Sunday, January 23, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • emote
  • enjoyment
  • entente
  • jete
  • jetty
  • meet
  • memento
  • mentee
  • mete
  • metonym
  • metonymy
  • moment
  • monotone
  • monotony
  • monte
  • moot
  • mote
  • motet
  • motto
  • netty
  • nonet
  • note
  • onto
  • teem
  • teen
  • teeny
  • tenement
  • tenet
  • tenon
  • tent
  • tome
  • tone
  • tonne
  • tony
  • toon
  • toot
  • tote
  • totem
  • yente


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 162

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 113

Genius requires between 17 and 34 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 3, 2020 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 162 was in the 56th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on January 22, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on January 22, 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 119
    • noon 116
    • toot 107
    • naan 98
    • nana 98
    • lilt 86
    • till 86
    • tilt 86
    • tint 74
    • onto 68
    • toon 68
    • ratatat 67
    • tart 67
    • tartar 67
    • anal 66
    • attar 66
    • loon 66
    • lull 65
    • lulu 65
    • call 64
    • calla 64
    • dodo 64
    • mama 64
    • mamma 64
    • tatty 64
    • array 63
    • root 63
    • rotor 63
    • toro 63
    • tort 63
    • trot 63
    • nene 62
    • olio 62
    • allay 60
    • ally 60
    • mono 60
    • moon 60
    • itty 59
    • loom 59
    • loot 59
    • lotto 59
    • moll 59
    • toll 59
    • tool 59
    • radar 58
    • tact 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*:

    • emmet
    • etymon
    • jennet
    • jeton
    • jetton
    • jotty
    • mento
    • momento
    • monty
    • motey
    • motmot
    • mott
    • motte
    • myotome
    • neoteny
    • nett
    • otto
    • tenne
    • tenno
    • tenny
    • tenotomy
    • tenty
    • tommy
    • toneme
    • tonette
    • toney
    • toom
    • totty
    • toyo
    • toyon
    • tyee
    • tyne
    • yett

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