Thursday, September 7, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cent
  • chutney
  • entente
  • eunuch
  • hence
  • hunch
  • hunt
  • nene
  • netty
  • nutty
  • teen
  • teeny
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tenth
  • then
  • thence
  • tune
  • uncut
  • untune
  • yente


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 91

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 64

Genius requires between 10 and 18 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 83% 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:

  • December 5, 2021 (Center Letter: H)
  • December 24, 2020 (Center Letter: E)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 91 was in the 9th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on August 18, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd 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 150
    • loll 146
    • toot 137
    • naan 131
    • nana 131
    • lilt 112
    • till 112
    • tilt 112
    • mama 99
    • mamma 99
    • tint 97
    • nene 94
    • acacia 89
    • acai 89
    • lull 88
    • lulu 88
    • onto 87
    • toon 87
    • call 85
    • calla 85
    • dodo 85
    • poop 85
    • tatty 85
    • anal 84
    • allay 83
    • ally 83
    • boob 83
    • booboo 83
    • anon 82
    • mitt 82
    • array 81
    • olio 81
    • papa 81
    • radar 81
    • onion 80
    • baba 79
    • ratatat 79
    • tart 79
    • tartar 79
    • attar 78
    • loon 77
    • nanny 77
    • loom 76
    • moll 76
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • tact 76
    • epee 75
    • peep 75
    • tutu 75


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • centu
    • chutnee
    • cunt
    • ennuye
    • ennuyee
    • ethene
    • ethyne
    • eyen
    • eyne
    • hent
    • hunh
    • nett
    • tench
    • tenne
    • tenny
    • tenty
    • tuchun
    • tunny
    • tyne
    • uncute

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