Saturday, March 20, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abating
  • baaing
  • baba
  • bagging
  • baht
  • bait
  • baiting
  • banana
  • bang
  • banging
  • banning
  • bath
  • bathing
  • bating
  • batting
  • bight
  • binging
  • binning
  • biting
  • gabbing
  • gibing
  • gigabit
  • habit
  • habitat
  • inhabit
  • inhabitant
  • inhabiting
  • inhibit
  • inhibiting
  • nabbing
  • tabbing
  • tibia


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 206

Number of Answers: 32

Points Needed for Genius: 144

Genius requires between 18 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 206 was in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 18, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 19, 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 99
  • noon 88
  • toot 85
  • naan 80
  • nana 80
  • lilt 66
  • till 66
  • tilt 66
  • ratatat 58
  • tart 58
  • tartar 58
  • attar 57
  • anal 56
  • lull 56
  • lulu 56
  • root 55
  • roto 55
  • rotor 55
  • toro 55
  • tort 55
  • trot 55
  • tint 54
  • call 53
  • calla 53
  • loon 53
  • loot 51
  • lotto 51
  • toll 51
  • tool 51
  • array 50
  • radar 50
  • mono 49
  • moon 49
  • onto 49
  • tatty 49
  • toon 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • dodo 47
  • mama 47
  • mamma 47
  • poop 47
  • coot 46
  • loom 46
  • moll 46
  • illy 45
  • lily 45
  • natant 45
  • nene 45
  • papa 45


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abba
  • babbitt
  • babbitting
  • baith
  • bani
  • banian
  • baning
  • batata
  • batt
  • bhang
  • bibb
  • bibbing
  • biggin
  • bigging
  • bighting
  • bing
  • binit
  • bint
  • bitt
  • bitting
  • gabba
  • gangbang
  • gangbanging
  • gibbing
  • habitan
  • habitant
  • habiting
  • inhibin
  • nibbing
  • titbit

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