Friday, January 22, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cite
  • civet
  • civic
  • cocci
  • coin
  • conceit
  • conceive
  • concoction
  • conic
  • connection
  • connective
  • connive
  • contention
  • continence
  • continent
  • convection
  • convective
  • convenience
  • convenient
  • convention
  • convict
  • conviction
  • convince
  • cootie
  • entice
  • evict
  • evictee
  • eviction
  • evince
  • icon
  • iconic
  • incentive
  • incite
  • incontinence
  • incontinent
  • inconvenience
  • inconvenient
  • innie
  • innocence
  • innocent
  • intent
  • intention
  • into
  • intone
  • invective
  • invent
  • invention
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • invoice
  • ionic
  • nice
  • nicotine
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
  • notice
  • notion
  • novice
  • onion
  • ovine
  • tectonic
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tint
  • tonic
  • tontine
  • toonie
  • vein
  • vice
  • vine
  • voice
  • votive


Number of Pangrams: 7

Maximum Puzzle Score: 537

Number of Answers: 75

Points Needed for Genius: 376

Genius requires between 36 and 65 words. You need at least a 10-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 90% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 61% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 537 was the in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on never.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 75 possible answers rank it in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 28, 2019.
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 10-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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 90
  • toot 83
  • noon 82
  • naan 75
  • nana 75
  • lilt 64
  • till 64
  • tilt 64
  • ratatat 58
  • tart 58
  • tartar 58
  • attar 57
  • root 54
  • roto 54
  • rotor 54
  • toro 54
  • tort 54
  • trot 54
  • anal 53
  • lull 53
  • lulu 53
  • tint 52
  • call 51
  • calla 51
  • array 50
  • loot 49
  • lotto 49
  • radar 49
  • toll 49
  • tool 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • loon 48
  • mono 48
  • moon 48
  • tatty 47
  • mama 46
  • mamma 46
  • onto 46
  • toon 46
  • coot 45
  • illy 45
  • lily 45
  • dodo 44
  • poop 44
  • roar 44
  • itty 43
  • natant 43
  • tall 43
  • papa 42


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cine
  • cion
  • civie
  • coccic
  • coinvent
  • coition
  • concoctive
  • coni
  • coniine
  • conin
  • conine
  • connivent
  • coontie
  • cotinine
  • covin
  • covine
  • enceinte
  • envoi
  • etic
  • evection
  • eventive
  • evincive
  • evite
  • ictic
  • incent
  • inion
  • inti
  • intinction
  • intine
  • ionone
  • neotenic
  • nevi
  • nicotin
  • nicotinic
  • niente
  • nieve
  • ninon
  • niton
  • noetic
  • nonconnection
  • nonionic
  • nontonic
  • ontic
  • otic
  • otitic
  • ovonic
  • tectite
  • tein
  • tentie
  • tictoc
  • titi
  • tittie
  • toit
  • tonetic
  • venin
  • venine
  • vinic
  • vino
  • vive

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