Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • daddy
  • dandy
  • darn
  • dart
  • data
  • drat
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dyad
  • hand
  • handy
  • hard
  • hardhat
  • hardy
  • hydra
  • hydrant
  • nada
  • radar
  • rand
  • randy
  • tardy
  • yard


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 77

Number of Answers: 22

Points Needed for Genius: 54

Genius requires between 9 and 20 words. You need at least a 5-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:

  • February 6, 2022 (Center Letter: R)
  • August 26, 2019 (Center Letter: N)
  • December 4, 2018 (Center Letter: A)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 77 was in the 4th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 23, 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 December 7, 2022.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 17 on October 2, 2022.

    It takes a 5-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 135
    • loll 134
    • toot 126
    • naan 111
    • nana 111
    • lilt 101
    • till 101
    • tilt 101
    • tint 84
    • mama 83
    • mamma 83
    • onto 80
    • toon 80
    • call 78
    • calla 78
    • dodo 77
    • nene 77
    • lull 76
    • lulu 76
    • boob 75
    • booboo 75
    • tatty 75
    • array 73
    • papa 73
    • ratatat 73
    • tart 73
    • tartar 73
    • acacia 72
    • acai 72
    • allay 72
    • ally 72
    • anal 72
    • attar 72
    • olio 72
    • poop 72
    • anon 70
    • loon 70
    • mitt 70
    • mono 70
    • moon 70
    • radar 70
    • loom 69
    • moll 69
    • baba 67
    • coot 67
    • loot 67
    • lotto 67
    • onion 67
    • toll 67
    • tool 67


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • adyta
    • ananda
    • dada
    • datary
    • dharna
    • dhyana
    • hydranth
    • nard
    • randan
    • rynd
    • tanyard
    • trad

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