Thursday, November 9, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cellule
  • clue
  • couch
  • coulee
  • cull
  • eunuch
  • hull
  • hunch
  • louche
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lunch
  • luncheon
  • lune
  • noun
  • nucleon
  • null
  • ouch
  • ounce
  • uncle
  • unclench
  • uncool


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 95

Number of Answers: 22

Points Needed for Genius: 67

Genius requires between 10 and 20 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 95 was in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 3, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 22 possible answers rank it in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 7, 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 151
  • toot 144
  • naan 133
  • nana 133
  • lilt 116
  • till 116
  • tilt 116
  • tint 104
  • mama 102
  • mamma 102
  • nene 96
  • onto 94
  • toon 94
  • acacia 92
  • acai 92
  • lull 92
  • lulu 92
  • call 88
  • calla 88
  • tatty 88
  • anal 87
  • poop 87
  • boob 86
  • booboo 86
  • dodo 86
  • mitt 86
  • olio 86
  • onion 86
  • allay 85
  • ally 85
  • anon 85
  • papa 83
  • ratatat 83
  • tart 83
  • tartar 83
  • array 82
  • attar 82
  • baba 82
  • radar 82
  • loon 81
  • mono 79
  • moon 79
  • coot 77
  • nanny 77
  • tact 77
  • tutu 77
  • cocci 76
  • epee 76
  • itty 76


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • chunnel
  • cohune
  • culch
  • enounce
  • heuch
  • hullo
  • hulloo
  • hunh
  • leucon
  • locule
  • luce
  • lucence
  • lunule
  • nucleole
  • nuncle
  • unco

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