Friday, March 15, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cite
  • civet
  • emcee
  • emetic
  • emit
  • evict
  • evictee
  • item
  • itemize
  • meet
  • meme
  • mete
  • meze
  • mezze
  • mice
  • mime
  • mimetic
  • mite
  • teem
  • time
  • titmice
  • vice
  • victimize


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 83

Number of Answers: 23

Points Needed for Genius: 58

Genius requires between 8 and 21 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 87% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • October 25, 2022 (Center Letter: M)
  • June 11, 2020 (Center Letter: I)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 83 was in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on March 2, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 23 possible answers rank it in the 8th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on March 2, 2024.
    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 167
    • loll 164
    • toot 151
    • naan 145
    • nana 145
    • lilt 125
    • till 125
    • tilt 125
    • tint 111
    • mama 107
    • mamma 107
    • nene 104
    • acacia 101
    • acai 101
    • onto 99
    • toon 99
    • onion 95
    • anal 94
    • lull 94
    • lulu 94
    • olio 94
    • poop 93
    • anon 92
    • boob 92
    • booboo 92
    • dodo 92
    • call 91
    • calla 91
    • papa 91
    • tatty 90
    • allay 89
    • ally 89
    • mitt 88
    • baba 87
    • radar 86
    • array 85
    • cocci 85
    • loon 85
    • nanny 85
    • ratatat 85
    • tart 85
    • tartar 85
    • attar 84
    • tact 84
    • epee 83
    • peep 83
    • mono 82
    • moon 82
    • nada 82
    • tutu 82


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cete
    • civie
    • emic
    • emmet
    • etic
    • evite
    • memetic
    • mimetite
    • tectite
    • teevee
    • tittie
    • tzetze
    • vive
    • zetetic

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