Sunday, April 4, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cluing
  • clung
  • council
  • cuing
  • cull
  • culling
  • cunning
  • glug
  • gluing
  • gouging
  • gull
  • gulling
  • gunning
  • linguini
  • lounging
  • lugging
  • luging
  • lull
  • lulling
  • lulu
  • lung
  • lunging
  • noun
  • null
  • oculi
  • unclog
  • unclogging
  • uncoil
  • uncoiling
  • uncool
  • union


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 176

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 123

Genius requires between 15 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 176 was in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on April 3, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 31 possible answers rank it in the 40th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 27, 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 100
  • noon 90
  • toot 86
  • naan 83
  • nana 83
  • lilt 66
  • till 66
  • tilt 66
  • lull 58
  • lulu 58
  • ratatat 58
  • tart 58
  • tartar 58
  • attar 57
  • anal 56
  • tint 56
  • root 55
  • roto 55
  • rotor 55
  • toro 55
  • tort 55
  • trot 55
  • call 54
  • calla 54
  • loon 54
  • loot 52
  • lotto 52
  • toll 52
  • tool 52
  • array 50
  • onto 50
  • radar 50
  • toon 50
  • mama 49
  • mamma 49
  • mono 49
  • moon 49
  • tatty 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • dodo 48
  • poop 48
  • loom 47
  • moll 47
  • coot 46
  • natant 46
  • nene 46
  • papa 46
  • roar 46
  • tact 46


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • colloguing
  • colugo
  • congou
  • cullion
  • glucinic
  • glugging
  • gluon
  • guggling
  • guiling
  • gunging
  • iglu
  • inconnu
  • inulin
  • loculi
  • lungi
  • nonunion
  • nulling
  • nuncio
  • unci
  • uncini
  • unco
  • ungluing

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