Sunday, June 5, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cement
  • cent
  • cite
  • cocci
  • cocoon
  • coin
  • come
  • comet
  • comic
  • commence
  • commencement
  • comment
  • commit
  • commitment
  • committee
  • committeemen
  • common
  • commotion
  • conceit
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • cone
  • conic
  • connect
  • connection
  • connote
  • content
  • contention
  • contentment
  • continence
  • continent
  • coot
  • cootie
  • cote
  • cotton
  • economic
  • ecotone
  • emcee
  • emetic
  • eminence
  • emoticon
  • entice
  • enticement
  • icemen
  • icon
  • iconic
  • imminence
  • incite
  • incitement
  • income
  • incontinence
  • incontinent
  • innocence
  • innocent
  • ionic
  • mice
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • mince
  • mnemonic
  • monotonic
  • neocon
  • nice
  • nicotine
  • niece
  • nonce
  • noncom
  • notice
  • octet
  • once
  • tectonic
  • tinct
  • titmice
  • tonic


Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 496

Number of Answers: 74

Points Needed for Genius: 347

Genius requires between 38 and 62 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 496 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 22, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 74 possible answers rank it in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 10, 2021.
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 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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

  • noon 126
  • loll 124
  • toot 115
  • naan 105
  • nana 105
  • lilt 91
  • till 91
  • tilt 91
  • tint 78
  • mama 74
  • mamma 74
  • onto 73
  • toon 73
  • dodo 72
  • nene 71
  • ratatat 71
  • tart 71
  • tartar 71
  • attar 70
  • anal 69
  • array 69
  • call 68
  • calla 68
  • loon 68
  • olio 68
  • tatty 68
  • lull 67
  • lulu 67
  • mono 65
  • moon 65
  • allay 64
  • ally 64
  • radar 64
  • root 64
  • rotor 64
  • toro 64
  • tort 64
  • trot 64
  • boob 63
  • booboo 63
  • loom 63
  • loot 63
  • lotto 63
  • moll 63
  • onion 63
  • toll 63
  • tool 63
  • papa 62
  • poop 62
  • tact 62


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cementite
  • cenote
  • centime
  • centimo
  • cento
  • cete
  • cine
  • cion
  • coccic
  • coco
  • cocotte
  • coition
  • cometic
  • comm
  • commie
  • commo
  • comte
  • concent
  • coni
  • coniine
  • conin
  • conine
  • conn
  • conominee
  • conte
  • contemn
  • conto
  • coocoo
  • cooee
  • coon
  • coontie
  • cotinine
  • emic
  • enceinte
  • eocene
  • etic
  • ictic
  • incent
  • intinction
  • meiotic
  • memetic
  • miocene
  • miotic
  • mitotic
  • monic
  • monocot
  • neotenic
  • nicotin
  • nicotinic
  • nocent
  • noetic
  • noncommitment
  • nonconnection
  • noneconomic
  • nonionic
  • nonmimetic
  • nontonic
  • octette
  • oncet
  • ontic
  • otic
  • otitic
  • tectite
  • tictoc
  • toco
  • tonemic
  • tonetic
  • totemic

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