Sunday, July 7, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • defend
  • defended
  • defending
  • defied
  • defile
  • defiled
  • defiling
  • define
  • defined
  • defining
  • deified
  • dignified
  • edified
  • elfin
  • feed
  • feeding
  • feel
  • feeling
  • feign
  • feigned
  • feigning
  • felid
  • feline
  • fell
  • felled
  • felling
  • fend
  • fended
  • fending
  • fennel
  • fiddle
  • fiddled
  • fiddling
  • fief
  • field
  • fielded
  • fielding
  • fiend
  • fife
  • fifed
  • fifing
  • file
  • filed
  • filing
  • fill
  • filled
  • filling
  • find
  • finding
  • fine
  • fined
  • fining
  • finned
  • fled
  • fledge
  • fledged
  • fledging
  • fledgling
  • flee
  • fleeing
  • flied
  • fling
  • flinging
  • infidel
  • infield
  • infill
  • infilled
  • infilling
  • life
  • lifeline


Number of Pangrams: 4

Maximum Puzzle Score: 422

Number of Answers: 70

Points Needed for Genius: 295

Genius requires between 37 and 59 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 422 was in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 16, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 70 possible answers rank it in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 16, 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 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 175
  • loll 170
  • toot 159
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 117
  • mama 111
  • mamma 111
  • acacia 106
  • acai 106
  • nene 106
  • anal 105
  • onto 103
  • toon 103
  • anon 101
  • boob 101
  • booboo 101
  • olio 99
  • onion 99
  • lull 98
  • lulu 98
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • dodo 93
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • baba 92
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 88
  • loon 88
  • radar 88
  • tutu 88
  • epee 87
  • peep 87
  • tattoo 87
  • array 86
  • mono 86
  • moon 86


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • defi
  • delf
  • diff
  • effendi
  • effing
  • feeing
  • fening
  • fenning
  • fidge
  • fidged
  • fidging
  • figged
  • figging
  • fille
  • finning
  • gliff
  • ignified
  • infeed
  • lief
  • lignified
  • neif
  • nidified
  • niff
  • niffed
  • niffing

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