Sunday, December 25, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cede
  • ceded
  • cent
  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • cocooned
  • code
  • coded
  • codon
  • coed
  • concede
  • conceded
  • concoct
  • concocted
  • condo
  • condone
  • condoned
  • conduct
  • conducted
  • cone
  • coned
  • connect
  • connected
  • conned
  • connote
  • connoted
  • contend
  • contended
  • content
  • contented
  • cooed
  • coot
  • cote
  • cotton
  • cottoned
  • count
  • counted
  • cued
  • cute
  • cutout
  • decedent
  • decent
  • deco
  • decoct
  • decocted
  • decode
  • decoded
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • deduct
  • deducted
  • denounce
  • denounced
  • detect
  • detected
  • deuce
  • docent
  • duct
  • ducted
  • dunce
  • ecotone
  • educe
  • educed
  • encode
  • encoded
  • neocon
  • nonce
  • octet
  • once
  • ounce
  • unceded
  • unconnected
  • uncounted
  • uncut
  • undetected


Number of Pangrams: 4

Maximum Puzzle Score: 469

Number of Answers: 75

Points Needed for Genius: 328

Genius requires between 40 and 63 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 469 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on June 5, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 75 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 17 on October 2, 2022.

It takes a 8-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 136
  • loll 134
  • toot 126
  • naan 111
  • nana 111
  • lilt 101
  • till 101
  • tilt 101
  • mama 84
  • mamma 84
  • tint 84
  • onto 80
  • toon 80
  • call 78
  • calla 78
  • dodo 77
  • nene 77
  • boob 76
  • booboo 76
  • lull 76
  • lulu 76
  • tatty 75
  • papa 74
  • allay 73
  • ally 73
  • array 73
  • ratatat 73
  • tart 73
  • tartar 73
  • acacia 72
  • acai 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
  • coot 68
  • onion 68
  • baba 67
  • loot 67
  • lotto 67
  • toll 67
  • tool 67


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • cenote
  • cento
  • centu
  • cete
  • coco
  • cocotte
  • codded
  • codec
  • coden
  • concent
  • conduce
  • conduced
  • conn
  • conodont
  • conte
  • conto
  • coocoo
  • cooee
  • cooeed
  • coon
  • coted
  • coude
  • cunt
  • deuced
  • douce
  • duce
  • duecento
  • educt
  • enounce
  • enounced
  • eocene
  • nocent
  • noncount
  • octette
  • oncet
  • outcount
  • outcounted
  • tendence
  • toco
  • unco
  • uncoded
  • uncute

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