Sunday, January 29, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • antarctic
  • antic
  • arcana
  • arctic
  • arnica
  • attic
  • attract
  • attractant
  • cacti
  • cairn
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • carat
  • cart
  • cataract
  • circa
  • circuit
  • cirri
  • citric
  • crania
  • critic
  • currant
  • curt
  • curtain
  • incant
  • incur
  • intact
  • narc
  • niacin
  • nitric
  • ricin
  • runic
  • tacit
  • taciturn
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tantric
  • tinct
  • titanic
  • tract
  • tunic
  • uncut
  • uric


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 285

Number of Answers: 50

Points Needed for Genius: 200

Genius requires between 28 and 42 words. You need at least a 7-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.

Other days with this pangram:

  • October 26, 2021 (Center Letter: U)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 285 was in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on January 27, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 50 possible answers rank it in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on January 27, 2023.
    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 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 139
    • loll 137
    • toot 127
    • naan 114
    • nana 114
    • lilt 103
    • till 103
    • tilt 103
    • mama 86
    • mamma 86
    • tint 86
    • onto 82
    • toon 82
    • call 79
    • calla 79
    • lull 79
    • lulu 79
    • dodo 78
    • nene 78
    • boob 77
    • booboo 77
    • tatty 77
    • acacia 75
    • acai 75
    • papa 75
    • poop 75
    • allay 74
    • ally 74
    • anal 74
    • array 74
    • olio 74
    • ratatat 74
    • tart 74
    • tartar 74
    • anon 73
    • attar 73
    • loon 72
    • mitt 72
    • radar 72
    • mono 71
    • moon 71
    • loom 70
    • moll 70
    • onion 70
    • baba 69
    • coot 68
    • root 68
    • rotor 68
    • toro 68
    • tort 68


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acari
    • acciaccatura
    • acinar
    • acini
    • acinic
    • acratic
    • acta
    • actin
    • actinia
    • actinian
    • actinic
    • anticar
    • anuric
    • araucaria
    • araucarian
    • atactic
    • ataractic
    • auric
    • caca
    • cain
    • cantatrici
    • cantic
    • caracara
    • carina
    • carn
    • carr
    • cauri
    • citrin
    • citrinin
    • crit
    • crittur
    • crucian
    • crura
    • cunit
    • cunt
    • curara
    • curari
    • curia
    • curn
    • curr
    • curran
    • curtana
    • cutin
    • iatric
    • ictic
    • incitant
    • iritic
    • naric
    • nictitant
    • ricrac
    • tacan
    • tartaric
    • tictac
    • triac
    • trictrac
    • tunica
    • unci
    • uncia
    • uncinaria
    • uncini
    • unica
    • uranic
    • uranitic
    • uratic
    • urticant
    • urticaria

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