Thursday, June 22, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • beech
  • beet
  • biotech
  • bite
  • bocce
  • bootee
  • bootie
  • choice
  • cite
  • cootie
  • cote
  • echo
  • echoic
  • etch
  • ethic
  • hectic
  • hottie
  • oboe
  • octet
  • tech
  • techie
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • thee
  • tithe
  • tote


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 108

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 12 and 22 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 7, 2022 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 108 was in the 21st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on June 15, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 26 possible answers rank it in the 17th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 15, 2023.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

    It takes a 6-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 144
    • loll 142
    • toot 134
    • naan 123
    • nana 123
    • lilt 109
    • till 109
    • tilt 109
    • mama 93
    • mamma 93
    • tint 93
    • acacia 86
    • acai 86
    • nene 86
    • lull 85
    • lulu 85
    • onto 85
    • toon 85
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • dodo 83
    • boob 82
    • booboo 82
    • poop 82
    • tatty 82
    • mitt 80
    • anal 79
    • olio 79
    • papa 79
    • allay 78
    • ally 78
    • array 77
    • baba 77
    • ratatat 77
    • tart 77
    • tartar 77
    • anon 76
    • attar 76
    • radar 76
    • mono 75
    • moon 75
    • onion 74
    • loom 73
    • loon 73
    • moll 73
    • tact 73
    • tutu 73
    • itty 72
    • nanny 72
    • coot 71


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • beebee
    • beth
    • bibe
    • bice
    • bioethic
    • biotite
    • bobeche
    • boccie
    • boche
    • boite
    • boobie
    • bothie
    • cete
    • chebec
    • cheth
    • cocotte
    • cohoe
    • cooee
    • ebbet
    • eche
    • echt
    • etic
    • hebe
    • hebetic
    • heth
    • hoochie
    • obtect
    • oche
    • octette
    • tectite
    • teth
    • thebe
    • thetic
    • titchie
    • tittie

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