Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abaci
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • affect
  • attic
  • beatific
  • cabbie
  • cacti
  • cafe
  • ciabatta
  • cite
  • efface
  • effect
  • face
  • facet
  • fact
  • tacet
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 108

Number of Answers: 22

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 11 and 19 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% 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:

  • September 5, 2021 (Center Letter: E)
  • November 9, 2020 (Center Letter: F)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 108 was in the 23rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on April 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 22 possible answers rank it in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 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 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 121
    • noon 121
    • toot 114
    • naan 101
    • nana 101
    • lilt 89
    • till 89
    • tilt 89
    • tint 77
    • dodo 71
    • onto 71
    • ratatat 71
    • tart 71
    • tartar 71
    • toon 71
    • attar 70
    • mama 70
    • mamma 70
    • anal 68
    • array 67
    • loon 67
    • lull 67
    • lulu 67
    • tatty 67
    • call 66
    • calla 66
    • olio 66
    • nene 65
    • root 64
    • rotor 64
    • toro 64
    • tort 64
    • trot 64
    • allay 62
    • ally 62
    • loom 62
    • moll 62
    • mono 62
    • moon 62
    • poop 62
    • boob 61
    • booboo 61
    • loot 61
    • lotto 61
    • papa 61
    • radar 61
    • tact 61
    • toll 61
    • tool 61
    • baba 59


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abaca
    • aceta
    • acta
    • aecia
    • atactic
    • bacca
    • baccae
    • baccate
    • bice
    • biface
    • caca
    • caeca
    • caff
    • caitiff
    • cate
    • catface
    • cattie
    • ceca
    • ceiba
    • cete
    • ectatic
    • etic
    • facete
    • facetiae
    • facia
    • faciae
    • facta
    • factice
    • fice
    • ictic
    • tabetic
    • tace
    • tecta
    • tectite
    • tictac

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