Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • igniting
  • ignition
  • ingot
  • into
  • intoning
  • inviting
  • nonvoting
  • noting
  • notion
  • onto
  • opting
  • option
  • optioning
  • pinot
  • pinpoint
  • pinpointing
  • pint
  • pinto
  • pipit
  • piton
  • pitting
  • pivot
  • pivoting
  • point
  • pointing
  • pontoon
  • potion
  • potting
  • tinging
  • tint
  • tinting
  • tipping
  • tiptop
  • togging
  • tong
  • tonging
  • toning
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooting
  • toping
  • topping
  • toting
  • voting


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 264

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 185

Genius requires between 24 and 36 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 264 was in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 10, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 10, 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 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 152
  • loll 147
  • toot 138
  • naan 131
  • nana 131
  • lilt 112
  • till 112
  • tilt 112
  • mama 99
  • mamma 99
  • tint 99
  • nene 94
  • acacia 89
  • acai 89
  • onto 89
  • toon 89
  • lull 88
  • lulu 88
  • poop 86
  • call 85
  • calla 85
  • dodo 85
  • tatty 85
  • anal 84
  • boob 84
  • booboo 84
  • allay 83
  • ally 83
  • anon 83
  • mitt 82
  • olio 82
  • onion 82
  • array 81
  • papa 81
  • radar 81
  • baba 80
  • ratatat 79
  • tart 79
  • tartar 79
  • attar 78
  • loon 77
  • mono 77
  • moon 77
  • nanny 77
  • loom 76
  • moll 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*:

  • gigot
  • gittin
  • gitting
  • ingoting
  • inti
  • niton
  • nonpoint
  • otto
  • pitot
  • ponton
  • pontooning
  • potto
  • tignon
  • tigon
  • ting
  • tining
  • tinning
  • tinpot
  • tipi
  • titi
  • toit
  • toiting
  • topi
  • topo
  • topoi
  • totting

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