Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acing
  • caging
  • call
  • calla
  • calling
  • canal
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • cawing
  • cilia
  • clan
  • clang
  • clanging
  • claw
  • clawing
  • cling
  • clinging
  • clinic
  • clinical
  • clinician
  • glacial
  • glancing
  • icing
  • iliac
  • inclining
  • lacing
  • laic
  • laical
  • lancing
  • lilac
  • niacin
  • wincing


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 208

Number of Answers: 36

Points Needed for Genius: 146

Genius requires between 20 and 30 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 208 was the in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 7, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 36 possible answers rank it in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 7, 2021.
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 93
  • toot 85
  • noon 84
  • naan 75
  • nana 75
  • lilt 64
  • till 64
  • tilt 64
  • ratatat 58
  • tart 58
  • tartar 58
  • attar 57
  • root 55
  • roto 55
  • rotor 55
  • toro 55
  • tort 55
  • trot 55
  • lull 54
  • lulu 54
  • anal 53
  • call 52
  • calla 52
  • tint 52
  • array 50
  • loot 50
  • lotto 50
  • toll 50
  • tool 50
  • loon 49
  • mono 49
  • moon 49
  • radar 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • onto 48
  • toon 48
  • mama 47
  • mamma 47
  • tatty 47
  • poop 46
  • coot 45
  • illy 45
  • lily 45
  • dodo 44
  • roar 44
  • itty 43
  • natant 43
  • papa 43
  • tall 43


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acini
  • acinic
  • aclinic
  • alcaic
  • allicin
  • ancilla
  • caca
  • cain
  • calcic
  • calcining
  • callan
  • canaling
  • canalling
  • cicala
  • clag
  • clagging
  • clinal
  • gallic
  • gallica
  • gallican
  • incaging
  • inlacing
  • linac
  • wicca
  • wiccan

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