Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • chew
  • chewed
  • chic
  • chichi
  • chide
  • chided
  • chit
  • ditch
  • ditched
  • etch
  • etched
  • ethic
  • hectic
  • heed
  • heeded
  • hewed
  • hide
  • hied
  • hitch
  • hitched
  • itch
  • itched
  • tech
  • techie
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • teethed
  • thee
  • tithe
  • tithed
  • twitch
  • twitched
  • whee
  • whet
  • whetted
  • whew
  • which
  • whit
  • white
  • width
  • witch
  • with


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 179

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 125

Genius requires between 20 and 36 words. You need at least a 6-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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 179 was in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 26, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 64th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 26, 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 6-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 107
  • noon 96
  • toot 93
  • naan 91
  • nana 91
  • lilt 76
  • till 76
  • tilt 76
  • tint 65
  • ratatat 63
  • tart 63
  • tartar 63
  • anal 62
  • attar 62
  • lull 60
  • lulu 60
  • call 59
  • calla 59
  • loon 58
  • mama 57
  • mamma 57
  • root 57
  • rotor 57
  • tatty 57
  • toro 57
  • tort 57
  • trot 57
  • nene 56
  • array 55
  • dodo 55
  • mono 55
  • moon 55
  • onto 55
  • roto 55
  • toon 55
  • loot 54
  • lotto 54
  • radar 54
  • toll 54
  • tool 54
  • olio 52
  • poop 52
  • tact 52
  • allay 51
  • ally 51
  • loom 51
  • moll 51
  • itty 50
  • papa 50
  • tall 50


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cheddite
  • chedite
  • cheth
  • chid
  • eche
  • eched
  • echt
  • heth
  • hided
  • teched
  • tetched
  • teth
  • thetic
  • thew
  • titch
  • titchie
  • wecht
  • whid
  • whidded
  • whited
  • wich
  • witched
  • witchweed
  • withe
  • withed

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