Monday, January 17, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • into
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • lilt
  • limit
  • lint
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
  • lout
  • mint
  • mitt
  • molt
  • moonlit
  • moot
  • motion
  • motto
  • mount
  • multimillion
  • munition
  • mutt
  • mutton
  • notion
  • omit
  • onto
  • till
  • tilt
  • tint
  • toil
  • toll
  • tomtit
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tout
  • tuition
  • tumult
  • tutti
  • tutu
  • unit
  • unlit
  • until
  • unto


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 151

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 106

Genius requires between 15 and 39 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 151 was in the 51st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 15, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 15, 2022.
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 118
  • noon 116
  • toot 105
  • naan 98
  • nana 98
  • lilt 85
  • till 85
  • tilt 85
  • tint 74
  • onto 67
  • ratatat 67
  • tart 67
  • tartar 67
  • toon 67
  • anal 66
  • attar 66
  • loon 66
  • call 64
  • calla 64
  • dodo 64
  • lull 64
  • lulu 64
  • tatty 64
  • array 63
  • mama 63
  • mamma 63
  • root 63
  • rotor 63
  • toro 63
  • tort 63
  • trot 63
  • olio 62
  • nene 61
  • allay 60
  • ally 60
  • mono 60
  • moon 60
  • itty 59
  • loom 59
  • moll 59
  • loot 58
  • lotto 58
  • radar 58
  • tact 58
  • toll 58
  • tool 58
  • onion 57
  • baba 56
  • mitt 56
  • poop 56


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • inti
  • lintol
  • litu
  • loti
  • loto
  • lunt
  • milt
  • molto
  • monition
  • monotint
  • motmot
  • mott
  • moult
  • mouton
  • multiton
  • multiunion
  • multiunit
  • muntin
  • muton
  • nitinol
  • niton
  • notum
  • otto
  • timolol
  • titi
  • toit
  • tolt
  • tolu
  • toluol
  • toom
  • touton
  • tumuli
  • ultimo

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