Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • chute
  • clutch
  • clutched
  • etch
  • etched
  • heed
  • heeded
  • heel
  • heeled
  • held
  • hell
  • huddle
  • huddled
  • hued
  • hull
  • hulled
  • hutch
  • lech
  • leech
  • leeched
  • tech
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • teethed
  • thee
  • thud
  • thudded


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 116

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 81

Genius requires between 12 and 24 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 28, 2020 (Center Letter: L)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 116 was in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on February 16, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 22nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on February 16, 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 140
    • loll 137
    • toot 128
    • naan 116
    • nana 116
    • lilt 103
    • till 103
    • tilt 103
    • tint 87
    • mama 86
    • mamma 86
    • onto 82
    • toon 82
    • dodo 81
    • call 79
    • calla 79
    • lull 79
    • lulu 79
    • acacia 78
    • acai 78
    • nene 78
    • poop 78
    • tatty 78
    • boob 77
    • booboo 77
    • anal 75
    • papa 75
    • allay 74
    • ally 74
    • anon 74
    • array 74
    • olio 74
    • radar 74
    • ratatat 74
    • tart 74
    • tartar 74
    • attar 73
    • mitt 73
    • loon 72
    • mono 72
    • moon 72
    • onion 71
    • baba 70
    • loom 70
    • moll 70
    • root 69
    • rotor 69
    • toro 69
    • tort 69
    • trot 69


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cheth
    • chuted
    • culch
    • cultch
    • cutch
    • declutch
    • declutched
    • dutch
    • eche
    • eched
    • echelle
    • echt
    • heddle
    • helled
    • heth
    • heuch
    • hutched
    • hutted
    • leched
    • letch
    • letched
    • lethe
    • teched
    • tetched
    • teth
    • teuch

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