Thursday, September 28, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • gigging
  • ginning
  • gunning
  • high
  • hinging
  • hugging
  • inning
  • nigh
  • nipping
  • pigging
  • ping
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinning
  • pinup
  • piping
  • pippin
  • punning
  • unhinging
  • unhip
  • unpin
  • unpinning
  • upping
  • whinging
  • whining
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whupping
  • wigging
  • wing
  • winging
  • wining
  • winning
  • wiping


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 209

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 146

Genius requires between 19 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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 209 was in the 73rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 26, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 41st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 27, 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 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 154
  • loll 149
  • toot 139
  • naan 132
  • nana 132
  • lilt 112
  • till 112
  • tilt 112
  • mama 101
  • mamma 101
  • tint 100
  • nene 94
  • onto 91
  • toon 91
  • acacia 89
  • acai 89
  • lull 89
  • lulu 89
  • call 87
  • calla 87
  • poop 86
  • tatty 86
  • anal 85
  • dodo 85
  • anon 84
  • boob 84
  • booboo 84
  • mitt 84
  • allay 83
  • ally 83
  • onion 83
  • olio 82
  • papa 82
  • radar 82
  • array 81
  • baba 80
  • ratatat 80
  • tart 80
  • tartar 80
  • attar 79
  • loon 79
  • mono 77
  • moon 77
  • nanny 77
  • epee 76
  • loom 76
  • moll 76
  • peep 76
  • tact 76
  • nada 75


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • gipping
  • gunging
  • hipping
  • igging
  • nighing
  • piggin
  • piing
  • pipping
  • pugging
  • pupping
  • whig
  • whin

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