Thursday, November 11, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • comic
  • commit
  • common
  • commotion
  • limit
  • limn
  • limo
  • locomotion
  • loom
  • mill
  • million
  • mimic
  • mini
  • minim
  • minion
  • mint
  • mitt
  • moil
  • moll
  • molt
  • mono
  • monotonic
  • moon
  • moonlit
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
  • noncom
  • omit
  • tomtit


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 124

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 87

Genius requires between 12 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • September 12, 2020 (Center Letter: I)
  • September 15, 2019 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 124 was in the 35th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 4, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 33rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 5, 2021.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 19 on October 3, 2021.

    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 115
    • noon 110
    • toot 101
    • naan 97
    • nana 97
    • lilt 84
    • till 84
    • tilt 84
    • tint 70
    • anal 66
    • ratatat 66
    • tart 66
    • tartar 66
    • attar 65
    • loon 65
    • call 62
    • calla 62
    • dodo 62
    • lull 62
    • lulu 62
    • root 62
    • rotor 62
    • tatty 62
    • toro 62
    • tort 62
    • trot 62
    • mama 61
    • mamma 61
    • onto 61
    • toon 61
    • nene 60
    • olio 60
    • mono 59
    • moon 59
    • allay 57
    • ally 57
    • array 57
    • loom 57
    • loot 57
    • lotto 57
    • moll 57
    • tact 57
    • toll 57
    • tool 57
    • itty 55
    • papa 55
    • radar 55
    • roto 55
    • onion 54
    • tall 54


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • comm
    • commo
    • imino
    • limnic
    • limonitic
    • milo
    • milt
    • minimill
    • miotic
    • mitotic
    • molto
    • momi
    • monic
    • monition
    • monoclinic
    • monocot
    • monotint
    • mool
    • motmot
    • mott
    • nomoi
    • timolol
    • toom

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