Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • accent
  • accentuate
  • acetate
  • acne
  • actuate
  • acute
  • annex
  • ante
  • antenna
  • antennae
  • attenuate
  • attune
  • cane
  • canteen
  • cent
  • cetacean
  • cute
  • eaten
  • enact
  • entente
  • exact
  • exacta
  • exec
  • executant
  • execute
  • exeunt
  • extant
  • extent
  • extenuate
  • neat
  • neaten
  • nene
  • next
  • nuance
  • tacet
  • tauten
  • teat
  • teen
  • tenant
  • tenet
  • tent
  • text
  • tune
  • tutee
  • uneaten
  • untune


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 229

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 160

Genius requires between 22 and 39 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 229 was the in the 85th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on December 28, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on December 28, 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 88
  • noon 80
  • toot 80
  • naan 75
  • nana 75
  • lilt 60
  • till 60
  • tilt 60
  • ratatat 57
  • tart 57
  • tartar 57
  • attar 56
  • root 53
  • roto 53
  • rotor 53
  • toro 53
  • tort 53
  • trot 53
  • anal 51
  • lull 51
  • lulu 51
  • tint 50
  • array 49
  • call 49
  • calla 49
  • radar 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • loon 48
  • mono 47
  • moon 47
  • tatty 47
  • mama 46
  • mamma 46
  • loot 45
  • lotto 45
  • onto 45
  • toll 45
  • tool 45
  • toon 45
  • illy 44
  • lily 44
  • dodo 43
  • itty 43
  • natant 43
  • poop 43
  • roar 43
  • coot 42
  • papa 42
  • nanny 41


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aceta
  • acuate
  • acutance
  • anent
  • annexe
  • antae
  • attent
  • caeca
  • cate
  • catena
  • catenae
  • catenate
  • ceca
  • centu
  • cetane
  • cete
  • cuneate
  • eaux
  • enate
  • etna
  • nance
  • nett
  • nutate
  • tace
  • tannate
  • tate
  • tecta
  • tenace
  • tenne
  • uncute

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