Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • affiant
  • affix
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anoxia
  • anti
  • antifa
  • antitoxin
  • ataxia
  • attain
  • attaint
  • faint
  • fiat
  • finito
  • fixation
  • fontina
  • infant
  • infix
  • info
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
  • naif
  • nation
  • notation
  • notion
  • onion
  • taint
  • tannin
  • taxation
  • taxi
  • tiff
  • tint
  • titan
  • toxin


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 200

Number of Answers: 37

Points Needed for Genius: 140

Genius requires between 19 and 32 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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 200 was in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 15, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 37 possible answers rank it in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 15, 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 8-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 104
  • noon 92
  • naan 88
  • nana 88
  • toot 87
  • lilt 67
  • till 67
  • tilt 67
  • anal 60
  • lull 59
  • lulu 59
  • ratatat 59
  • tart 59
  • tartar 59
  • attar 58
  • call 58
  • calla 58
  • loon 57
  • tint 57
  • root 55
  • roto 55
  • rotor 55
  • toro 55
  • tort 55
  • trot 55
  • mama 54
  • mamma 54
  • array 52
  • loot 52
  • lotto 52
  • tatty 52
  • toll 52
  • tool 52
  • allay 51
  • ally 51
  • dodo 51
  • mono 51
  • moon 51
  • onto 51
  • radar 51
  • toon 51
  • poop 50
  • nene 49
  • papa 49
  • tact 49
  • coot 47
  • loom 47
  • moll 47
  • natant 47
  • roar 47


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • affixation
  • anatoxin
  • antifat
  • antitax
  • atonia
  • axion
  • fain
  • fanion
  • finfoot
  • finnan
  • fino
  • fixatif
  • fixit
  • fixt
  • foin
  • inanition
  • infanta
  • infixation
  • infixion
  • inia
  • inion
  • inti
  • ixia
  • naoi
  • natation
  • niff
  • ninon
  • niton
  • taffia
  • tafia
  • tain
  • tian
  • tiffin
  • titania
  • titi
  • titian
  • toit

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