Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • attach
  • captcha
  • catch
  • catchup
  • chat
  • cutup
  • hatch
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hutch
  • mahatma
  • match
  • matcha
  • matchup
  • math
  • mutt
  • pact
  • patch
  • path
  • phat
  • putt
  • tach
  • tact
  • tamp
  • tapa
  • taut
  • that
  • thatch
  • thump
  • tutu


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 108

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 12 and 27 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • January 6, 2020 (Center Letter: A)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 108 was in the 19th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on December 21, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 28th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 6, 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 161
    • loll 158
    • toot 149
    • naan 139
    • nana 139
    • lilt 120
    • till 120
    • tilt 120
    • tint 107
    • mama 104
    • mamma 104
    • nene 99
    • acacia 97
    • acai 97
    • onto 97
    • toon 97
    • anal 92
    • lull 92
    • lulu 92
    • olio 91
    • poop 90
    • call 89
    • calla 89
    • onion 89
    • anon 88
    • dodo 88
    • tatty 88
    • boob 87
    • booboo 87
    • mitt 87
    • papa 87
    • allay 86
    • ally 86
    • baba 83
    • loon 83
    • ratatat 83
    • tart 83
    • tartar 83
    • array 82
    • attar 82
    • radar 82
    • epee 81
    • nanny 81
    • peep 81
    • cocci 80
    • tact 80
    • coot 79
    • mono 79
    • moon 79
    • nada 79


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acta
    • aphtha
    • atap
    • atma
    • caput
    • chapt
    • cutch
    • haut
    • matt
    • maut
    • mutch
    • mutha
    • pataca
    • phpht
    • phut
    • tacamahac
    • tathata
    • tump

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