Sunday, May 1, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • chin
  • chunk
  • cinch
  • cumin
  • hunch
  • hunk
  • inch
  • kink
  • mini
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mink
  • munch
  • munchkin
  • nick
  • nunchuck
  • nunchuk
  • unkink


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 80

Number of Answers: 18

Points Needed for Genius: 56

Genius requires between 8 and 16 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • May 26, 2020 (Center Letter: C)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 80 was in the 4th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on April 11, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 18 possible answers rank it in the 0th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on never.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 18 on May 1, 2022.

    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 122
    • noon 121
    • toot 114
    • naan 101
    • nana 101
    • lilt 90
    • till 90
    • tilt 90
    • tint 77
    • dodo 71
    • mama 71
    • mamma 71
    • onto 71
    • ratatat 71
    • tart 71
    • tartar 71
    • toon 71
    • attar 70
    • anal 68
    • array 67
    • loon 67
    • lull 67
    • lulu 67
    • nene 67
    • olio 67
    • tatty 67
    • call 66
    • calla 66
    • root 64
    • rotor 64
    • toro 64
    • tort 64
    • trot 64
    • allay 63
    • ally 63
    • mono 63
    • moon 63
    • boob 62
    • booboo 62
    • loom 62
    • loot 62
    • lotto 62
    • moll 62
    • poop 62
    • toll 62
    • tool 62
    • papa 61
    • radar 61
    • tact 61
    • tall 61


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • chinch
    • chink
    • cummin
    • hunh
    • kinin
    • kinnikinnick
    • minikin
    • minium
    • mucin
    • muni
    • numchuck
    • unchic
    • unci
    • uncini
    • unicum
    • unununium

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