Thursday, October 26, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • coconut
  • concoct
  • coot
  • cotton
  • cottonmouth
  • count
  • couth
  • cutout
  • hoot
  • hunt
  • hutch
  • month
  • moot
  • moth
  • motto
  • mount
  • mouth
  • mutt
  • mutton
  • notch
  • onto
  • thou
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth
  • touch
  • tout
  • tutu
  • uncouth
  • uncut
  • unto


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 125

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 88

Genius requires between 14 and 28 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% 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:

  • June 27, 2020 (Center Letter: C)
  • March 28, 2020 (Center Letter: O)
  • October 1, 2019 (Center Letter: H)
  • June 14, 2019 (Center Letter: N)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 125 was in the 30th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on October 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 31 possible answers rank it in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 21, 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 156
    • loll 150
    • toot 142
    • naan 133
    • nana 133
    • lilt 116
    • till 116
    • tilt 116
    • mama 102
    • mamma 102
    • tint 102
    • nene 95
    • onto 93
    • toon 93
    • acacia 90
    • acai 90
    • lull 90
    • lulu 90
    • call 88
    • calla 88
    • anal 87
    • poop 87
    • tatty 87
    • dodo 86
    • mitt 86
    • anon 85
    • boob 85
    • booboo 85
    • onion 85
    • allay 84
    • ally 84
    • olio 84
    • papa 83
    • ratatat 83
    • tart 83
    • tartar 83
    • array 82
    • attar 82
    • radar 82
    • baba 81
    • loon 81
    • mono 78
    • moon 78
    • nanny 77
    • tact 77
    • tutu 77
    • coot 76
    • epee 76
    • itty 76
    • loom 76


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • chott
    • conto
    • cunt
    • cutch
    • hootch
    • hotch
    • monocot
    • motmot
    • mott
    • mouton
    • mutch
    • muton
    • noncount
    • notum
    • otto
    • outcount
    • outhunt
    • toco
    • toom
    • touton
    • tuchun

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