Friday, April 5, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • academe
  • academia
  • academic
  • acai
  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acme
  • acted
  • addict
  • addicted
  • attic
  • cacti
  • caddie
  • caddied
  • cadet
  • came
  • cami
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cicada
  • cite
  • cited
  • decade
  • deceit
  • decide
  • decided
  • decimate
  • decimated
  • dedicate
  • dedicated
  • dedicatee
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • detect
  • detected
  • dice
  • diced
  • dicta
  • dictate
  • dictated
  • didact
  • didactic
  • dietetic
  • edict
  • eidetic
  • emaciate
  • emaciated
  • emcee
  • emceed
  • emetic
  • iced
  • macadam
  • macadamia
  • mace
  • maced
  • mecca
  • medic
  • medicate
  • medicated
  • mica
  • mice
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • tacet
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • titmice


Number of Pangrams: 5

Maximum Puzzle Score: 449

Number of Answers: 75

Points Needed for Genius: 314

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 85% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 449 was in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 23, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 75 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 169
  • loll 166
  • toot 153
  • naan 147
  • nana 147
  • lilt 125
  • till 125
  • tilt 125
  • tint 113
  • mama 107
  • mamma 107
  • nene 104
  • acacia 103
  • acai 103
  • onto 100
  • toon 100
  • onion 96
  • anal 95
  • lull 95
  • lulu 95
  • olio 95
  • anon 94
  • boob 93
  • booboo 93
  • dodo 93
  • poop 93
  • papa 92
  • allay 91
  • ally 91
  • call 91
  • calla 91
  • tatty 90
  • mitt 89
  • radar 88
  • baba 87
  • loon 86
  • nanny 86
  • ratatat 86
  • tact 86
  • tart 86
  • tartar 86
  • array 85
  • attar 85
  • cocci 85
  • epee 84
  • peep 84
  • nada 83
  • tutu 83
  • coot 82
  • mono 82


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • accidia
  • accidie
  • acedia
  • aceta
  • acetamid
  • acetamide
  • acetated
  • acidemia
  • acmatic
  • acmic
  • acta
  • aecia
  • aecidia
  • amice
  • amici
  • amidic
  • atactic
  • caca
  • caddice
  • cade
  • cadi
  • cadmic
  • caeca
  • caid
  • cammie
  • catamite
  • cate
  • catted
  • cattie
  • ceca
  • cedi
  • cete
  • cicadae
  • citied
  • dace
  • dacite
  • deictic
  • demic
  • diacid
  • diacidic
  • ectatic
  • emic
  • etic
  • ictic
  • imidic
  • macadamed
  • medicaid
  • medicide
  • memetic
  • miticide
  • tace
  • tecta
  • tectite
  • ticced
  • tictac

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