Thursday, July 28, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acne
  • anal
  • annal
  • anneal
  • avalanche
  • canal
  • cancan
  • cancel
  • cane
  • canna
  • chance
  • chancel
  • channel
  • clan
  • clean
  • clench
  • elan
  • eleven
  • enclave
  • enhance
  • enlace
  • even
  • haven
  • heaven
  • hence
  • henna
  • lance
  • lane
  • lean
  • leaven
  • naan
  • nana
  • naval
  • nave
  • navel
  • nene
  • valance
  • valence
  • vane
  • venal


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 180

Number of Answers: 40

Points Needed for Genius: 126

Genius requires between 19 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 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 17, 2020 (Center Letter: H)
  • March 4, 2019 (Center Letter: E)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 180 was in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on July 26, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 40 possible answers rank it in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on July 26, 2022.
    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

    • noon 128
    • loll 126
    • toot 118
    • naan 106
    • nana 106
    • lilt 92
    • till 92
    • tilt 92
    • tint 78
    • mama 76
    • mamma 76
    • onto 75
    • toon 75
    • nene 74
    • dodo 73
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • attar 71
    • lull 71
    • lulu 71
    • anal 70
    • array 70
    • call 70
    • calla 70
    • tatty 70
    • boob 69
    • booboo 69
    • olio 69
    • loon 68
    • allay 67
    • ally 67
    • loot 65
    • lotto 65
    • mono 65
    • moon 65
    • onion 65
    • radar 65
    • toll 65
    • tool 65
    • mitt 64
    • papa 64
    • root 64
    • rotor 64
    • toro 64
    • tort 64
    • trot 64
    • acacia 63
    • acai 63
    • baba 63


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • achene
    • alan
    • alane
    • anele
    • anlace
    • anna
    • avellan
    • avellane
    • calcanea
    • calcaneal
    • callan
    • cancha
    • canella
    • cannel
    • cenacle
    • chana
    • clachan
    • elven
    • haen
    • hance
    • lallan
    • lanch
    • nacelle
    • nala
    • nance
    • nanna
    • neve
    • veena
    • vena
    • venae
    • venene

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