Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • accept
  • acceptance
  • apace
  • apex
  • apnea
  • canape
  • cape
  • catnap
  • epee
  • except
  • expat
  • expect
  • expectant
  • nape
  • neap
  • pace
  • pact
  • paean
  • panacea
  • pancetta
  • pane
  • pant
  • papa
  • pate
  • patent
  • patentee
  • peace
  • peat
  • pecan
  • peccant
  • peen
  • peep
  • penance
  • pence
  • pennant
  • penne
  • pent
  • pentane
  • tapa
  • tape
  • teepee
  • tepee


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 181

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 127

Genius requires between 18 and 37 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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 15, 2019 (Center Letter: P)
  • November 15, 2018 (Center Letter: C)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 181 was in the 65th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on March 14, 2022.
    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 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on March 14, 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 118
    • toot 110
    • naan 100
    • nana 100
    • lilt 89
    • till 89
    • tilt 89
    • tint 76
    • ratatat 70
    • tart 70
    • tartar 70
    • attar 69
    • mama 69
    • mamma 69
    • anal 68
    • onto 68
    • toon 68
    • array 67
    • loon 67
    • call 66
    • calla 66
    • dodo 66
    • lull 66
    • lulu 66
    • tatty 66
    • nene 64
    • olio 64
    • root 64
    • rotor 64
    • toro 64
    • tort 64
    • trot 64
    • allay 62
    • ally 62
    • loom 62
    • moll 62
    • loot 61
    • lotto 61
    • toll 61
    • tool 61
    • mono 60
    • moon 60
    • radar 60
    • boob 59
    • booboo 59
    • itty 59
    • poop 59
    • tall 59
    • baba 58


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acceptant
    • acceptee
    • appetence
    • appetent
    • atap
    • captan
    • cepe
    • epact
    • etape
    • expectance
    • napa
    • nappa
    • nappe
    • neep
    • nepeta
    • paan
    • paca
    • panacean
    • panne
    • pataca
    • paten
    • pattee
    • patten
    • pean
    • pectate
    • pecten
    • penna
    • pennae
    • pennate
    • pentene
    • petnap
    • tapeta
    • tappet
    • tenpence
    • tepa

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