Monday, December 7, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • apace
  • aped
  • aphid
  • apiece
  • cape
  • caped
  • capped
  • chap
  • chapped
  • cheap
  • cheapie
  • cheep
  • cheeped
  • chip
  • chipped
  • dapped
  • deep
  • dipped
  • epee
  • epic
  • headpiece
  • heap
  • heaped
  • hippie
  • ipecac
  • pace
  • paced
  • padded
  • paid
  • papa
  • peace
  • peach
  • peed
  • peep
  • peeped
  • pepped
  • pica
  • piece
  • pieced
  • pied
  • pipe
  • piped


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 176

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 123

Genius requires between 19 and 36 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% 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 176 was the in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 6, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on December 6, 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 86
  • toot 79
  • noon 77
  • naan 74
  • nana 74
  • lilt 59
  • till 59
  • tilt 59
  • ratatat 55
  • tart 55
  • tartar 55
  • attar 54
  • lull 51
  • lulu 51
  • root 51
  • roto 51
  • rotor 51
  • toro 51
  • tort 51
  • trot 51
  • anal 50
  • tint 50
  • array 48
  • call 48
  • calla 48
  • radar 48
  • loon 46
  • allay 45
  • ally 45
  • loot 45
  • lotto 45
  • onto 45
  • tatty 45
  • toll 45
  • tool 45
  • toon 45
  • mama 44
  • mamma 44
  • dodo 43
  • mono 43
  • moon 43
  • natant 43
  • poop 43
  • coot 42
  • illy 42
  • itty 42
  • lily 42
  • roar 41
  • aria 40
  • papa 40


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • adipic
  • apache
  • caph
  • cepe
  • cepheid
  • chape
  • chappie
  • chippie
  • echappe
  • edaphic
  • epha
  • ephah
  • epicedia
  • happed
  • happi
  • hipped
  • icecap
  • icecapped
  • paca
  • pacha
  • padi
  • pappi
  • peaced
  • peached
  • pech
  • peched
  • pice
  • pipa
  • pipped

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