Thursday, November 23, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • accent
  • accept
  • acceptance
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • acne
  • ancient
  • antic
  • anticipant
  • anticipate
  • apace
  • apiece
  • attic
  • cacti
  • canape
  • cancan
  • cane
  • canine
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • canteen
  • cantina
  • capacitance
  • cape
  • captain
  • catnap
  • catnip
  • cent
  • cetacean
  • cite
  • enact
  • entice
  • epic
  • epicene
  • incant
  • incapacitate
  • incipience
  • incipient
  • incite
  • intact
  • ipecac
  • niacin
  • nice
  • niece
  • pace
  • pact
  • panacea
  • pancetta
  • panic
  • patience
  • peace
  • pecan
  • pectin
  • penance
  • pence
  • penitence
  • peptic
  • pica
  • picante
  • piccata
  • picnic
  • piece
  • pittance
  • tacet
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tinct
  • titanic


Number of Pangrams: 6

Maximum Puzzle Score: 462

Number of Answers: 74

Points Needed for Genius: 323

Genius requires between 38 and 64 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 462 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 24, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 74 possible answers rank it in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 24, 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 157
  • loll 153
  • toot 146
  • naan 134
  • nana 134
  • lilt 117
  • till 117
  • tilt 117
  • tint 105
  • mama 102
  • mamma 102
  • nene 98
  • onto 95
  • toon 95
  • acacia 94
  • acai 94
  • lull 92
  • lulu 92
  • call 88
  • calla 88
  • tatty 88
  • anal 87
  • olio 87
  • onion 87
  • poop 87
  • anon 86
  • boob 86
  • booboo 86
  • dodo 86
  • mitt 86
  • allay 85
  • ally 85
  • papa 84
  • ratatat 83
  • tart 83
  • tartar 83
  • array 82
  • attar 82
  • baba 82
  • radar 82
  • loon 81
  • mono 79
  • moon 79
  • nanny 78
  • tact 78
  • cocci 77
  • coot 77
  • epee 77
  • loom 77
  • moll 77


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acapnia
  • acceptant
  • acceptee
  • aceta
  • acetin
  • acini
  • acinic
  • acta
  • actin
  • actinia
  • actiniae
  • actinian
  • actinic
  • aecia
  • antiacne
  • apatetic
  • apneic
  • appetence
  • atactic
  • caca
  • caeca
  • cain
  • cannie
  • cantic
  • capacitate
  • capita
  • capitate
  • captan
  • cate
  • catena
  • catenae
  • catenate
  • cattie
  • ceca
  • centai
  • cepe
  • cetane
  • cete
  • cine
  • ectatic
  • enatic
  • encaenia
  • enceinte
  • encina
  • epact
  • etic
  • icecap
  • ictic
  • inappetence
  • incent
  • incept
  • incipit
  • incitant
  • nance
  • nictate
  • nictitant
  • nictitate
  • paca
  • panacean
  • pataca
  • peccant
  • pectate
  • pecten
  • pectic
  • pectinate
  • pianic
  • pice
  • pinnace
  • tacan
  • tace
  • tecta
  • tectite
  • tenace
  • tenpence
  • tetanic
  • tictac
  • tipcat

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