • hallel
    • hance
    • hevea
    • lahal
    • lanch

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